Shadows & Everyone's Sunshine

This week the I Heart Faces Photo challenge is Shadows.

I have NO idea of what I am doing, BUT! somehow by George, I think I got it. 

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This is a photo of my everyone's sunshine showing me how big she is because, she can kick a football really far.

Happy 13th Birthday BUT!

Last weekend was Bailey's 13th birthday. 

A Great Big Party was thrown.

                                                    

13! 

Now, everyone knows behind every great party there is a great Nana who will throw that party.

And It was so. . . there were presents,  

games, 

a zip lines, 

and new friends to be made.

But,

There was just one thing. . . There is a slight. . . well I think it's a huge mystery when it come to the cake.  Okay, I said it ~ It's a huge mystery when it comes to the cake! 

Now again, everyone knows the cake is the most important thing when it comes to the success of that party. 

RIGHT???

Of course! 

You see, my mother makes a killer cake. As Auntie says, we may not know good fruit BUT we know a good chocolate cake when we smell one.  

Monday my mother told me she was making a cake for this party. I know my mother. She doesn't mess around when it comes to chocolate cake. She makes this out of the world chocolate cake. It melts in your mouth. 

Melts! In your Mouth!

I mean it's so good you will plan ahead and think to your self. . .SELF. . .we have the cake tomorrow. Do you really want to eat that today and worry about big numbers on the scale after we have had the cake?  

NO! 

You starve and wait for the cake. Because it has frosting made from heaven! 

HEAVEN! 

See, you can see it here. . .This was a cake my mother made for Kathryn's birthday week. Can you see how wonderful it looks?

Her cakes are always home made. The frosting is about a half-inch thick of . . . F-U-D-G-E . . . This is a Fudge frosting that melts in your mouth. Fudge like only your Great Aunt Betsy makes and my mom has the recipe!  

It's Drop dead delicious Fudge Frosting that will send you to your knees. Fudge that you will run that extra 6 miles for! and say THANK YOU JESUS!!! THANK YOU for making fudge and putting it on cake. 

Now, here's the thing:

I don't want to accuse anyone of anything. That's just not the kind of  blog I'm running here...but you know...I'm kind of upset...because there was canned frosting on this cake. 

NO! FUDGE! 

CANNED!  Betty Crocker. . .

I'll say it again. I know your shocked! CANNED! BETTY CROCKER! NO! FUDGE! 

NO! FUDGE! 

You can only imagine my disappointed. . .I skipped meals for this cake. . . I ran a few extra miles in the morning to have this cake.  

 My mother "says" she put the fudge frosting on the cake and sent it out to have it decorated.  I'm not going to tell you who decorated this cake at all because, like i said before. . .that's just not the kind of blog I'm running here. 

BUT! 

If you guys figure out it was her mother ~ I can't help it that you'r smart. 

YOUR JUST SMART! 

The cake looked really nice! It was decorated into a paint ball target thing or whatever.  Our girl is very talented!

 VERY TALENTED! 

But, can she be trusted??? Did my mother even put the fudge frosting on this cake??? Can my mother be trusted?

I just don't know where to turn.

I heard something said about the cake being easier to decorate with a different frosting on it.  I just have one thing to say. . .

WHAT???

I just want to know one thing?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FUDGE FROSTING???

What happened!?

Did I tell you I was really looking forward to the cake. . .Did I mention that at all???  HELLO???

I Heart the Best Conversations...

"A heart that loves is always young." ~ Greek Proverb

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I Heart Faces is having another photo challenge. So, of course I want to play. 

This weeks theme is  “Best Face Photo from March 2011.” 

I love this photo of my brother George and his 19 month old granddaughter Aubrey. To me, only the "Best Faces"  show love. That's what I see when I look at this picture. 

& I Worry. . .

Stephen took and passed the drivers permit test last week. 

This really makes me worry. 

Now we have two teenage drivers in the house

Yeah!!!! I said TWO!  

Did I tell you everytime Stephen gets into the car. . . He falls asleep.

 Yeah! He falls asleep . . .So now,  I really worry. . .


Playing alone with the Communal Global Blog

Fourteen In Black & White

She is 14 today. . .Fourteen

Anyway I write them out, the numbers mean the same. . . She is growing up.

Being a part of her life is a thrill for me.

I see the light of the world shining on this girl. And, I think . . . the future looks bright. 

Playing along with: Lisa's Long Road to China & Back



Seven Clown Circus 

Getting Her Nana Home

Well! She had enough! 

Her bags were packed for weeks. She was finally on her way. At long last the time had come to see Nana . . .who had escaped to the Sunny Side.

"The Sunny Side" is where the oranges grow,

the skies are always blue, and the ocean is knocking at your back door: 

Jensen Beach, Florida! 

Don't think for one minute this trip was ALL fun and games. 

She WAS on a mission: 

One . . . To bring Nana back home to South Carolina. 

Two . . .To bring Nana back home to South Carolina.

AND 

 Three . . . Mary Elizabeth wanted to make sure her dear Nana was okay after a fall off of a stability ball and an exercise nightmare. 

And here is another thing . . . Day two of our mother's trip: The word is Nurse Auntie had to rush up to Nana's apartment to assist in a sliced foot incident. This was due to an  attack made by shattered glass that cut the top of Nana's foot rather badly. 

All this made us wonder. . . Is this place safe? 

We did our best to make due in this breathtaking land: 

We woke to the sun peeking over the water, warming our sleepy faces every morning . . . like clock work.  

We saw cousin Beth and her son Micheal. We learned it is not only good to know a nurse, it is good to know a pharmacist when you need one too.  

As Micheal fished, his mom saved the day by assisting with the medications our mother was taking for the pain from "the" fall. 

We went for long walks and suffered through these glorious warm days with the wind blowing through our hair and the smell of the ocean tickling our senses. 

 

On their way home, my sister Margaret and her boys who had also been visiting, stopped by our Father's old stomping grounds  Kennedy Space Center. Margaret wanted to make sure things were still running smoothly and the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery would be off on time. 

This was a good thing too, those of us that stayed behind wanted to see a rocket in the sky once again. 

The feeling of watching the rocket take off brought back so many warms memories of years gone past. I could feel our Father's spirit soring as high as the rocket that was launched. 

It was good to back again in this place that we loved,

 to feel the sand on our finger tips again, 

and watch the sun sink into the bay as it whispered it's good night. 

To some of us . . .the best part of going to Florida was not playing in the salt water and feeling the warmth of the sun on our back; 

 It was going home and making sure EVERYONE was where they need to be. 

Joining in on the Communal Global Blog 
and 
Life with My 3 Boybarians