Melanie and the girls come for the summer!

I can remember every summer getting so anxious for it to arrive, because I knew that meant I got to see my Aunt Melanie and my cousins Aubrey and Laney! I was so excited I couldn't keep it in! They would fly in from Dallas TX (where i am at now) on Southwest airlines. It was always the plane with red and gold! I feel like they were here for the whole summer but that far back they could have been here for 2 weeks and I would have felt like it was 8! I guess I need to find that out! We spent everyday together and many trips to Sea World and the zoo.I remember picking them up from the airport with either my mom or grandparents. It was so fun to go to the airport to pick people up back then, because everyone could go through security and watch the planes come in and take-off, we would always get there early and watch the planes, and then once their plane was here we stood by the door and watched everyone get off until they were with us! I remember my cousins always matching and my aunt looking gorgeous as always! I loved to watch big smiles meet when we saw each other! I loved spending time with them! Summers were always fun and full with talent shows and playing house! It was great! Moments like that are so fun. I was always sad the day they left but they did come back alot, but the most important thing is they found their way back to California and so will I! I miss you girls, Melanie I love you so much and you are a true example and family member that will always be locked in my heart! Aubrey you are my best friend and always will be even though when we were young you were quite the character but I am sure I was too! Laney you are the biggest love and the softest soul, I knew you would never change and soft spirit reaches everyone to love you! Thanks southwest for bringing my family to me every summer!

Valentines by MOM!

I have been dieing to post this topic! I have been thinking about it for months and I am finally doing something about it! Its on Valentines and how my mom made them special for us! Every year for valentines we would decorate a little with hearts around the house and window decorations and then the day of Valentines mom would always have a very fun display for each of us at the table for when we woke up! The displays were always Cute little plastic heart shaped boxes that were full of stuff that we like and didn't have everyday like our favorite drink, candy, snack, and fun little trinkets, most of the stuff though inside was pink or red or white! Then she always had half a poster size card for us that had little clippings into a collage of things about us! Like my card always had shamu because I like sea world or cut outs from candy boxes or whatever, just a collage about us, it was her way of showing us she knew what we liked and who we were! I loved! she was the best when it came to holidays she had very fun traditions and I am so lucky I had her for my Mommy! Thanks mom for making every valentines special and letting me know you love me! I am having alot of fun with it now as I got to start it for Gid this year and Brandon! The traditions live on!

Turtlenecks!

My Grammy Sherry, you got to love her, she is fun and always ready to shop! She was so good every year she always had beautiful outfits for her grand kids for Christmas and Birthdays, They would always be Beautifully wrapped and the tissue inside was never wrinkled and I think more then 99% was in a nordstrom box! The funny thing is that every outfit I got (I guess since my birthday and Christmas are in winter) always had a Turtleneck to go with it! This lady loves her Turtlenecks! I think I was the only Grandchild(or so I feel) that got a turtle neck, and the funny things is I DON'T like turtlenecks, they make me feel like I am being strangled and suffocated!! I think I have seen all of my other cousins wear one but not me! I start like gagging and getting all weird because I feel very claustrophobic in it! I think in my years of getting clothes from Grammy I got one in every color! But the legacy definitely lives on because last year for Christmas Gid got his first Turtleneck in a cream color!! I was telling this to Brandon last night and it seems we both feel the same way about turtlenecks! I guess we really were supposed to be together! So for future reference don't buy us turtlenecks! Its not because we don't like them its because we really feel like we are dieing! Although I never wore the turtlenecks Grammy still managed to get beautiful out fits that went with them and yes I did wear them! It was just the turtlenecks Grams!! Love you and thank you for the Gifts!

Red Door!

I remember the day I officially knew my grandma was getting old and sort of loosing it(if that's ok to say), it was the day of the famous red door! I remember one day showing up to my grandparents house and their door was painted a reddish pinkish color.... don't ask me why or how or even why my grandpa let her do this!! The funny thing was that not much earlier did they have there house painted gray and white! So here is this big beautiful house that was painted white and gray and now it has a very BOLD red door with old black/brown hinges!! It was hideous, I mean this door stood out like crazy especially since it was in a neighborhood of older houses and that definitely was not the look. This look would have fit in like London walking down the street, like the movie Noting Hill! Their house had this amazing huge yard with beautiful flowers and grass and orange trees all around and suddenly there was this RED door! I got to love the memories of people getting older, it makes me sit back and wonder what type of things I will do and say! And as I will post more stories of things I realized that weren't exactly my grandma I have to leave you with the red door being JUST the start of it all! p.s. the door in the picture is not their house or door but is exactly the color and the house had stucco not brick!

Puffy PAint T-shirts for every holiday!

I am so excited to be blogging about this post, It is a post about puffy paints and the amazing capabilities it has and what you can actually do with them. My mom used to make us shirts for our birthdays for us to wear to school or our parties!! I loved it, it was a chance to let everyone know it was MY day!! I would wear my birthday shirt with some black leggings and my shirt would always be tied up on the side!! Got to love the 80's! I would always wear cute little flat shoes or white keds with white ruffled socks! I Love it! But if you think my mom just contained herself to just making puffy paint birthday shirts you were clearly wrong. She would also make Christmas sweatshirts and turtle necks and keds shoes with Christmas lights going up the side with red ribbon as the laces! She would make all sorts of stuff and was amazing at it! I loved every year because I knew my shirt was coming and I always wondered what it would be that year! I remember one year my Birthday was the same day as my 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Newton, and she made her one as well, My teacher was in love with cats so my mom made her her own with like 20+ cats on it with all the kids names on it! I honestly can say that I wish so badly that the puffy paint style was still in, and that I still got on every year, but I guess times are changing and I have to grow up some time. I hope that I will be able to make them for my kids with out them getting made fun of! I love puffy paint you can make anything! Well I have to say thank you to my wonderful talented mom for always making my birthdays that much more special! But I am going to blame her for my obsession with my birthday, because I clearly saw the reaction I get for it being my birthday, that I have to keep it up! So for you out there who doesn't know my birthday its November 18Th! Thanks mom! I love you very much!

Thriftys Ice Cream!

My post today is on Thriftys Ice Cream, Not many of you had these around because everyone I have talked to(except my family) hasnt heard of it. Thriftys Ice cream is located in the drug stores in southern California. Everyday that my Grandpa had me after school or even on the weekends, we would always take a trip to Thriftys. We would always order Ice cream cones and the best part about it was that Grandpa ALWAYS let me pick any flavor and as many scoops as I wanted!! We would always walk around the store and eventually finish them outside! It was the best, I remember him ALWAYS getting rocky road and I was always between rainbow sherbert and chocolate chip!! mmmm! I want some Ice Cream now!! I know my Grandma probably took me sometimes but I dont ever remember her there. I loved Grandpa to pick me up from school because I knew with out fail rain or shine, freezing or scorching we would always go to Thriftys! I have never met any type of addicted person to anything but my Grandpa was a HUGE addict to Ice Cream! Now that I am craving Ice Cream and I have to figure a way to get it, I better go! I hope I have put you all in a mood for some ice cream!! Happy Licking!

Famous White Cadillac and the stunning Red INTERIOR!

My Grandparents had this Cadillac when I was growing up and all I can remember was that is was white and had RED INTERIOR!! I can not believe that a car could have red interior and that cadillac would make red interior and why did I think that was normal?!!! I remeber them picking me up places and almost thinking to myself "that this doesnt look right"??? But i guess I never put two and two together! And when I say RED I really mean it! The steering wheel was red, leather, carpet, dashboard and everything was red! I love it, it was like a huge moving Valentine every day of the year!! It so fun to remebet that car and see how much cars have changed since then. I wonder if cadillac looks back and says what the heck? Well I am glad for the memory, but I am more Glad times are changing!! Happy Driving!

Picking Oranges!

Every time we went over to my Grandparents and it was a clear day, My Grandpa would always take us down to go and pick oranges off the tree. And if it was the perfect time we would also be able to pick plums, pears, tangerines, and one other fruit but I cant remember what they are callled! It was such a fun thing to do with Grandpa, I knew everytime I would go over there I would be able to go in the yard and pick some fruit. The funny thing is before we even got there, Grandpa and Grandma would already have a box set out for us to take home! I am shocked none of my family had a Vitamin C over dose! I loved going out in the yard. When you walk out their front door there yard was like a U shape around the house and so you walk out and then you get to run.. down the hill and there were all the trees just waiting to be picked. Your hands would smell like oranges the rest of the day! We would always come pack in wash them and then pick the best one to eat and sit down and share it but it normally turned into 3-4 oranges! This yard was so big and full of trees and boy did lots of things get caught in them! I miss going out in the yard with Grandpa and Grandma, Grandpa would always walk me down and grandma would always fallow us waddleing her way down slowly!! Or she would still be in the house watching Oprah!! Love it!! Memories are the best, I can smell my grandparets yard now!

So I have decided.....!

I have decided its time for me to do somehting about my memoreis and thoughts. There probably hasnt been a day (atleast since i have been a mom) that I havent thought about MY childhood and what I remember. Little things in life really are getting me through my days lately and I thought of what a perfect way to sit back write about my memories and share them with all of you. Now this probably wont be very exciting to any of you, maybe my family, but it really is a fun way that I get to sit down for an hour or so and write about what I remember and all of its details. I have had so much fun thinking of things from my childhood and where they came from, that I have a list of things to write about. But I have decided to wait 1 topic at a time. I will keep this going and I know I am going to be uplifted in my days and really stop to think and react to small things instead of waiting for the big things to come. I am so excited and hardly can wait to start. So this post will be my intro and my next on.. will be my memories!