Happy Thursday Blogger’s. Hope we are all doing well with the challenge!!! This is one of my favorite challenges…
Today will be all about my adorable grandbabies. We have been so blessed with 9 healthy lil ones. 5 boys and 4 girls with another one on the way.
We were blessed with 5 children, 4 boys and our middle one, the daughter!!! So happy I had at least one girl. As I’m the youngest of 4 girls, no brothers it’s been quite a journey. My mom was the only girl with 7 brothers OMG 😱!!! Her mom was the oldest of 6 sisters. So it’s been a flip/flop generational line.
I’ll post pics of my lil darling grandbabies ♥️♥️
Big sister, Ruby & SamMr. Oliver #9 and counting ….Go Northwestern Mariah & OliviaOlivia & Mariah
I have the most beautiful grandbabies in the world and that’s the truth !!! 💯💯
Yes I know there’s 4 kids (we had 5), but our 2nd son, “Sean Patrick” is in heaven watching over us all. Making sure we get there with him and of course there’s always that one kid (our oldest) who has his own agenda and so I really don’t have much more to say about him except too much drama and disrespect !!! We’re the mom and dad and we don’t have to take that ever !!! That is why this is the most you’ll seen of him on my blog. So I’ve purposely let him go b/c not really that interested in what he’s doing…
Grandpapa & GrandmamaFamily Pic/Outer BanksMs. Ruby & Sam/#7 & #8Our Ballet Boys/Matthew & ConnoBaby Oliver #9…#10 on the wayOur Girls
One final pic of the family that I came from…Irish/Italian Catholic and these are just some of the cousins b/c some weren’t even born yet 😉 …
This was the first group and from the looks of how old I was it was probably 1964…I’m down in front on the left w/my 3 other sisters…Mary had her head turned and Beth (Liz) was in the green dress. I’m right next to her, kay was on the outside.
The Cousin’s
This one the later one in the early 70’s. I’m in the middle of(Red, White & Blue shirt) with pig tails. That was grandmama Fannie and Grandpapa Harry…She had 7 boys and 1 girl, my mom. Family is everything and we still get together and many of my cousins are like sisters to me…Love and Blessings to this bunch…We had a blast growing up at grandmama’s in the the summer and our family reunionswere a blast ….
I need to add one more pic…They’re our best friends. They got married a week before us and we were neighbors (that’s how we met). Scott was in dental school and now our family dentist for the last 48 years and me and Cheryl had all our babies together !!! We are together forever !!!
Friends for life/Connor & Melissa’s WeddingFriends for Life/48 years and countingMy DentistScott & CherylWe love each other/We’re family
This morning woke up to half a house w/o electricity OMG !!! I had to find an outlet thatworked for my coffee. Scarlett has to have her coffee first before anything. I found an outlet that worked and called right away on the electricity. It’s been all the stormy weather and rain that did it. Long story short, it’s fixed…Thank you so much I could get my Easter dinner done.
Scarlet’s story for today is my moment in time that will forever be etched in my heart. I always told my story to the kids that when my story was finished here on earth, I hope I would be met by Patrick Swayze and he would be dancing with me for the song, “Time of my Life.”
If you have followed my blog, then you know all about all of the professional dancer’s that are my boys. JoffreyBallet, Milwaukee Ballet, Richmond Ballet yadayadayada… My 3rd son, Matthew got married to Hannah (both professional dancer’s). At his wedding he told me we were dancing the mother/son dance to, “A Simple Man” by Leonard Skinner. So the night before the wedding I went on line and listened to the song so I would have some idea of how the dance would go.
Below I’m just going to post the link of how the dance went. It was a memorable moment, one that I will never forget!!!!! Enjoy
Now that was the time of my life and a son who truly knows his mom and loves her to the moon. He is just the best dancer and totally confident and led me through the entire dance. I loved the ending the best. Thank you Matthew, you gave your mom a gift that I will always remember!!!!
It has taken me a long time to get to this point to be able to put music to this very special birthday…I’m glad I can do this for him b/c this is his day that he changed the world forever and he’s earned that…A Mother never forgets.
Happy Birthday Sean Patrick. Today would’ve been your 42nd birthday. I remember our short time together every year. I know you see your family down here and are looking after us all. We will all be together again someday, and I will get to hold you and tell you how much you taught me from our short time together. After you were born, you changed our world forever. You were here on this earth for only a short time but you were here for exactly how long you were suppose to be. God took you with him and now you are perfect.
Sean Patrick, March 21, 1984…He didn’t know how short his life was. He only knew he lived a perfect life because all he knew was that he was loved by his mom & dad. Blessings today on your heavenly birthday … You will never be forgotten because your birthday changed the world forever. It changed our world for good. Your family will always love you.
I remember the day after we lost you and waking up. It was over and I felt very empty. I got out of bed and I remember going and looking out the window down at all the people. I was so sad. Everyone was just walking so fast, going no where I thought. Really what was so important. I wanted the world to stop because my world had. I wanted to cry and yell at everyone. Why is life still going on? Everything looked so normal, but it wasn’t for me. Life can be so cruel sometime. I was 24 years old but my innocence was gone. When your baby dies a part of your soul goes with him, yet part of him stays with you. I would never again be that young mother who walked into the hospital that Sunday night.
Well it was time to move on now. I remember wanting to go home and be with my baby Michael Jr. and your dad. The hospital chaplain came into my room and said that they would take care of you and I did not have to worry about it, but I said I did. You were our baby and we would take care of the arrangements. Michael told me not to worry about anything and that he would handle the funeral arrangements. The same priest who married us come out to the gravesite. It was a cold, gray rainy March day. We buried you with your Grandpapa Frain. I didn’t have a lot of people there because I was too sad. It is hard to see a small little box that you know your baby was in. It was hard burying you and letting go. Saying goodbye was very hard.
The Family, 1994
I became an awesome mom that day. I learned not to take anything for granted ever. I learned about unconditional love, really. My faith in God grew strong and I learned how to accept his will. Maybe not agree with it, but accept it and know that someday I would understand it all. I learned how fragile life is and to appreciate all that I have. I went on to have 3 more children. I just gave my life to God, and let him handle it. It worked out exactly how it was suppose too. Blessings to all my family, we have an angel watching over all of us…
I’m just dropping in on this Cloudy February Monday…Dinner’s made and I’m just have having my PM Snack Latte…
This is so much easier and cheaper than Starbucks, plus I don’t have to interrupt my afternoon by going out and getting this…1 Glass, 2 Nespresso Pod’s of Bianco Doppio, a splash of Simple Vanilla Syrup and you can’t forget the Topper of DD Cold Foam Creamer, enjoy and your welcome. You can do it yourself and it’s always better.
And before I forget dinner is going to be Scarlet’s Yummy Apple Pancake. So easy and great for dinner, plus don’t forget the smoky links…Again, your welcome…
If your interested, leave a comment below and I’ll send you my recipe…Happy Monday all of my friendly blogger’s !!! Hope everyone has a great week…Blessings
Husband has been down w/Walking Pneumonia, spent Sunday morning in ER…He’s on the mend and I spent yesterday in the ER trying to
breathe. So yay I can say the holiday season has officially begun in my house !!!!. Will try to getback to all the holiday things. This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for having his and her puffer’s 😉 and breathing again.Oh bythe by, this was all his fault.
We decorated the entire house in preparations for the entire family to come out for Thanksgiving. Ah yay, that didn’t happen. No one’s fault, just life. Probably worked out for the best, b/c tomorrow is a blizzard so no one would’ve made it back. Another day useless, another day… (Trivia Question, ” What movie is that quote from??? ” ) Answer in the comments…. Maybe a surprise for the first right answer 🙂 …
Love and blessings for having a nurse who’s a daughter and being totally capable of dealing with all the health issues…Mom was also a nurse RIP and taught me most of what I know, and giving me so much common sense…Miss you mom.
Hopefully I will have some yummy recipes to share and holiday things that are fun. I will tell you though, I’m not sure what ER visit it was, I cancelled Christmas…I was not in my happy place when I did that…
Blessings to all out there, hopefully things will improve…
I just had to get this post up. The weather is absolutely beautius for Halloween in Chicago. Looking back on past Halloween’s, in my bank full of absolutely wonderful memories.
Thank you to all of you who made our lives so rich. Enjoy
Maybe it’s the fall, or maybe I just decided to start writing. Anything, just start telling your stories. Just share your day, your life. It’s really interesting and funny and sad. Many emotions tangled all together.
I’ll start by introducing myself. I’m Scarlett, a homemaker, mother (love all my babies ), wife, blogger and I love life & family. I love to blog, organize, plan, arcrchive (i.e. save publication, Newspaper’s, People Magazine. Interesting stuff that you look back on and remember.
I have been with my most favorite person in the whole world since 1976, when I was only 16 years old. The very first time I laid eyes on him I said, “That’s the guy I’m going to marry !!!” and I did. We have 5 children, and 9 grand babies…
This is our song…
We’ve met in 1976, our first date was a Milwaukee Brewer’s game against the White Sox…My oldest sister introduced us. It was love at first site. He was gorgeous and still is.
I hope you’ll follow along as I tell my stories. Like I said up above, it’s the story of an amazing journey of love and loss. Strength and the Grace of God.
Today I’m going to start my cook book, b/c I love to write and I love to cook. It’s a dessert that’s easy to make and delicious on a warm September day…I hope you’ll follow along, and I hope I can get it all down on my blog…Blessings, to all my blogger friends.
