Summer’s over Mr. Nightlinger…Haven’t heard him say that yet (that would be The Husband) but it is coming. I thought I would just throw up a post today. Been soooo busy this summer and it’s just getting started.
I’m going to add some music that seems appropriate 🙂 for this post. “Story of a Life” sang by Harry Chapin …
We will be celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary in a couple of days and I just can‘t believe it. 5 Kids, #9 Grandbaby on the way. We havebeen truly blessed with God’s grace for the privilege of being part of this family. Going to have our 1st ever family reunion this fall and it should be so amazing !!!!
Getting ready for a little vaca out to the ocean to celebrate the 45th then back home for a bit to celebrate with the family !!! Going to be amazing.
Mom &. Dad #FrainsthenameMy GuyMom & Dad…
We have had such an amazing life …. I can only hope for another 45 years !!! I love you #frainsthename ….
Hello, Good/Great Sunday Morning, and Happy Song Lyric Sunday…The prompt for today comes from https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/ ….Written for Song Lyric Sunday where the theme this week is to find a song that begins with the same letter as your first name.
I’m going to do two songs for SLS b/c I’ll use my first name. The letter is, “P” and my Blogger ID which is, “S”… The song’s I think both come from under the genre of, “Metal Music” which both of my younger son’s, Matthew/36 years old and Connie/32 who by the by are not so young anymore, but who’s counting 😉 …
Both are married and Connie is a Father of two (OMG he’s my baby, #5 and Matthew #4 son is a soon to be a Father w/our 9th grand baby, OMG) . They say now, “Mom how did you have 5 kids ???” I usually just reply, “I didn’t really keep count, 2 boys, my daughter the nurse, and 2 more boys… Trying for the sister, but God had other plans 😉 … I digress, back to SLS 😉 …DNA is forever my friend !!!Yes some things you cannot change and yes that is kind of a dig 😉 !!!
I think they’ll appreciate it as a friendof their’s is Randy the lead singer of, “Lamb of God.”…I wonder if they are still into metal music 😉 . ?? Being new dad’s and all 😉 …
Randy,Lead Singer/Lamb of God/Brother from another Mother
This Mother loves you …
My first song is, “Paradise City”…Lyrics on video.
Paradise City
The second song is Stranglehold/Ted Nugget. I’m sorry ahead of time for some of the language, but it is after all Ted Nugget and both of these song’s I would consider pretty tame compared to now a days 😉 … I also saw Ted Nugent live in concert so I guess I can get away with it.
Ted Nugent/StrangleHold/2022
I just looked at the Lyrics and yeah I’ll think I’ll by pass on those…I’ve got the grand babies today and they just don’t sound to grandmama friendly 😉 . … I hope you enjoy the post and I see my 2 troll’s are still checking in… 😉 . Good for you !!!Like I said, DNA is F O R E V E R !!!! BAHAAAAA. Some times I just can’t resist.
It was the family reunion at the farm in Wisconsin last weekend. I’m so glad that I went. It is such a blessing to be part of a family. I really can’t remember how long we have been having this Reunion but I’m pretty sure it’s been since the early 70’s.
It is at the same place it always is, the Farm. Our Farm is one of the 100 year old farm’s in Wisconsin !!! A huge part of my heart and soul is up there as that is where I spent most of my summer’s growing up. All the cousin’s did and there were a lot of us. The first pic was at grandmama’s up in Greenwood and the second one was the first reunion at the farm. That wasn’t even all of us, 2 weren’t even born yet…Thank you Aunt Patti (RIP) for making us take that picture. It is an iconic picture that all the cousin’s love…
Family/Dolly PartonThe Cousin’s
The memories made up there are just the best. I can remember all of us kids going into the barn and sneaking smoking !!! OMG can’t even imagine that we could’ve lit the place on fire and we didn’t even think about that. We use to go find the cow’s and chase them all over the fields. Uncle Joe and Uncle Bub didn’t understand why they were all sketchy at times, of course they didn’t know what we were up to all day.
Most of us being city kids would come down for meals and when they gave us milk we would say, “Is this real milk (from the grocery store) or the cow’s milk ? “We didn’t like the milk from the cows as this was very thick, not pasteurized. The folks didn’t get it. At dinner time they would literally tell us to go out to the garden and get some vegetables for dinner. Can you even imagine what that was like. All I know is that the food up there was so good !!! Amazing…I have told all my kids if society breaks down, go the the farm !!!
I took a couple of pics when we went this time. I absolutely love this farm. Thank you so much cousin Sean and Michelle for keeping this tradition alive. Love you to the moon …
We went over to the horses and fed them. I’m pretty sure this is where I got my love of animals along with a healthy respect for them.
The FamilyThe FarmHorsesFeeding the horsesHorsesHorses
We also paid a visit out to the cemetery to just remember all of the family who came before us. There were many !!!!
Mom is buried out there but her headstone is still being made. She is laid next to my Great Aunt Alice. She use to take us out there and show us where her grave was going to be. Shewould say, “It’s right here in front,” so she could be the first one out when Jesus came 😉 . I think of her often and miss her every day. She was the best mom !!! Thank you so much mom for giving me the greatest gift of all…L I F E and F A M I L Y…
I’ll end with a couple of my family pics and of course I’ll have to put up the mother/son wedding dance again…I love watching that 😉 .
#frainsthenameDad/Missy/Grandpapa & Baby SamuelThe FamilyMelissa our BallerinaMr. & Mrs. Me & only daughterChristmas, 2023/Daughter/Gabriella & The Little’sRomeo & JulietMatthew & the Grand Dog
I want to give a shout out to 3 amazing father’s I have had in my life. The first father was my husand. He has been such an awesome father, a great leader of our family. He is the captain of our ship and always put the family first.
I know it’s SLS but I’m going to put up this song for all of the amazing father’s and father’s to be in my life…
The PainterThe PainterMom &. Dad #FrainsthenameThe PainterThe CaptainMy GuyGrandpapa, Gabriella & the Little’sGrandmama & GrandpapaGrandpapa, Gabriella & the Little’sThe lone daughter our own personal nurse !!!Little #1GabriellaLittle #2Christmas, 2023
The next amazing father I have had in my life is our youngest who just had his 2nd. He is now the father to our 2 youngest (#7 & 8) grand babies, Mz. Ruby and Mr. Samuel…He learned from the best !!!!
The 3rd amazing Father to Be is our Matthew who is expecting his 1st baby…So excited this will be our 9th grand baby !!!!Both expecting mom, Hannah & expecting dad, Matthew are retired professional Ballet Dancer’s, so one never knows…Could be in the DNA 😉 !!!
#frainsthename
There are just know words as to how wonderful a man that he is…You are the best and you are so loved … Thank you so much for all you have given to our family. Oh and we are celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary this year in August !!!
Dinner at Sullivan’s w/the husbandMom &. Dad #Frainsthename45 years ago the journey begins !!!
I’ll close with this little bit of personal information on my husband and I don’t think he’ll mind. His father use to drop him at school in in the morning. It was a warm June morning, nothing unusual about the day. His dad was dropping him off at school and he was looking forward to the summer. When school was out, his older brother came to pick him up. When he got home, his dad wasn’t there. He died suddenly from an aneurysm/stroke. My husband was only 9 years old that day when he lost his dad. My husband is an amazing man … We all love you dad, “Happy Father’s Day” to the best…
Today’s prompt for SLS is very close to my heart. I lived this for years raising a family full of dancer’s and Michael Jackson lover’s !!! OMG that’s all they did was dance to his music, especially this one, “Thriller
I was trying to find the video of our Matthew dancing with this song, unfortunately I can’t seem to find it. Memories are great though. He danced this one in my kitchen all the time…He also danced, “Dangerous,” at the Milwaukee Gala and couldn’t find that one either. Thanks for the memories Matthew. They are great 🙂 …
And so does Scarlet’s Summer Stories. I’m going to try to post everyday about my summer…Day to day, vaca’s, projects, yadayadayada. Should be interesting to see how it evolves. Oh yes and what the weather is doing of course, w/pictures.
Stay tuned as I’m sure the adventures will be fun…Like I said in a previous post, “Let’s get this party started 🙂 !!! ” Recipe’s, destination’s , picnics, fairs, there are literally endless possibilities on my Summer Bucket list. I finished my Summer Planner yesterday. I’m pretty happy with it.
Blessing’s to all of you too, I hope you have the best of summer’s. I switched over planner’s too. I’m now using, ” http://plannerperfect.com/ ” I like to keep my planning fresh and who doesn’t love a new journal !!! I really love this planner looking forward to all summer with it, you should go check her out…
So you know what that means, time for my summer planner. Y A Y I love, love, love setting up my planner’s. Especially for my Summer Planner!!!! They are the coolest thing that I have.
I found a great site for planner’s and the husband gave me the okay to purchase the coolest planner ever. I’m not quite sure how I’m going to use it but I’m just happy I purchased it. I will put up post of my beautius Summer Planner when it get’s here!!! I have to at least give a shout out to one of my troll’s (my sister Liz) only b/c she got me into the planner thing a 100 years ago, and that’s all I’m going to say about that. I might as well put up a sister picture, but like a said that was a thousand years ago…So sad, thanks dad…
Finally the truth can be told…I am the cutest Mom & Dad…Scarlet & The Painter (the husband)4 generationsThe Family Me & DadMe & Dad100 years ago…
This was the last picture we took together as the Sister’s. The older Sister’s found other things that were important than being a family…Thank you, again dad…
Sister Liz is next to me…This was a before picture and if you know me, you get what that means …Oh well it’s the rearview mirror and you know what they say stop looking there because your not going that way…
I found a song that I love and it reminds me of being a part of something that could’ve been so special, but it was not to be. God takes people out of your life that will not be good for what his plan is. So I just accept the way that it went. We will be together again and we will have to stand in front of our God. I’m okay with that…
Whatever, this post just went somewhere I had no idea it was going to go, so I’m going to post this as is b/c it’s a sign… It was suppose to be Two for Tuesday… Oh yeah and here’s the song, “We Are Family .” 😉 …
Boy did I get off the subject or did I even have one, a subject that is… Right the summer, so many things going on. I’ll have so much to blog about. Happy Tuesday, love ya blogger pals. Have a great day, we’re going to have severe storms so check go check their website’s out Meterologist Mark…And Reed Timmer. I’m sure they’re watching. I’ll go back and link them.
I really love, love, love our generation’s picture… I’m so glad I got it. The hands are my Mom RIP, Momma (me), Lizzie, and our oldest grand daughter as she puts it Gabbieeeeee 😉 . (She’s 18, OMG)
Here are our beautiful grand daughter’s, Gabbieeeee and as we call them the little’s Ms. Olivia and Ms. Mariah. Aren’t they just adorable!!! We just have the best time and they just love coming over to Grandpapa’s &Grandmama’s house 😉 …
This was Ms. Gabbbieeeee at prom, is she just a beautiful young lady or what. We are just so proud of all of them …Good job Momma Lizzie 😉 …
Gabbie & The Littles
I’m not going to put this in the SLS challenge but I just need to put this song up on my blog.. Not many will know exactly what this song means to me b/c they are too young, but a few will. Song for a Sunday and I hope you enjoy this song…
Commencing countdown, engines on … Thisisground control, Houston I know we have a problem 😉 …
Grandmama & GrandpapaLoving the AtlanticScarlet and her OceanScarlet#frainsthenameMy #7 & #8 grandbaby’sThe FamilyLoving on Mr. SamuelOur BabiesBig Sister Ruby & Baby Brother Samuel
We just love the family and all the grandbaby’s … This is # 7 & # 8 and who know’s but # 9 may not be too far away 😉 . OMG I was hoping for some but I never expected 8 and who know’s how many more. I knew I would never come close to my extended family, but this many is more than I could ever hope for !!! We are truly blessed…More great adventures soon, so stay tuned 😉 …
The Cousin’s
These are just some of my cousin’s, there were a few not born yet … I pretty sure Grandmama & Grandpapa have got me beat. Italian/Irish Catholic enough said 😉 …
Our family comes from so many different places. I love y’all and I hope everyone is well. #……thename 😉 … I had such a great time with you, Valerie, Maggie and Cody … I’m still watching that video of me and Matthew dancing. You guys were my biggest fan’s and I love that. Thank you so much for making me feel so special and loved …
Our Richmond Dancing Family I love you MaggieRichmond Ballet FamilyGrandpapa & Grandmama w/our girl’sDancing FamilyDancing Fam…I love y’all
I was taking the picture…Fernando & Cody, Dad, Connor & Melissa (Baby Bump #2, Mr. Samuel) Valerie & Kirk 😉 . Had so much fun w/y’all !!! and I took a pretty good picture 😉 .
Oh what the heck, if you’ve gotten this far I might as well put the “Mother/Son” dance back up… I can’t watch that enough times 😉 . ThankYou so much Matthew, you gave me my memory of a life time. I love you to the moon !!!!
May is once again on us and OMG the summer has started. I’m not going to wait for the husband to say, ” It’s going to be the 4th of July and then Summer is over 😉 !!! ” So much is going on but I’m going to stick w/ the top 3 for now…
Planning outside landscaping of our beauties new home, our 45th wedding anniversary celebration (Vegas here we come !!!) and our celebration of our family w/a family reunion probably out at our fav place the Atlantic Ocean. Definitely a song for this post 🙂
Here are some of the pics of the decorating of the new house inside. We are all done with the downstairs and I did that withmy broken arm, OMG 😉 …
I know it’s not perfect, but as they say “When there is love in the home, it is a palace for sure !!! ” These pics don’t really show the finished product, but they’re pretty close. We absolutely love it…
Here our is the backyard so it definitely is a before pic b/c we haven’t even started…
Spring in Rosie’s backyard 😉
And I had a perfect Mother’s Day w/the best news of all 😉 … The husband took me out to Sullivan’s for a steak dinner and it was so delicious…Have great leftover’s for today and that’s always my fav. and I got my new coffee machine. I make the greatest drinks with it. Starbuck’s eat your heart out 😉 …
Dinner at Sullivan’s w/the husbandMy Chocolate/Carmel LatteBear Bread (that I baked)
I’ll close this out w/Prom (cough, cough) I call it Mayhem 😉 but I really just got to watch all the mayhem and calm the tear’s and fear’s of mom (my Lizzie and Gabriella)…Gabriella was beautiful and she has a really great guy for a boyfriend !!!
I’m not going to forget our newest little granddaughter who just celebrated her 2nd birthday, OMG where does the time go !!! I tell you she has to be one of the cutest 2 year olds ever. No she definitely is the cutest 2 year old ever!!! This is her reading the book we got her for the birthday. Grandpapa’s fav song, “Baby Sharks 😉 “…
Baby SharksCutest 2 year old ever & Baby Brother Sam
I have to mention the Olivia’s (the oldest little) and her bday party…Grandpapa was in the go carts with her OMG who knew being a Grandpapa & Grandmama was going to be so much fun 😉 . Happy Monday Blogger’s
Stay tuned…Scarlet has a busy summer ahead of us, family reunions, road trips, shhhh a great, great big announcement, aka surprise.
