Miss You, Dad...

Today is my Dad's birthday - Even though he is no longer with us, I think of him often, and miss him like CRAZY! After Dad passed away, Mom and I went through a bunch of old photos, and I scanned a few. I was so sad to realize how few photos there are of Dad. These days I am camera crazy (obviously, lol), but then, it just didn't seem as important. Make a point of getting EVERYONE in the picture! You will be glad you did, and you (and your family) will one day treasure those photos - even if they are dog-eared, over or under exposed, and sort of blurry.

I did a quick page showcasing a few of the pictures that I do have of Dad - these photos really show what he was about, growing up on the farm, his service in the Army, and hunting & fishing. A perfect birthday tribute! I can *almost* smell that pipe tobacco...

I miss you Dad!



Today, I will ignore the carbs/calories/points and get a Dairy Queen treat. You could always count on my Dad to swing in there for a treat on a hot summer day...

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you get an ice cream treat today!

Just a couple more...

A few more flower photos from yesterday...

How cute is this ladybug?


Pink Gerbera...so pretty!


A couple new edits from the yellow Gerbera...


This one is my favorite!


Thanks for stopping by!

Garden Goodness...

Did you have a good weekend? We got busy digging in the raised beds around the patio and planted some annuals. I *had* to get out and snap some pics this morning - good practice for me, with inanimate objects, haha!

Here are some favorites:

Gerbera Daisy


Petunia


"Fireworks" Dahlia


More Gerbera...






Another Dahlia...


More Gerbera...

Dark Horse

Wow. What a finale! Big smiles here, because this was my pick for the year!

Florida Recap...

Phew!

Let me just dust off the ol' blog here...YIPES! Good news - I finished up everything I needed to *before* vacation. Bad news - no time to blog, lol!

It was back to the "rat race" today, back to work - BLAH!

Here's a quick page (well I don't know how "quick" it was, lol) recapping our fun Florida vacation. The highlight was being at Kennedy Space Center for the shuttle launch! How cool is that? We didn't plan it, it just timed out to be happening during our vacation so we were lucky to snag some tickets. It was PACKED. And HOT! I don't like crowds, but it was SO WORTH IT to be there! We were quite a distance from the launch pad (had to wait until it cleared the tree line to see the shuttle) but it was still very exciting! Then we sat in the 2 hour traffic jam of "space shuttle traffic" (seriously, that's what they called it!) back to Orlando. But it was *STILL* worth it!

Page Credits: Pop Goes the World kit by Dani Mogstad at Sweet Shoppe Designs, template by Jen Caputo of Scrapbook Graphics, An Unfortunate Event font.

Other highlights included mini golf, Universal Studios (love that Simpson's ride! D'OH!), Aquatica Water Park, and a Pirate Dinner Adventure (our pirate won - YAY!) There was also plenty of swimming in the resort pools and late night hot tubbing - and you can never get enough of those tacky touristy gift shops, lol...

We are already thinking ahead to a "beachy" Florida trip for 2010!