Stolen Heart.

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…this is as good as it gets for a family pic…excuse the haze..urrrgghhh

My favorite…

…so bummed. I took these as we were leaving. He was telling jokes per his usual routine and laughing hysterically. I didn’t have time to change my settings over, but just loovvee how hard he’s laughing so had to include them…

…and I’m never bound to get it back. I believe Michael has it for good. The little boy who lights up our whole world…whose laughter is beautiful music to my ears…whose smile lights up an entire room…whose sensitive little body wants to make sure no one is ever sad…who’s constantly telling jokes, who’s forever begging for just one more hug and one more “I Love You”…who’s made our every single solitary day amazing…

Hugs and smooches gorgeous you.

My Good Luck Charms.

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How lucky am I?

x’s and o’s to my boys today and every day….

A Happy Home.

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Well, another week that is passing. Another week I am trying to wrap my brain around the idea of you not being here. Another week I am trying to cope, trying to find reasons to smile. Another week of “not fairs” and “how could you leave me’s” and “I miss you terribly’s”. It is a battle every day and I hate that my last thoughts before I go to bed and my first thoughts when I wake up are of you being gone. My mind is constantly playing a slideshow of you, your life, our life, our moments, our family when we were four and not three.

I talked with Sheye today and told her of how I have lived my life in a bubble…a perfect, happy little bubble in a happy home. A home where “I Love You” was knitted so tightly into our vocabulary. A home where hugs and kisses were handed out in abundance; where phone calls, e-mails, and text messages were a part of daily routine. A home that always smelled of herbs and spices and gourmet meals. Where music constantly played overhead and conversations lasted well into the night. I did not know of anger because it was an emotion you and mom did not know of. I only knew what it was like to be loved, protected, and spoiled.

A moment I will never forget…ten years ago…you bought a brand new digital camera. I begged and begged you to use it. You never could say no to me and caved. In Steve Manthe fashion, we had Olympus digital camera 101 training. You went over every detail of the camera, how it worked, and reminded me time after time to be careful with the lens. After setting the camera on your desk, I knocked it to the floor snapping the lens from the body. I walked slowly into the kitchen where you where standing with my head hung low and tears rolling down my face. I held out the lens in one hand and the body in the other and told you it was an accident. I was waiting for you to yell and scream and ask me how I could be so careless with your brand new, expensive camera. But instead, you did something I will never forget. You took the camera from my hands and set it on the counter. You walked over to me, hugged me tightly and said, “It’s just a camera honey. It can be fixed.” Oh how I wish you were here to fix all of us. I have never forgotten that moment and I never will. It just reflects who you were. How material things didn’t matter. The lessons we teach, the lessons we learn, the love we give, the moments we never get back, the I Love You’s that can’t be said enough, the gifts we share…this is what matters most in this life. I would give all of my possessions up to have you here again.

So tonight, for you, Brady and I went outside and Brady smoked one of the Montecristo cigars you gave him. The smell brought me home to you…my happy home that is forever etched on my heart. A happy home that you have given me all of my life…the same home I will give to my children.

I love you Papa and I miss you so much it hurts.

Your Cowcie

Delicious-Ness

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Yes, delicious, yummy, quite eatable actually. Taken outside Boppa and Grandma’s house before church. The sun lit up his curls…as if he needs anymore help being gorgeous.

Love you Yukabuka Potamus…

Rob and Jenn

Well, well, well….Rob and Jenn you are certainly popular. I don’t know how many people I have had ask Brady and I, “When are you posting Rob and Jenn’s pictures? We want to see mooorree!” So I am posting mass amounts of pictures in order to satisfy little impatient bodies! I couldn’t think of a better way to start out this post than with a picture of Jenn’s beloved butterfly necklace. It hangs around her neck in remembrance of her mother who passed away two years ago. I know with all my being that she was there that day watching as her daughter celebrated the happiest day of her life. It’s beautiful. Jenn was beautiful. The whole day was absolutley beautiful….

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…I loved the broaches that Jenn picked out for her bridesmaids…

The picture below is so special to me. Initially, when I downloaded the picture, the light coming through the window was a bit bright for my taste. I was using my burn tool to darken certain areas a bit. As I did, something started to appear through the window pane. I continued on and the image that appeared was beautiful. It is the perfect figure of someone with an angel wing. It wasn’t on the intial picture…I am love with it.

…SO them…Rob saying something funny and Jenn laughing. Just another day in the life of Rob and Jenn!

My favorite below…

Rob and Jenn – I loved every minute of your day…from spending time with the girls at Beauty getting beautified to watching Jenn put on that amazing dress…watching Rob waiting impatiently as guests arrived to watching you walk down that aisle for the first time as husband and wife. The location at Villa Terrace couldn’t have been a better backdrop to reflect how beautiful the two of you are. I felt so so lucky that you asked me to share the day with you. My wish for you is simple. I wish you nothing but happiness moving forward in this life. I can think of no two people more deserving…

Jenn – a special note to you to tell you how incredibly amazing you are. You have given me more this last month than I could’ve ever imagined. You have listened. You have shared. You have made me laugh and made me cry. When we met to discuss the details of how your day was going to unfold, you were so selfless and listened as I told you of a journey you know all too well. You will never know how much that meant to me. Thank you so much for being the amazing woman that you are. Rob is such a lucky man!

My best wishes for the two of you,

Krysta

Stolen Heart.

My Good Luck Charms.

A Happy Home.

Delicious-Ness

Rob and Jenn

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