the river

The warm summer breeze

begins to drift over the water.

Sitting on the point

overlooking the river.

One last boat is going home

after a hot, carefree day.

The distant hum of the engine

reaches my ears,

Blending in with the rush of water against the rocks,

Summer's own mesmerizing soundtrack.

I dip my foot in,feeling the chill embrace

My bare foot,with it's many tan lines

from my favorite worn out flops.

On the small shoal

in the distance I can see

the silhouette of the blue heron,
Black against the setting sun's rainbow.

Pink, orange, purple and red

fill the spaces in between

Each tiny island

as the sun slowly

Descends,and darkness

Is out to play.

i get a liittle warm in my heart when i think of winter

no sooner did i post pics from summer and i look out my window and its snowing!!! winter is here! yikes!!

meet me in the summertime, we can move the air..meet me in the summertime, i will see you there!!

these are pictures that bogie just emailed me today. i have been hounding him since june? for them. and seeing them now makes me miss summer!!! billy and i on our way to potter's

thomas and i posing

billy catching a beer!!

the three of us having fun

crazy group shot!!

nice group shot!!

porch party!!!

bazzy and i posing like charlie's angels. if i remember correctly, i think we said something like bogie was charlie...

my favorite picture of the summer!!!! i miss you summmer!!

stuck on you, i've got this feeling down deep in my soul that i just can't lose

i went to clayton thursday and friday so i could babysit noah friday. we spent all day together. he is a very entertaining little person. we went for a walk since it was sooo nice out. when we got downtown he freaked out because he saw the river. he screamed in his little boston accent(not sure where it comes from, he doesn't say his r's or l's quite yet) "the wiva emmy!! the wiva is bue!!" which translates to the river emmy! the river is blue!! i love it when little kids cant say their r's or l's. its so flippin cute!!! noah is actually posing for me here. and saying cheese. but he didnt sit still long enough for me to get another shot... i couldn't resist this pic of fawn, the boxer, and olie, the great dane. they once shared a kennel, back when olie was just a puppy. so they still always sleep with each other even though they know have basically a whole house. its love, what can you say....

home, to a new and a shiny place, make our bed, and we'll say our grace.....

in between football this weekend, billy started refinishing a little table that belonged to my grandfather. it was his candy drawer, so i may have to keep with the tradition. i don't think it will be a hard task.... if anyone has any furniture to be refinished it looks like i know a good place to start....billy has a new hobby.

witches, wet t-shirts, and sarah palin's baby....

here are some more halloween pictures. these are our "before" pics! myself, bobby and catie...

john and catie... aunt sally, bobby and catie...

bobby and catie

aunt sally, dylan (the blind ref), wyatt (the ghost rider) and noah (tigger)

tom, the scary clown...yikes. i had to sit next to him when we played cards. he kept winking at me. scary scary!!

mom and aunt sally with their co-workers...

catie the witch and john the wet t-shirt contest winner...can't blame them there!!
bobby and julie
chris, the host. he was a football player.



john, holding sarah palin's baby. she was there too but i don't have a picture. her advisor said it would not be wise, considering the crowd.

and finally, myself, the rock star midget. i was hangin with sarah palin's baby too. her baby loves all minorities, even the little people.

fun with noah

part of my weekend consisted of hanging out with noah, my cousin catie's 2 year old. we hung out all day saturday, just the two of us and uncle bobby, of course. we played outside, colored and then he took a 4 hour nap, wiped out by all of the excitement of the night before, i am sure. i had to wake the little guy up!

friday i was in clayton and i decided it would be fun to go trick or treating with the kids and john, catie and bobby. it was fun walking down the familiar streets like when i was a kid. and noah was so cute to watch. he said "trick or treat", "thank you" and "happy halloween" at every door, and sometimes even went right inside and made himself comfortable! on the way back home he was pretty tired so he rode on my shoulders all the way back and we chatted about pumpkins, snow and he counted to 13.

it was a great time with him and i am glad we got to hang out together!