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It's raining again today... PLEASE no more water in the basement... !!!
It's the last day of December.... I wonder what 2010 has in store......
Some random new pictures of Kai-son.... long lanky pooch right now.... He'll be 7months old tomorrow... He is now taller and longer and weighs more than Maxx... (who will be 9years old in March)
Sorry the coloring is off on them... I was trying to play with settings... Kai-son is more on the blackish color than the brown
It was VERY low tide

Taking a break from digging

I wasn't joking when I said low tide... LOL---he almost blends in...

Looking into the marsh

Imagination....

We woke up to 2 inches of water in the basement ... AGAIN; today... It just happened the week before Bob died.... but that time was a combination of our hot water heater going at the same time we had alllll that rain and it was more than our french drain and sump pump could handle... Well, with the snow melting and the rain a day or so ago... we ended up with our shoes floating again....
So, I decided to retreat my mind ... in a sense... ;) after baking some cookies and popping some popcorn (too make sure Nate has some munchies for the next day or so)...
I turned on the tv for some background noise as I attempt to lose myself into something photographic as Nate is trying to shop vac the basement to assist the sump pump....
One of my favorite movies... The Chronicels of Narnia... (The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe) is on!!!... LOVE IT
I LOVE the imagination.... (well, naturally the creative happy go lucky type... not the creatively gory and gross kind)....

I love the mind ...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATE

So,.... Today is Nate's 34th birthday... A KID STILL!!!... LOL...
I love it when I watch people meeting him for the first time.... it makes me chuckle.. no matter where someone works or or how they are dressed or where we are shopping is he ever without conversation... he is SUCH a people person.... he has a natural talent to make people laugh
It was tough for him today without Bob... he is trying so hard to "be strong"... and he is SOOOO strong... but today there was definately a heaviness for the first time... it's starting to set in... and he'll be ok... He still had fun today... he laughed, he cried.... it was heartbreaking and nice at the same time... something that makes our bond grow stronger.... Hes a good man... a great friend... and a good husband...
I don't have many pictures on me at the moment... but I don't like to leave a post without one....
Happy Birthday Nate... Love you

South Bowers Christmas Eve

We went to South Bowers, as we always do.... The following pictures are from that today... I have no explanation for the blueish color on some (again)... I WILL look into that... anyway.... the muted colored ones... they are true to what it looked like out there... very..... different....


There are so many things technically wrong with these next 2 pictures... but I don't care.. I LOVE THEM... I'm going to have fun with them when my photoshop is up and runing


Our view on the way home

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Thought of

We needed to see the accident site today.... to help make sense of everything... Pops was found by three of his best friends... it just so happened they were at the site too.... This was taken today... at low tide... it's hard to believe at the same exact time yesterday I wouldn't have been able to stand where I was standing... it was under 4 feet of water....

The guys had been out there to make sure they cross they placed the night before was still there.... We all talked...Nate placed a rosary on the cross...
They explained what they thought to have happened and what they experienced when they got there yesterday.... Pops had some amazing friends... he was so well loved.. even with his hell raising ways... :) .... He is so deeply missed by so many

A turn in a post

So, today I had all intentions of posting pictures of Kai-son in his first snow....
Today has taken a turn, and I won't be writing about Kai-son...
Today Delaware was hit by a blizzard pretty much (pardon the coloring of the pictures.. I was passenger and it was a bumpy ride... some seem to have a blue haze... sorry


My husband and my Father-in-Law love to go to South Bowers (a place you hear often from me)....whenever storms hit... They like to assess the road conditions, make sure no one is stranded and needs help (Nate drives a good vehicle and has great driving skills)... they then will attempt to make it to the end of the road; the beach and look at the beach conditions


Well, today was no different... We called Bob (Nate's Dad... who is referred to as Pops by us and his nickname is Boo)... last night to make plans to head out today... We wake up... there's like 6 or 8 inches of snow.... no state of emergency called... so we went to Pops to shovel his driveway and see if he changed his mind about wanting to go with us... because he had said no last night...
We got there...

and Pops wasn't home... his wife said he had just run out... well, we shoveled the driveway... we met up with Nate's cousin Dominic and fiance Loretta and headed on out to see the damages...On our way home... we got the call... Pops was found in the marsh... an auto accident as a result of the storm... Pops had decided he didn't want to go 4 wheeling but he did decide he wanted to get out of the house and check on some friends He went, hung out for a bit and said he was going to head home...
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He didn't make it; his jeep got swept into a marsh by the current... he apparently made it out of the jeep but must not have realized how incredibly deep the water was.... it was chest deep and he went into instant shock... because of the cold........
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Nate lost his best friend and his Dad today....
Pops died at South Bowers, the place he and Nate loved the most.... With all the crosses you have been bearing this past year Pops... We pray that you have found peace... We already miss you terribly...


No, he didn't wear this EVER, well; except for this day ;) Nate and I got married on St. Patrick's day... it was supposed to be my hat.. all apart of the celebration.. He had a great sense of humor



MAY YOU REST IN PEACE POP'S... 12-19-2009 Robert G Weldon

Sunday Sneak Peak

One of my best friends, Anne; needed family pictures done last minute for the Holidays. It was nice to have the practice... Here's the pet side taken for that day... All completely spontaneous.... while waiting for the family to be ready:)
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This is Snowball checking out alllll the rain we were having... LOTS.... My flash failed to go off.... I think the picture is way off color and very blurry... Not one of my normal pics without some cool editing... However, MANY loved this... so, Cool

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Got my flash going... little bit too bright with some much white... I'll have to work on that..

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I tell people Snowball is yelling at me to put away that friggin bright flash... but he was actually just yawning... LOL

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Meet Dotty ...

Bones

Our friend Bones.... he can be found at http://www.myspace.com/kbonelightshader for one of his links.... anyway... he is who does Nate's art work... Nate has 16 tattoo's right now... I have 2 ...
If you ever get the opportunity to meet Ken... (Bone's-the artist) he is a most amazing man... very intelligent... and is an amazing artist... here are a few that I enjoy from our last session which was in March.


Our wedding prayer

Getting our wedding ring