Valentine's Day

I normally don't refer to February 14th as Valentine's Day due to the fact that it is my husband's birthday and we are usually having a party for him. This year with our recent move we decided to come home to Pensacola to see my brother-in-law perform at a jazz concert. The headliner for the show was the band Will Inspire. I was asked to design the poster for the show. 

Of course I brought my camera, and here are some photos.

The band was great, especially the singer-her voice was amazing. My brother-in-law did a really good job as well.
(There was also a surprise proposal from a guy who told his girlfriend that he was performing. He started rapping a song about her and then got down on one knee and proposed.)

WEBSITE UPDATE

I haven't updated my website in a very long time, but I am working on it and I think I am going to use photos from an afternoon with my son in the backyard. Here's a peek....

Gotti

I typed the title Gotti and stared at my computer for awhile. He has been so hard to talk about, so hard, that I don't. Sometimes I forget that he is no longer with us-it's easier that way, atleast for now. The last six months have brought about so much change. If I could talk to myself in September 2009 and disclose where I am now and everything that has happened in my life, I wouldn't believe it for a minute.

I miss Gotti so much. With Marcus Jr at school and Marcus Sr at work I spent most of my days at home with Gotti. He would literally follow me everywhere I would go, even if he was asleep he would wake up and be right behind me. He was an awesome dog and brought so much love, fun, and security to my family. He liked what he liked and who he liked, and outside of my household there wasn't too many in the "who" category, but he's never caused anyone any harm.

Marcus Jr brings up Gotti almost daily- from "Mommy, I miss Gotti" to "Can we go to the dog store and pick up Gotti?" Marcus Jr is only four, so at this time we haven't explained to him that Gotti is gone forever. 

I really don't know what else to say-it took me almost an hour just to type this much. Below are the last photos that I took of Gotti.

Gotti

January 31, 2005 - January 15, 2010

A Few Christmas Pics

Playing Catch up! Here are a few photos from Christmas morning.

We let Marcus Jr decorate the tree, and he chose buckets and decorations that he made at school.

Happy Birthday!

I made my dad a birthday card. That's his special margarita hat!

I was very excited to celebrate my dad's 50th birthday. We couldn't do as much as we wanted because he got in town late in the afternoon and was planning to head back out of town that night, but he will have a big party very soon.

Not Again!

This is Marcus, standing up, with his head on the couch, and sound asleep.

This is not the first time this has happened.....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanksgiving dinner only took me an hour and a half to make. I bought a bake in the bag turkey. All I had to do was stick the bag in the oven for an hour...yummy!

The turkey was actually very good, and I don't even like Turkey.

My Terrific Kid

My son was the Terrific Kid of the Month for November!

Picking his nose while receiving an award-classy!!

Final Show of the Year

We had a good time but, too much walking, too many people-it will be a while before we attend another show.