Thankful Thursday - July 28th

The things that I am thankful for from this week:

- That when my mom is confused, it is usually because she is talking about what she dreams about and thinks is real; floating around the facility and visiting others rooms is a pretty great dream for a bed-ridden person.

- That I was able to get a good panning shot for my photography class; I had done it before, but I was less than confident I could do it again.

- That my brother was able to come out from ND to visit my mom before she gets too confused.

- That Hershey's Kisses and Keebler Grasshopper cookies were invented; I needed those things this week!

- That I have great friends who worry about me and offer help and support(and brownies! :) and prayers.

- That I have a great family that makes me feel loved (that includes children, husband, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, mothers and fathers :).

- That the bills are paid. I have a funny for this. - A friend of mine, when I'd written "I'm armed w/ chocolate. Let the Battle of the Bills commence. (or I could just go watch a good movie.... ;)" on facebook wrote back: " lol melody! one of my favorite i love lucy episodes is where she puts all of the bills on a lazy susan and gives it a spin. the ones that stay on are the ones that get paid that month!" Thanks for the laugh, Tammy! :)

- That the week is almost over.

Have a great one!

Wordless Wednesday: Photo Assignments

These are the ones I turned in for the "motion" assignment this week:





Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Tuesday the 26th - Pics: brothers and pics of the little kids

Josh and Karen came over to pick up Aiden (we watch him on the weekends) and hang out with us for a bit.

J & K showed Aiden the baby goats and let him feed them some morning glory:



Look at the face of the second goat; he is SMILING! (you'll probably have to click and enlarge the pic to see it.) It makes me laugh every time I see it. :)


And since both of the brothers were wearing their "Doughboy Style" shirts, I had to take a pic :)



Earlier in the day, Aiden had gotten restless; he'd played with all of the toys already and was just generally bored, which in a toddler can equal trouble since they start being naughty when they're bored, so Grandpa brought the fan into the living room, turned it straight up, and put a beach ball that he'd bought at the dollar store on it. It rolled around in the wind current, and I got the idea of putting a balloon on it.



The balloon flew up and the air current kept it up for almost a minute at a time. SCORE! Aiden had fun chasing the balloon through the room. :)

Tonight is a mother & son carnival at our church. Matt is super excited about it. :)

I hope that you have a TERRIFIC TUESDAY!