Long before I blogged... there was a time....  things happened. 

I even have photographic proof of it. 

It's time to drag them out of archives and make them real... because if there is a photo and it gets blogged with a few words here and there... it really happened. 

One of such things was:

• Caleb used to be little. 
• Patrick used to have dark hair
• We made a trip to Canada... with only one child. 
• Photos used to be a little grainier
• Patrick used to wear sweats in public... until I put a stop to it!
• I used to bowl with style.. (okay it wasn't graceful style... it may be my own style)

What better than a bowling throw to bring back Throwback Thursdays!!

whew, another preserved.

Happy Birthday Marina

I've had the chance to meet Marina all over again recently. She is a sweet girl. An incredible swimmer! A whiz at playing games... card and wii... ok... she and I might need a little more practice on the wii mario kart so we don't fall off the road.... but I think she'll far surpass me in no time! I don't know what started the 'Maggie' stage... but she became known as 'Maggie' for an entire visit last year!

Marina was born only three days after my wedding 15 years ago. I never saw a whole lot of her since I lived in Idaho, Wyoming and then Utah after getting married and only had a few visits back to Victoria where I could get to know her. But I know that each time we visited over the years, Marina and Caleb, who are a year apart, seemed to hit it off.

I hope we get more visits here and in Victoria to see Marina soon. It's always a good time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINA!!

And it's only HALF!

The day Valerie and the girls left we caught a photo of Grandma with all the grandchildren here at the time... 10 of them.... and it's only half!Duncan, Marina, Caleb, Miles, Derek, Cooper, Mackenzie, Audrey, Sarah and Alyssa


Obviously we didn't expect to catch them all looking at the camera or smiling for that matter!
Derek was done with sitting, Audrey was heartbroken about leaving, Alyssa could see mummy, Cooper had just been reunited with his stuffed Rat "Cheese" after he'd left it at my house for a few days and the others just wanted to have the photo over with!
But we took it anyway!