20 years ago today...

This boy...

and this girl...

Got married!

We were just babies. Seriously.

But I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Happy Anniversary, Honey! I love you!

4th Recap

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. We had a impromptu cookout at my parents' house. We've really enjoyed their pool this summer.


After we got home, Megan served up some ice cream for her & Ben to eat while they watched the fireworks outside our window (I tried to get some good fireworks shots, but failed miserably). We can see the local fireworks show really well from here & our neighbors around the "lake" always put on quite a show.

Where was our middle child during this 4th of July Spectacular?!

Here, in front of the TV...

Watching this...

Duh?! At least it was a US Nat'l Team match... and they won 4-0.

GO U.S.A.!!!

17 years ago today...

...I snapped these shots of my little girls. I remember the date because it marked the day Jordan turned 6 months old. Hard to believe that baby is 6 months away from being an "adult". Happy 17 1/2 J! Enjoy your childhood while it lasts, kid. :)

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday Pt.2

Summer storms sure do make for beautiful sunsets...

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Our morning in the "Sunshine State"...

6:51am

7:15 am

7:22 am

7:57 am (middle of tornado watch, waves in our little "lake")

8:55 am

9:35 am

9:41 am

9:56 am

10:03 am

10:08 am

Might end up being a not so bad day after all....

Meet MC...

This is my BFF MC, we've been friends since I moved to Florida in 1981. I wish I had some pictures of us together back in the day to show you. I'm sure there are some SOMEWHERE, but our parents weren't as camera happy as I am. (I honestly think I have a picture of my kids with every person they've ever met...but I'm a little obsessive that way). Even if I could find pictures of us back then, I'm not sure I could post them, as neither one of us were (ahem!) the most photogenic of teen-agers. So you'll have to settle for a picture taken of us at our high school reunion last year...



Back in the summer of 1985 we were inseparable. We only lived about a 15 minute drive from each other, but for weeks on end we would spend a few nights at her house, then a few nights at my house, trading off whenever one of our parents felt like driving to the others' house.

While cleaning my closet this morning I came across this little beauty...



and it made me think of MC. You see. MC & I were OBSESSED with Live Aid. My family had cable tv (hers didn't), her family had a VCR (mine didn't) so we hatched a plan. The night before Live Aid we brought her VCR over to my house, hooked that bad boy up & set up our blankets in the family room. Thankfully, my mom waived her ban of Mtv for the occasion. We got up at the crack of dawn & started taping... we watched every minute of it & I think we filled 4 VHS tapes. Over the years, we've traded custody of those tapes, but now we both have the DVD editions. Not the same though. What fun MC & I had that summer!

Thought you might get a kick out of some of the pictures from that People Mag... (you can click to enlarge them if you want).

ahhh! Freddie Mercury. Radio Ga-Ga!

Oh how I wanted to BE Madonna! I even had a really bad Madonna perm at one point. I thought the outfit she wore to Live Aid was sooooo cool!

Look how young Jack Nicholson was!

Remember Adam Ant?! Don't drink! Don't smoke! What do you do?

Princess Di, Bob Geldof & his daughter Fifi Trixibelle. You can see what became of Fifi Trixibelle here.

My beloved Bono. Yes, those are lipstick marks. I was 15, what did you expect?! I still love me some Bono though.

I love this picture!

This old magazine is chock full of fun times...

Check out Tommy Lee & Heather Locklear. They had been dating for "over a month now". Oh and there's 19 year old Charlie Sheen discussing his recent tattoo acquisition. He said he wasn't planning on getting anymore. "One tattoo spells curiosity," he says. "Two spells complete ignorance." I wonder what 12 tattoos spell?

Here's Hulk Hogan talking about getting impatient whild filming a Love Boat episode with Bruce Jenner.

Up & commer, 21 year-old Whitney Houston talks about her first national tour...

Here's a tribute to Gay Mullins, who made Coca-Cola give us back Coke Classic. Who's idea was New Coke anyway?!

Then there's the ads...

Gatorade in a glass bottle anyone?!

Remember Pamela Ewing?! Victoria Principal actually graduated from the same high school MC & I did. Exciting, huh?

A new Astrovan?

How about some electronics?!

That was a fun trip down memory lane. I'll leave you with the finale of the British end of Live Aid. Sends a shiver down my spine! I better get back to work on that closet...

Happy Father's Day!