Thursday, March 5

Colorado

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I was in Colorado over the weekend to visit my littlest sister and be there for her first baby shower.

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Of course I had to go to Sonic, my favorite Drive In burger joint. Mmmm, those cherry limeades are my favorite! I wish Sonic would hurry up and build some closer to me.

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Russell's neice, Chloe, hung out with us. His mom, Grandma, and neice came out from Missouri to throw Ashley's shower. Russell is currently in Iraq as a civilian contractor. I really enjoyed getting to know some of his family.

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It snowed there like it would drizzle here. It wasn't much and didn't really stick but was fun to watch. I'm not used to snow.

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The baby shower was fun. This is Ashley's doula who will be there for her during the delivery since Russell won't be able to. I absolutely loved Desiree, the doula. I wanted to bring her home with me.

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Sunday morning after Russell's family left, Ashley and I took some goofy pictures of ourselves. I'd realized we didn't have many of me and her since I was the designated photographer for the weekend.

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I had such a great time hanging out with her over the weekend it was hard to leave.

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On my way to the airport I stopped in Denver to have lunch with my brother and his wife, Corey and Whitney. I'm so happy that we were able to hook up and spend some time catching up. They're both such great people and was nice to see them.

Monday, March 2

A Couple Links

Shame on me. It's been a week since I've posted!

Last week was a long one. Early on I was feeling the effects of losing someone I love, my dear Grandma (Gramma, I used to write when I was little) Tandy. Here is a link to her Memorial Guestbook. http://www.fausettmortuary.com/sitemaker/sites/Fauset1/obit.cgi?user=norma-tandy# I've never seen one before but this and the comments are sure nice to read. The picture is from a family photo taken at Shelly's wedding in October.

There was nothing better to pull me out of my funk than a trip to Colorado Springs for my youngest sister's baby shower. Ashley is due the middle of April. It was so enjoyable to be there with her and her big, baby belly. Here is a link to her blog, http://teammclaughlin.blogspot.com/ , where you can see pictures of the baby shower. I'll post some myself as soon as I can. For now I've hit the ground running. Lots to do to makeup for my weekend away.