Sad Times

You may have noticed the lack of entries in my family Blog. My May Day blog shared a fun family tradition of May Baskets. May Day has always been a day that I have shared with my Grandma. Just a few weeks after this May Day blog we lost my dear Grandma (May 22nd). She was very close to us and having lost her in our life has created a empty space. She was the best GG Ma! She sang read books, gave walker rides as well as listened to the kids stories and encouraged their thinking and creativity. She will be missed dearly. We say hello and waver to her each evening when we say our prayers.

Two weeks after losing my Grandma, my Dad's girlfriend of 20 plus years had a brain anurism (not sure of the spelling). After two weeks of being in the ICU and showing signs of recovery, she passed away (June 22). Debbie was a wonderful person that loved to can food, farm, garden and knit blankets. We have a few of her blankets and cuddle with them often. She too will be missed by all. The kids wave and say hello to her each eveing too. We actually say hello and wave to my Step-Dad too (he passed away a year ago July). Our family has experienced a lot of loss in the last year and a half.

For some reason, I just couldn't get myself to blog since their passing. I would open the Denton Den and read my last blog and then lose inspiration. I am hoping that things will change after writing this blog. Here are a few pictures of our loved ones that now look down on us from Heaven.

May Day 2008

April Showers...
...Bring May Flowers!

I hope everyone was able to get out and do something fun for May Day this year! I have fond memories of picking flowers, placing them on a neighbors doorstep, knocking and running away before they answered the door. It was great fun to hide and watch them look around and try to figure our who left the flowers.

I decided that this was the year to start the tradition with Taylor and Makenna. Unfortunately, the long winter made it impossible to pick the flowers, but we didn't let that stop us. We bought a large bouquet from the store and broke it into small bundles for a few neighbors.

Here are some pictures that capture the fun we had with this special day! As you can see, it was a learning process and each kid had their own style and approach!

The walk to the doorstep. Both kids did this well!

Makenna refused to run away from the door! She kept wanting to wait and go inside. Lucky for Taylor, most neighbors weren't home.

Taylor running and Makenna lingering and looking in windows to see if anyone was home.

I'm not leaving until someone answers the door!

Okay, I'll run! Wow, this is fun!!!

Here we are getting pumped up for our task at hand! Aren't these flowers pretty?

Mom, enough with the pictures! Let's go!

The flowers that several neighbors came home to.

Here we go again!

Run! Run! Run!

I think Makenna will do much better next year. She finally got the hang of it by the last house. Taylor was good to go. We all had so much fun (including the photographer)! It really put a nice spin on our day. One neighbor caught us but she really tried not to. Makenna just wouldn't leave her doorstep! A few of the other neighbors met in the road and discussed how nice of a surprise it was to be given flowers for May Day. They eventually figured it out and thanked Taylor and Makenna. One still has no idea...we'll see if they ever figure it out.

Video

A day at the farm!

Here are some pictures from our morning at a local farm. Makenna is 100% farm girl! I see many animals in our future! She enjoyed feeding, petting and kissing ducks, bunnies, goats, chicks, ponies and llamas. She loved her first pony ride! Taylor enjoyed feeding the baby goats and riding the pony! It was a cold and windy day and we got lost and ended up in Idaho! It was worth it in the end!