Day's are long but years are short!

Gone are the days of Ninja's, Power Rangers, Legos and cute little bath robes......




Replaced by:


MP3 players, girls, cell phones, MySpace, skateboards, guitars, cars and sleep.

My Girls

What would I do without my girls????
I would be in a "Nut House" that's what..... These beautiful women are what I call "The Best of the Best". They know so much about me, I would even say they know me better than I know myself.
Jennifer and I have so much dirt on each other we could plant a garden. As for all the fun we had together... I wouldn't change one minute of it!
Kim and I were roommates. We have seen each other looking our very best and worst. (hangovers, bad hair days, bad men days, ect)
Bec is the one I call on a daily basis. If I'm having a bad day I call Bec. No matter what she can always make me laugh and see things different.
Thanks girls for making me a better person.

Three reasons I'm THANKFUL

If I Only Had an Ounce of There Talent!

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Happy Birthday Sarah

Today is Sarah's first birthday, a very, very big day for her Mommy & Daddy. A day she won't remember but we'll never forget. In honor of the birthday girl here are a few pictures from the past year.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH YOU'RE SO LOVED BY SO MANY

Wednesday

Wednesday is what I like to call "Baby Girl Day" Every Wednesday sweet little Baby Girl comes to grace me with her presence and I look foward to it every week. Here are a few pictures I just took....enjoy!


She loves Bo!

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"Surprise"

Last Friday Mark called me on my cell phone. He said he was on his way to the hospital Arika (his daughter) was having a baby. I was stunted to say the least and asked him to repeat what he had just said. He said no one knew she was even pregnant but a few of her friends. On Saturday night she gave birth to a 4lb 9oz baby boy whom she named Adrian James (love his name) he was born six weeks early. Erika and the Adrian are still in the hospital. Arika has high blood presser and the Adrian will not be going home for at least two more weeks.

She on Her Own!

Sheri moved out last night and as you can see by the pictures she is a very happy girl! Gary didn't look like he was to happy about the whole thing but he did his dad duty and was putting together a T.V. cabinet for her. Sheri is proof that he an Dana did a great job in raising a very strong, very independent woman who wants to stand on her own two feet, and that's just what she's doing....Way to go Sheri you make us all proud!


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Here's Baby Girl helping her Aunt Dana deal with the move.

Happy 2 Month Birthday Baby Girl

I can't believe Baby Girl is two months old today. Here are a few picture of the whopping 2 month 12 lbs Baby Girl and her skinny mini mom.














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What a Month!

I am so glad this month is coming to an end. It has been very busy for the Grimes family with the boys going back to school :-) Noah a Senior and Aaron a 7th grader and The Cabinet Shop finely moving into the long awaited "New Building". I for one am looking forward to September........ (27th!).

Here are a few random pictures I took this month.

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Noah and his band SwitchSyndrome

Random Acts of Kindness

This is very Random!.....Quite a few years back Oprah did a show on random acts of kindness. I'm sure most of you reading this blog remembers that show, it was one of my all time favorites. I have been thinking a lot about this and have decide to challenge all of you to some "Random Acts of Kindness". It can be anything you want as long as it benefits someone else. Here are a few example: paying for the car behind you at a toll booth, letting someone go ahead of you in line, reporting great customer service to a store manager or being kind to a tella-marketer (that's a hard one). I know most of you make it a habit of doing these types of things but after every "Random Act" you do please leaving a comment telling me about it. I'm hoping for the most comments ever!!! "Now go out there and be kind"

SO MUCH TO LEARN...

Deedee and Sarah left for home today but not before Deedee put her gift of teaching to work on me. I love it when I see that girl, I always seem to learn something new. Whatever she does she gives it her all, I wish I could be more like her in so many ways. Thanks for all you've taut me Deed, I have so much more to learn. Here are a few pictures of my guys using the tips you gave me. Thanks again you rock!
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I have no control over the looks on their faces!

Girls Night

Tonight was "Girls Night" I don't have many nights like this but tonight my guys were all out doing their own thing. So I invited Meghan, Baby Girl, Deedee and Sarah over to eat dinner and hang out. Unfortunately Meghan wasn't feeling well so only Deedee and Sarah came. Sarah who is 9 months had a great time playing on Breeze chewing on a wooden spoon, jumping on the trampoline and having the dog lick her feet.

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Another Birthday

Today is my birthday and as I look back on the past year I realize how blessed I truly am. It was one year ago today Meghan & Dave got married, Sarah Lorranie Cobb was born Oct 28th, Charlotte Ann Ryan was born July 1st, The Cabinet Shop had a new building built (still waiting to move in), we remodeled our house (still working on it), I bought a new car (Toyota Prius love it!), Tom & Terry sold there house, Mark went back to work (thank God), Sheri got a new job, Dave got a new job, I got another job to add to my collection (three total), Noah turned 17 Aaron turned 12, Glenn & Jeff bought a new fishing boat, Katie graduated high school, Margaret & Duane bought a new house, and I turned 43 WOW! this has been a big year and I can't wait to see what's next....

One Week Old

Yesterday Baby Girl (that's what I'm calling her for now) was one week old. So far she is the best baby ever (in California of course!). Her Aunt Dana and I think she might even be gifted at least in our eyes anyway!

Another Day at the Beach

On Thursday I took Aaron, Jake and Baylee to the beach (Noah was in summer school). The weather was perfect and I was stupid (must be that stupid Keith gene). I forgot to put on sunscreen dumb, dumb, dumb and now I'm paying the price ouch! I think I have third degree burns on my chest, anyway enough about how bumb and stupid I am. The boys and Baylee had a great time. Baylee made friends with anyone and everyone who walked by and would throw her a stick, Aaron and Jake were happy just doing what they love "Skimmin".

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And Heeeeeeere's Charlotte

Charlotte Ann Ryan was born today at 12:00 noon. She weighed in at 8lbs 3oz and is 19 inches long. Mother father and baby are all doing great and we are all overwhelmed with joy. ............ ............................. .............