Flowers From My Husband

Lovely gerbera daisies and lilies.

Trip to Wisconsin

So a few weeks ago PJ and I took a trip to my hometown in Wisconsin to visit family and friends. It was a wonderful time...and went SO very quickly. We celebrated my older sister's nuptials, had a family picnic, hung out with some high school friends, and went to Noah's Ark (the world's largest water park). I miss my family a lot, so it was good to see them again after six months. Here are a few photos from our trip:


This is my sister Victoria, and my one year old niece Savannah.


This is my mom (Grandma!) with Savannah!


Me with Savannah.


PJ (my husband) having a water fight with some of the cousins.


My dad and mom.


My sister Mary and her boyfriend Mark.


My two nieces (they're sisters) Chelsea and Savannah.


My hubby!


My dad and his new son-in-law Rick.


My little brother John. Doesn't he look so enthusiastic.

I Miss My Buddy!

Ok, so there are a couple of blogs that I read fairly religiously (my mother in-laws, a friend from school; Kelly, and The Pioneer Woman)...and thanks to my Google reader on my iGoogle it is even easier to keep up on them. Today on The Pioneer Woman (Ree is the name of the writer of this blog), wrote a post about a conversation she has with her retarded brother Mike (I'm not sure of what his exact disability is). Check out her blog sometime at: http://thepioneerwoman.com/, it's awesome! Anyways, anytime I see someone who is metally disabled or read a story about someone who is mentally disabled (especially those with down syndrome) it always brings a tear to my eye and makes me miss someone special. You see, I have a younger brother who has down syndrome named John. We were fairly close growing up together. He is in Wisconsin...I am in Arizona. John watches home videos of us and cries cause he misses 'his Ruth', I see kids with downs and read stories about them and I cry cause I miss 'my John'! I miss my buddy!