Titanic

Is it me or is there an uncanny resemblance going on here...

Some old, some new, some things I love...

There are a few things in life that just never get old to me: 

• A hot shower when blankets, thermal underwear and sitting in front of a fire fails to thaw my innards.
• Riding a bike after a year or more hiatus.
• Driving through the neighborhood I grew up in.
• Summer thunderstorms.
• Finding out friends are pregnant.
• Watching Kennedy and Wynnie grow up together.

• Pigtails and big brown eyes.

• Traditions, both old and new.

• Road trips.

• Hangin' with friends. 

• Bubble baths.

  

• Black and whites.

•  People who make me laugh.

• Sweets.

• Cleaning my ears.  I sometimes clean them two, three times a day.
• The changing of seasons.
• Running at night with Marley.
• Being called Mom.
• Clean sheets.
• An unexpected box of chocolate covered strawberries showing up at my door.
• A fresh coat of Vitamin E on my lips.
• Opening the mailbox and finding a Christmas card hiding inside.
• A random compliment.

And

• This gang.

What's been keeping us ABSENT...

Arts and crafts:

Big dogs named Apollo:

Six stitches (instead of showing you pics of the newest war wound and go into the story that still gets my heart a pumpin', let's keep it short because that's how long the pigtails are and that's also the duration of time she keeps them in):

Enjoying family time:

New hobby of coloring on her face (by the time I took this pic and grabbed the pen from her, she had successfully scribbled all over her chin):

Train ride on the Polar Express to see Santa: