the wedding: better late than never right?

 THE RECEPTION

grow old with me! the best is yet to be. -robert browning

life: terrifical and getting funner

how did I ever get so lucky to have the best sister's and nieces? they all truly make life terrifical. 

my sisters call me all the time, just to check up. they want to know all the nitty gritties in my life, they find them out, from one another or mom. they care and they support me in all that i do. 

i was so lucky to have lived with gretch and alli for a year. they truly became my sisters in that time. whether it was mega beds, chick flick overloads, dancing all night long to that one game, chatting before bed and past bedtime and all night long. i feel honored to call these two lovelies my sisters and miss their chats everyday. 

the six little girls that have graced my life with their presence, remind me more and more of myself. they have such a love and zest for life that is contagious. I love to see them, at every chance that i get. 

my sisters, not by birth by choice. 

the little loves of my life. 

classic. don't mind the little dancer in front, this is my sisters and i just doing our thing. being us, the best friends  that we are

miss lydia grace. she should be ramona quimby. 

"Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life work." -Beverly Cleary

dear grandpa

dear grandpa,
i miss you, since you have been gone i have realized how much i depended on your love, your visits, and your laughter.
remember when we went to the 4th of july parade together and you were barking at all the children and making everyone give you flyers? i loved that.
remember how your canes used to sit by the front door and you had normal ones, and knobby ones, and all sorts of ones.
remember your life story? yeah me too, its imprinted in my heart, never to be forgotten. Thanks for telling it to me so many times to be sure that i dont forget it ever.
dont worry grandpa, since you have been gone, i have eaten enough ice cream for the both of us.
I hope they have candy in heaven, you wouldnt belong there without it.
I was so sad when you couldn't come to my wedding, i know you wanted to be there so bad. I really missed you that day but at least i got to see you the day after. thanks for letting us come see you, and thanks for not making funny married comments the whole time.
I am sorry that you thought Mark was bashful, maybe you can watch him from heaven and get to know him.
don't worry i will drive the boat into the ground for you. I think of you everytime i get in to drive.
I hope you slipped away as peacefully as taking a nap, you deserve nothing but the best.
I hope you feel like your life was complete, it makes me so sad that you won't get to be with grandma for 6 more years on earth like you told me you wanted to be. Maybe that's why you hung on for so long. All the years that you were here with her were so great though i am sure. Despite her ways she loves you so much.
Thanks for giving the whole family a reason to get together, it has been SO long since we all have been together, its going to be an event that none shall forget soon I am sure.
I hope that your life celebration is everything that you want it to be, you silly not planning anything out. I guess when you are planning to stay for lots more years there is no reason to make any decisions right?
I will miss your dear songs, grandpa. I think that is where i picked up singing my words, you have always done it and life just seems so much more jolly when you are singing, even if they are sad words.
You are loved my dear man, and I hope that all of the Keeley family can do you and your name justice. We are the Keeley's, best by test, so now we need to prove it to you and the rest of the world.
I love you grandpa and can't wait to see you soon