John Haddad, We will miss you!

Grandpa turns 86 in 2007 at the home of his son and family.

A stroll in the spring with daughter, Linda, and granddaughter, Olivia.

At Tara Haddad's wedding with grandnephew, Brian Schmidt.

Teaching granddaughter Marguerite about gardening.

First meeting with grandson Samuel Khalim!

The Haddad men, Josh, Grandpa John, Robert, Samuel, Zachery, and Elijah.

A little Christmas cheer . . .

What a lot of fun this is . . . click here to see the Santa's newest elfs!

Baptism, October 21, 2007

Sunday, October 21, 2007, 11 a.m. service was a busy time for the Haddad family. Sam and Jack were baptized, Marney received her 3rd grade Bible, I rejoined the church where I grew up. I had the minister present Tracy with a special book so she did not miss out.

My sisters came to the service and Diane brought Mom. Mike came, too. I was very sad not to have Dad there. Sitting in the pew I had a flashback of when I had Tracy baptized. Dad said, "You need help up there." and he rushed to the front of the church with us. I liked that because I felt that he was proud of my little family. I wish he could have seen all 5 of us up there! and yes, we needed help up there! We missed you, Daddy.

We went home to a very nice dinner that Linda brought for us and were joined by my cousins and some friends. It was a memorable day for us.

October adventures!

 
 

More to come . . . It has been a busy month with the boys being baptized and my rejoining the church where I grew up. And then there is Halloween and all the fun that brings! Be sure to click on the photos to see them enlarged. Jack's expressions are usually priceless!

Hmmm . . .

So do you actually encourage this type of behavior? I want to know!

Photo shoot by Sears . . .

My kids asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said, "Cooperation for a family picture!" I think they succeeded in giving me what I wanted.

Just so you can appreciate where I was coming from I am posting some attempts taken a month before the comment was made. Obviously, the ones of the girls came out nice, but look what happened when I got in the picture!

September 5, First day of school for the boys!

Jack's bus is supposed to come at 8:35 a.m. which would give me plenty of time to get Sam to his school by 9 a.m., but it has been late both days so far. Our neighbor has been kind enough to take Sam to school which quite frankly he loves going with his buddy!

Jack was excited waiting for the bus, but when it arrived, oh my! he was pretty stoic the first day, but the second day he cried all the way to school. Let's hope Monday goes better!

August 28, First day for the girls!

The girls are ready for the first day! Marney catches the bus at 8:10 a.m.


Tracy catches the bus at 8:45 a.m.


Marney gets off the bus at 3:40 p.m.


Tracy gets home at 4:10.


Thank God I am home when they leave and when they get home. I feel as though I am living a dream!

Bathing Beauty Boys!

Next year should be a more relaxing summer in the pool with Jack. This summer he is too short to stand in the shallow water and he definitely has more enthusiasm for the water than skills. He refuses flotation devices; no one else wears them! How do they get so stubborn so young?

It has been fun, but somewhat stressful!

Noodle Races

It is the end of summer noodle races! You have to go down and back!

Fun with old friends . . .

How fun to have our friends from Aspen who now live in Massachusetts come to visit us for a few days. The kids became fast friends again and two moms had fun reconnecting!

Build Your Tomorrow Today . . .

Souvenirs from Atlanta!

A Spring turned Summer project . . .

The idea of a dream board kept popping up this spring and I thought it would be fun to do with the kids so I purchased all the stuff needed and started collecting magazines. Well, spring came and summer almost got away from us, but . . . we did it! The girls and I dreamed.