If you have two loaves of bread sell one and buy flowers. For although the bread will nourish your body, the flowers will nourish your soul.

Monday, June 25, 2012

The Joys of My Heart...Part 1

i've decided this year to do a series of birthday posts honoring my four children. i'm doing this in the order of their birthdays in 2012. it is important that i point this out, because ranking is very important to them, as in who is the favorite son or daughter ;). each believes him or herself to be the favorite, and in this, they are all correct. each one is my very favorite. 

andrea kathleen has the first birthday, june 25. she is the second child, and second daughter. 










what a cutie patootie!


ready to start kindergarten... 


all too soon graduating from high school....

 with grandparents


1999 was a big year. she got married, finished a year of college, and became a mother.

 a four generation photo...andrea, grandma gamby, me, and little mikaela.

she has since blessed us with three grandchildren, and now owns her own photography studio.

in looking for photos, i realized i didn't have as many nice photos of her as i wanted. mainly because when i point a camera at her i often get this...

or this...



but i did manage to find some good ones.






doing what she does best...


happy birthday, sweetheart!

4 comments:

Kristin said...

Lovely post, and what a great idea for a feature :) Love the collection of photos.

Castles Crowns and Cottages said...

Nice to meet you, Deb! Thank you for visiting and you have a beautiful family! Anita

Happy fourth!

scrappinmommom said...

Love your blog. Beautiful home and gardens and beautiful family. I too am from Maryland, Eastern Shore. Looking forward to more great photos.

Sandi said...

I can't believe I finally found you!! I was cleaning out my e-mails and came across your comment left on my blog (October 10, 2010). It did not have an e-mail address I could write back, and I had lost all of my e-mail adresses when my PC crashed many years ago!! Sorry this is so long, but had to tell you how much I love your blog -- beautiful family (which I already knew) and love your antique finds (early post). I really hope you continue to post updates, as you really have lots of stories to tell!! Your friend, Sandi