I was so touched when my hubby picked me up at the airport last night he surprised me w/ this-- he had me come out before my sisters to show me first I love it and we so needed it so woohoo!!
Well hello Vigil family. I am so glad you found my blog!!! I CANNOT believe that these pictures on your blog could be of the same kids I used to babysit (and I don't remember jumping over the banister to the couch. I do remember Richie knocking the plant down once though). I am so glad we can keep in touch through the blogging world now. I have wondered how a lot of families are doing from my ward growing up. Keep in touch!!!
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
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I was so touched when my hubby picked me up at the airport last night he surprised me w/ this-- he had me come out before my sisters to show me first I love it and we so needed it so woohoo!!
Finally!!! J says she likes it and so do I !!! Did you get to drive it yet ?
J says the cr should stand for "Chicks Rule"
Congratulations. It's beautiful. Enjoy. Have a great WW. :)
Yippee! How fun to be surprised with this great car! Blessings...
wow lovely car!! :)
Good luck with 'er!
Nice new ride
yeah!! i can't wait to get a ride!
congratulations! :)
happy WW!
woohooo!!!
what a wonderful surprise for you! :)
Nice CRV you've got there! Am I invited for a spin? :)
Cute, cute, cute! Now I'll have to get used to seeing you around town in a new vehicle!
And it isn't even your birthday yet. ;o)
Wow that is a great surprise! Very nice. Now Richie can't get mad at your van anymore :) I'm expecting to see pics of NY soon!
Nice car! And great shots as well.
Happy WW!
My post: "Zzzzzz"
Nice. Enjoy your new ride.
congratulations on the addition to your new family ;)
happy ww. :)
YaY! She's beautiful. What are you going to name her?
congrats on the new CRV!
you should be happily driving it around everyday!
Happy WW!
congratulations!
Fun Fun Fun. Congratulations.
My WW post for this week is up.
Wheeee... what a beauty! I want a ride!
Woot! Congrats:) She's a beauty!
A very nice car. Happy WW
congrat.. have a nice ride§
Happy WW!!
Congrats! Love the color!
That's so sweet of him. Happy WW.
Congrats! I love surprises too. ;)
Happy WW.
Very nice! :-)
What a lovely little addition to the family!
We love getting prizes too. It's fun being the giver too.
Wow! Congratulations.
Makimeji
VERB
I am so green...anyway, I also love your Photohunt pics. Very colorful.
that's a spiffy new addition, if you ask me!
Jazzy new car - Congrats! Jen
WOO HOO!! New vehicle! Enjoy!
Congratulations!
Very awesome!!!
Well hello Vigil family. I am so glad you found my blog!!! I CANNOT believe that these pictures on your blog could be of the same kids I used to babysit (and I don't remember jumping over the banister to the couch. I do remember Richie knocking the plant down once though). I am so glad we can keep in touch through the blogging world now. I have wondered how a lot of families are doing from my ward growing up. Keep in touch!!!
Congratulations! It's beautiful!
Happy WW!
Sosuna-o-Lata
Congrats on your newest addition - that's always an exciting thing - and yes, she's beautiful :)
Happy WW!
Nice ride!! Happy WW!
Really cute car! I'd love one like that! Happy new car and happy WW! :D
Seriously precious. Welcome, CRV. You've entered into a very nice home with a lovely family.
Congrats on your new vehicle!
What a cute fun car! Congratulations to you. :D
She is cute! Congrats!!
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Very nice! I love the new CRV.
WOW! It's a beauty. Congrats.
It is beautiful! Congrats on the new car. :) what a wonderful surprise.
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