September 4
Walking to the bus for Natalie's first day riding the bus!!
Natalie and one of her
BFF's meeting to get on the bus together
Bye Sweetie, have fun on the bus!
There she goes. Mommy is more nervous than Natalie, for sure!
What a big girl!
HEY! Who is that on the potty?!
This is
what Ryan does after the girls are off to school. He lays on his tummy and plays trains!
After picking Amanda up from school, we went to the
cemetery to visit Lisa's resting place. It was her and Rob's Anniversary on the 3rd and these are the roses Rob had left for her. It would have been 9 years for them. So sad. This is not the way things were supposed to be.
I know it may seem weird to some that I took pictures, but this is me. I document my life with pictures and this is part of my journey. Even going
thru these pictures to put on here brings me back to that day, maybe otherwise forgotten in all of my visits, without these pictures.
Amanda took my camera and was taking pictures. Most of them didn't turn out but this is one that she did take.....THIS is reality.
Amanda wanted me to take a picture of her 'with Auntie'. She misses her so much and is affected by this too. She says some of the most powerful things to me, that stop me in my tracks sometimes. Oh, the things that these little people know and think about. It's amazing. Auntie Lisa's memory is alive and in all of our hearts and she will never be forgotten, even by Amanda who was only just 3 when her Auntie passed.
Rest in Peace my
sweet, beautiful, loving, generous, thoughtful, fun, best sister ever.
I LOVE YOU LISA.
September 2
A trip to Amanda's favorite store, Trader Joe's
Roller skating
Good job Amanda! She is our Sporty Spice for sure!
Ryan is trying to figure out the skating thing.
September 1
Amanda with Ruthie in their matching aprons
Looking at a house to buy
