snow 2005, originally uploaded by jendera.

So it is April 5th and guess what… there is a layer of snow on the ground! Ugh. Really, this is a cruel joke. Frankly fresh snow in April is disturbing on so many different levels. I’m not a big fan of snow, or cold. However that is the COLD reality of Michigan, shorts one day, snow pants the next.

So why am I still here? Well my family is here. 99% of my family anyway, and all of my immediate family. It would be really hard for me to leave my Mom and my Dad. I’ve only been close with my Dad for about the last ten years or so. Well as close as two people like us can be. We aren’t “feelings” type of people if you know what I mean. I’m not a hugger, or a snuggler, and it kinda freaks me out to tell him I love him, but he knows I do. My Mom and I are close, kinda buddy close, and I’m happy about that. She knows how I feel about the whole hugging thing, lol, but apparently sometimes she just can’t help herself. I forgive her. *wink* Anyway, she knows I love her too. Anyway, like I said it would be a hard thing for me to leave, and unless I really had no choice, I’d stay put. Snow and all…

Which brings me to this layout. That’s Ethan with my Dad, sledding obviously. Those two big time buddies, and Ethan is all about his PaPa. I think my Dad would do just about anything for that kid, including back breaking labor like pulling that kid up a hill. I don’t think I’d do it, lol, of course I don’t do snow. (This coming from an ex-downhill skier… long story.) Anyway, I started this layout, uhh, in 2005 probably and I finished it maybe a month ago. No, it wasn’t this big tricky thing, but I put it away, and well, didn’t get back to it for awhile. That’s what happens if I don’t finish something in one sitting, I just loose interest. So this simple page took me a couple years, lol.

I really have to finish a page kit 2 page spread today. I have one side complete, but just printed the photos for the other side last night. So I must get to that today and I might even start it here in a few minutes. Kids are sleeping, it is just now 6:15 am, so I have some time yet, might as well get it done! I should put in a load of laundry too. Notice I said should.

Here is to Ginger for helping me out the other day. I just love her. She is a REAL person, not one of those all fluff kind that just says what she thinks you want to hear. Her baby girl just turned one, and has a full head of hair. I’m jealous of the hair. The one year old part, not so much. Shelby is so much fun right now that I can hardly stand it. The expressions and the cute little “bye bye” with her waving away, well she just cracks me up. However, a little more hair to work with would be nice. Dylan insists hair grown with water and that I should put Shelby in the shower and water her like we water flowers.

~j