E's Beautiful Wedding

The Happy Couple

A beautiful reception

Daddy and Daughter ...

The Happy Parents...

Dennis and Erin

Mark and Erin



Soooo Cute !!



Lots of Sponge Bob !!!

What a spectacular Wedding ...  Gorgeous Bride and Groom

So So Happy they never stopped smiling

The evening was perfect from start to finish,

the ceremony was beautiful,

drink and hor de orves were delicious... so was dinner

and evening was stunning from

the setting to the pedestal on which Erin danced.

My little E, my flower girl is now a married woman .. WOW...

We danced and danced ... I couldn't get Nic off the dance floor at all

she loved every minute, including learning to line dance

and Ryan he had a ball he Sponge bob and Chaka danced the night away.

To cute was the end of the evening when Roby lifted Erin high into his arms as if

he would never let go ...

May they live happily ever after

It's Finally Begun .....

Ready to run ......

Soccer Season has officially begun...

Here we go!!!
Today in a very thick fog Real Madrid took the pitch
for our first season game...
These boys played their hearts out and
gave it the best and after a hard fought game
with a very evenly matched team ...
we tied and posted our first point of the season...
way to go Ryan ...



A new shelf ....

I have been spending lots of time trying to "ORGANIZE" ... for those who

know me well, this is a fairly new concept.

But things are coming together ....

My latest project has been my son Ryan's room, we have gotten

rid of a lot of stuff, rearranged organized.

He being a boy doesn't have a lot of hanging clothes, so what do

you do with the space... well ....

I found this great idea to hang a shelf just using ribbon..

So off to Joann's for ribbon, an old board I painted blue,

two nails and ... a display area ...



Before



I love it...

after!!!

complete!!!





The waiting game .....

I have Never been or ever will be a patient person. I don't do good with wait. I had a test done yesterday and even though I know everything will be fine, waiting 10 days to hear the results of my biopsy seems like forever. I know this year is a year of change, so I am going to try and relax and WAIT .... Wish me luck ...  (oh and to top it off in the hospital on Thursday the Dr. says .. did you know that you are extremely anemic?? I responded NO ... he said you need to get with your regular doctor asap... so tuesday morning, I get to go back to the doctor... the fun never ends, the price you pay for getting old )

UCLA

Ryan's first College Football Game and it happens to be his favorite team
GO..... UCLA

UCLA rocks ....
The game experience was amazing to bad UCLA didn't win, but Ryan and Mark
had a great time anyway.

Opening Day!!!

Buddies ....

Soccer ... He Loves it.... I mean he REALLY loves it
He plays all the time, if not playing he carries
his ball around the house, he practices all the time,
Thank goodness soccer season has begun !!!!

Awesome game Jared

Today was opening day for LMSA Soccer Season
Ryan didn't have a game so we took the
opportunity to go and watch Jared's game. Great game,
fun times, and new season ... I have to admit that I'm as
excited as Ryan that soccer is here. I love watching
these boys play a game they love with all their
heart and soul...

Bliss

Bliss ~ definition is

Great Happiness or spiritual joy

How lucky am I that that is my last name

so I have decided to embrace it, to remind

myself of it ... great happiness

and to decorate with it. I've started with

my entry way coat rack....

Bliss ` daily reminder to find happiness!!!

A Camera

My New Camera ....

I am so excited I can't believe it. I have saved and saved anniversary money, birthday money, market research money, change from my jar ... it finally added up. I have been wanting a camera for a while now and I finally had saved enough to order one last week. It arrived today ... I have already begun reading the manual, I have attached my one of kind camera strap to it (Thanks Heather I love it) and now I have to wait. Did you know when first charge the battery it takes all day. I can wait.. My new toy has arrived just in time...... volleyball just started, soccer is soon ... Oh I look forward to the hours of fun I am going to have capturing my life with my kids, husband, family and friends...

Labor Day

The big kids .....
( acting like little kids, love it though they really do have fun together)

The really big kids playing beatle tennis

A great summer has come and gone and ended on high with a BBQ at the Kilcullens !!! Not quite sure where it went, but it will be here again sooner then we THINK....

Little gifts ... that become a treasure

I stopped by my grandma's the other day and we had a great visit as usual. She is such an amazing strong woman. At 91 years old I think she can out do me in just about everything still. While we were visiting she mentioned she used grandpa's camera to take a picture of the new plants that she had planted ( picked out and over saw as the gardner put it, I'm sure he loved all her imput) and wanted to know how to develop it. I took the camera home and assured her I would print it. To my SURPRISE when I got home the sd card was full of 88 pictures that granpda had taken in the last few years. (don't think he ever knew how to get them out of the camera) What an amazing gift, a fabulous picture of Nicole and Great Grandpa at her 11th birthday, lots of his last Mother's Day with the family, a few from here and there and some of him and grandma at the awards ceremony, when he received the life long volunteer award at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion just before he passed away. You never know when a gift will land in your hands. These pictures will be treasured forever as we enjoy them. Grandma has had no need to take pictures all year, thank goodness she really wanted to document that new garden. I love you Grandpa and Grandma, you have blessed my life!!!

clean ... clean ... clean

Today I got a crazy bee in my bonet and decided the garage had to get cleaned. So 5 hours, 4 stores and great quality time with Nicole and it's not quite done, but WOW it looks so much better and we are on the road to being organized. Organized .. it's a foreign concept to me, but I am realizing that it really does make life easier and as life is getting crazy we need to take what ever help we can find.

Back to school ......

Well... it's official school is back in session. Today both kids headed back to school Nicole to 8th grade and Ryan to 5th. For both of the kids its a big year and they enjoy their last year at each of their schools. Both kids were very excited. Nicole loves all her teachers and it crazy happy that she and Lauren have 4 classes together and they sit next to each other ( A perk of picking a BFF with a simular last name ~ Blackburn and Bliss). Ryan also was excited, though he was slow to admit it. The morning started with our normal 1 day of school picture taking in the front yard and that's where it ended for Nicole. However, for Ryan the fun continued all the way to his new classroom door. As much as he hated that his mommy was taking pictures, he was a great sport and even posed in front of the door that said 5th grade, Mrs. Hellesen. ( Just so you know I was not the only 5th grade parent with a camera, there were not a lot of us, but not just me). Then after school, so excited to check on how their day went, I was one of the first parents out front to pick them up and hear all about everything. Ryan runs up to me and says oh hi mom, can I walk home. My big 5th grader doesn't need his mom to pick him up. Off we go new chapter, tighter rules and a great year !!!