HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

To my own mother, who sacrificed so much of her own dreams and goals for us out of love more than necessity. Thank you, Mom! I hope we (me & Erik) make you proud and that you always know how much you are loved and appreciated.

To my mother's sisters, who have always been like mothers to us - a consistent, stable force in our lives, especially through a childhood of uncertainty and insecurity.

To my grandmother (Oma), who was always there for all of us and loved us all so much.

To my cousins who are fellow mothers, who share in the modern joys and trials of motherhood.

To mothers everywhere. To my step-mother and to my mother-in-law. To Nanny. To mothers whose lives are less fortunate, and those whose journey to motherhood has been cut short. To Mother Earth and to Mother Necessity.

Happy Mother's Day.

With love,
Fintan's mom.

Happy Mothers Day from Kentucky

Thanks for the great wish Rose, right back at you and all the mothers out there. Wow, we have alot of mothers now too, don't we? Sorry to hear you were under the weather, but glad your on the mend. Maya had a slight case of it too a few weeks ago. We are all doing fine, in to the two digits now on our count down for Reese to get home. It was two weeks from yesterday!!!! Woooohoooo. We are all excited and can't wait to hug him. Kelly is planning every detail to make sure she looks just so which is funny. Primping for sure. They work on the back yard at their leisure. Its been leveled again now and they are going to power seed it again. Someday....The fence is still almost done. I know that weather hasnt been real cooperative, but im starting to get irritated. One more week and then I am going to start calling the builder on it. Enough is enough...haha Ed is doing good, putzing around the yard all the time and of course arranging his garage! He hit the mother load with finding two metal cabinets someone was throwing out and even found a new hose curled up in the bottom of it. He also brought home a brand new bird bath. Hes the man!!! Work is work, wish we didnt have to, but what are you going to do. I hope everyone is happy and enjoying life, take each dat like its your last and look at it as the gift it is. Big hugs to all and know you are all loved very very much. Love Cindy psss....how did you like our redneck wagon?....hahaha Maya loves riding in it.

A Mothers Day wish to all you mothers! :)

Hello to you Barrett women and descendants!
I hope you all have a wonderful Mothers Day surrounded by the offspring that love you! I will be thinking of you too. Right now I am battling a bad case of strep throat. Have no clue where I got it from but it sure did knock the stuffing out of me!!! Four days I could hardly eat, two days I could not sleep it hurt so bad till I finally decided that it wasnt going away so I went to my Dr. She said it was strep and gave me antibiotics and viola....I feel better!!! My throat is still sore so I eat soft stuff but I can drink without much pain and my body aches are gone. I think I am on the mend!
The contractors have still not started the roof but hope I see them at this by next week if we get no rain. We are stripping cabinets as we take them down. Picked up our Corian countertops today. Remodel never goes fast enough for the people who want the remodel done and it takes great patience to see it thru with people hired to do it for you. This will take most of the summer. :)
Well, ladies, (and the gentlemen who tune in here) enjoy your special day! I love you all very much! Till next time....Bye!
Love, Aunt Rose

Oregon ho !

Hi all, I am sorry I have not been on the blog lately, just got back from a tournament in Toronto last weekend and this Sat. Devin and I hit the Oregon trail. We leave the school at 5:00 a.m. sharp and board the train in Ann Arbor. We will be gone nine days returning a week from Monday at about 2:00 a.m. Last year was fun and this year there will not be as many people so it should be great again, Devin is very excited. Stan left for Florida this morning, he will return after I have already left, so we have not seen much of each other lately. Now that hockey season is over it will be nice to have some free time once I get home from our train excursion. Linda, we will be in Sacramento on Tuesday the 15th late morning and staying until approximately 2:00 a.m. I can call you when we get close if you still want to meet us, we would love to see you. Everyone is doing great and the kids are looking forward to summer. Cindy I am so excited for you that Reese will be home soon, give him lots of hugs and kisses for us. Kiss all the grandbabies for me and keep sending pictures, they are great. Rose, I will defintely be over to see your remodeling after I return from Oregon, maybe we can finally spend some time together. I love each and every one of you and if you dont hear from me again I will write upon our return. Love to all, Es.

getting anxious

hello everyone, just wanted to check in and update. rose, i can just read it that you are loving your grandkids so much. you have alot to be proud of. all i have to say is, even though ed and i are far away, when they become famous, nathan and actor, logan winning the gold, olivias first fashion show, devins first wings game as official goalie, reeses first game making most goals, and tate growing up to be the family doctor...haha hes to little to make a decision yet. we have alot to be proud of, thats for sure.

well so far reese with and ssssss auntie rose, hahah will be back to port may 23rd. he will fly into nashville the next day. we have a big embarrassing homecoming for the airport.....do you expect anything else? then they will be here to just hang out a few days and then we are off to virginia. we are very excited he is coming home soon. kelly has already started primping...its funny.

saturday, ed and i took maya and we decided to do an over night with her and give kelly a day to herself. we had a ball. did some rummage saling, went to lunch out, stopped at some antique stores, got a hotel with an indoor pool, swam a bit, had dinner and slept. she was soooo good. we got home sunday about 8. was really fun and we got to spoil her to death. she loves being with her grandma and grampa, thank goodness. maybe she wont forget us after she leaves.

weather is finally shaping up again. had enough rain already. want to get our back yard done someday. anyway, hope everyone is fine and happy. we miss and love all of you. love cindy

Early mother's day

It's a little early but since we're all mothers (or love our mothers), here's a little e-card to get the week of appreciation and love started :)

http://www.tonyrobbins.com/Marketing/Mothersday/mothersDay.html#ec=135534

Ingrid

A Grandmother bragging a bit!

Hello my family!
Just wanted to check in with you as I wait for the Kentucky Derby to begin. I just got home from an overnight at Christy's....went to a play with my oldest grandson and had a good time with him as he enjoyed watching the little 5th grader who beat him out of the part of Kurt in the Sound of Music! Then spent the night to go to a soccor game at 10:30 AM next morning to watch Nathan play goalie and Olivia defense. Nathan has gotten SOOO much better this year and plays with great heart! I am so proud. Olivia gets timid when the boys aggressivly go for the ball but this is her first season and she will get better as time goes on. She LOVES playing...they BOTH do which is whats most important. They lost again! :0
Nathan was awarded a prize last week for having the overall highest MEAPS score for all third graders in their school. He was happy...we were very proud of him. They have a lovely little blue ribbon school that they go to and love. If I lived down there closer I would volunteer for anything to help out. The teachers, the principal are terrific!
All is well here with us and hope the same for you all. Thanks for the photos, Cin....the baby is CUTE!!! She looks like her mother. Bet they are excited about Reece coming home. Bet you are too. Keep us posted on his return.
lin, have not heard from you....everythin okay? Es, where are you??? Hope all is well. Okay, will sign off now and wish you all well. I love you and miss you and will write again soon.
Your Sister/Aunt/Mom,
Rose