Saturday, April 30, 2011

Happy Birthday Big Brother!


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Jeff, today it's your birthday! Your 55th birthday! Wow. Seems like only yesterday we were kids growing up under the same roof...fighting, squabbling, teasing, blackmailing, all the fun and loving things kids do. haha. Remember the time you got in trouble for shooting me in the face with your "super powered" powder gun? Powder in the eyes, not funny. Remember the time you chased me down the hall for the TV guide and ran into the wall and broke your toe? Now that was kinda funny. Remember going to school the next day with the toe cut out of your shoe? Haha even funnier. Oh the joys of having you as a sibling. I wouldn't trade 'em for anything. I wouldn't trade you for anything. You were a stinker when we were kids but you my big brother grew up to be a kind and caring man, a sweet man with a good heart, not unlike another man we know. Truth be told I think you're the greatest! You're the dog's woof woof and the cat's meow, and more! Happy 55th Birthday Jeff and many many many more!! Love you!!! :-)

Were you the cutest kid or what?
KADI. Now that's a flashback.
Your "hunk" days ;)
same as above
who is this hairy beast?
nice perm Mr. Kotter
and now here you are, better than ever. :)

Friday, April 29, 2011

Yesterday's rainbow

What a thing of beauty when rain and sun combine to make a rainbow.



Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Let's go Grandma!

What fun it was taking Jude for a walk in his new stroller. He loved it. Can't wait till clear days and sunny skies so we can do it again.

Winnie and Lola get this same look when they wanna go for a walk.
For more pics of this cutie pie, click here:
http://gottalovejude.blogspot.com/2011/04/have-wheels-will-travel.html

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Love these boys :-)




Saturday, April 23, 2011

Cupcake crazy

I love cupcakes. Who doesn't? They're just so -- cute. I like their size, their prettiness and the creativity you can put into them. I like it that they remind me of being a kid. I think I like making cupcakes even more than I like eating them. Tonight I made cupcakes for Easter Sunday and if I do say so myself [pat on back] I think they look good enough to eat -- and tomorrow I will. :)



Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Family Means Everything

Thanks to my Uncle Conrad for sending me the picture below. Pictures like this take me back to family gatherings through the years. They take me back to reunions as a child, of reunions growing up, and of reunions with children of my own. I fondly recall the childhood stories of my Aunts and Uncles, their silly jokes, laughter, singing and harmonica playing, their warm and caring character, and the feeling they gave me of being part of something bigger than myself. The Kee family taught me what family truly means. From my grandparents, the root of our family tree, on up to my dad and his brothers and sisters, the branches, family to me means everything.

Jesse and Donnie Kee & Family
standing left to right in order of age:
Lee, Jesse (dad), Vernon, Eanos, George, Lester, Conrad, Denny,
Donna Jean, Bobby Dean, Betty Lou and Stanley
June 19, 1966

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Better Together

The video below is about a boy who rescued a baby hummingbird. After nursing it back to health the boy and the bird soon discovered they were better together. How sweet is this?

Friday, April 15, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Woohoo! I’m Fifty!!!

I'm a half century old. Wow! 50 and Fabulous, or so my kids say. The truth is my kids are the fabulous ones. I'm just Fifty! 

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Thank you thank you thank you to my wonderful kids (and wonderful mom too) for throwing my surprise birthday party and also for the fabulous picture book below, my favorite gift of all! You all put a lot of effort into it and it shows. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT and I'll treasure it forever!



And one more BIG Thank You to my sweetie Mark. Thank you for your part in making my 50th birthday so special. Having you by my side makes turning 50 a whole lot more enjoyable. :) Also, thanks for being part of the party planning shenanigans. I know it wasn't easy being sneaky and lying to keep the surprise. You were really good at it though! Almost too good, haha. Muah!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Dogs love flowers too

My beautiful birthday flowers from Mark.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Happy Birthday dad

I couldn't let the day go by without mentioning your birthday dad. All day long I've been thinking of your past birthdays and one of the things I remember most is how hard it was to find the perfect gift for you. Now I realize it was impossible to find because nothing could be perfect enough to express what it meant to me to have you as my dad. What it meant was... everything. Today, on what would have been your 87th birthday, and all the April 12ths to come, I will celebrate you and everything you are and will always be. Happy Birthday dad. I love you so.

Monday, April 11, 2011

boo boo the chicken

The blurry video below was in my inbox today. I don't know which tickles me most:  the hilarious lady from Arkadelphia (I was jus' walkin by), the thought of CPR on a crazy haired chicken named Boo Boo, Terry Bradshaw busting a gut, or the joke about an Arkansas ICU (cardboard box).  I don't know but I crack up every time I listen to it. I just love it. :)

Friday, April 8, 2011

So completely smoochable

And now for something soooooo completly smoochable, my grandson Jude, the littlest Cardinal fan I know. muah! :)