Mimi's Corner!

President George W Bush Presidential Library Dedication Service and Block Party!!!

2013-05-15T22:53:00.004-07:00

These first few pics were taken by a Southern Methodist University Photographer we got to know.Our tickets were for section Silver......off to the left of the stage area and down the rolling grassy hill, we were there but had to view the dedication ceremony on large tv screens......but I Was there and I could hear it ALL live!!! ALL Five Living Presidents were there. We had to get up 5:00 a.m. Dallas time to get to the University and get through security.But well worth that early rise!!

First Ladies Club!!!

Presidents George Bush #41 and #43!!!!

Praying.....this brought me to tears!!!

The Bush Family holding hands

Our photographer friend found us that night at the big Lighting of Freedom Hall-Block Party!!!We found empty seats directly behind the blue saved off V.I.P. area, President George Bush and his family were four or five rows directly in front of us(My Friend and Neighbor Donna)

This was us very early that morning going through the security procedures.....NO purses allowed, just my cell phone, lipstick and credit card!!!and MY Photo Id!!

Even Karl Rove had to go through security measures!!!

I loved the many Faith Based Choirs that performed while we waited to go into the seating area.

Security was everywhere!!!!

SMU is a Beautiful campus!!!I am NOW saving extra money so MY Grandkids can attend College there!!!

We got here 3 hours before start time to get a Great seat!!!We scored!!!!

Karen Hughes and family arrive....she worked for Pres. Bush in the State Department for many years.

Dana Perino of FOX News arriving with her husband, she was Pres. Bush's Press Secretary for many years.

Karl Rove arriving

Secretary of State Condeleza Rice

Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush's cute ponytail!!

President Bush and First lady Laura Bush arrived right on time at 8:30 p.m.!!!

It was an HONOR to say the least to be invited to this Wonderful event!!!!I am a Proud Supporter and Volunteer of many years to George W Bush's campaigns and his beautiful library.

Sitting down to watch the fireworks/light show

I cannot begin to tell you how many tears I shed this day as a PROUD AMERICAN.....THIS President is so unappreciated and I think it is so sad.

I love their humbleness and their Principles.

Yeah, we got a chance to talk with Dana Perino and get our pic with her!!!Her Hubby snapped this pic!!!

BEACH BOYS CONCERT!!!!

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We were so excited that the Beach boys were performing in our sister community!!!Encanterra!!!!

Good friends and neighbors

loved that I was sitting behind them and could snap some fun candid shots of them!!

My Sister and brother in law sat with us!!!

Some of us girls!!!!

Bob and Donna having fun!!!

Todd and Katie having lots of fun!!!

Do not know these people....but saw lots and lots of hugging!!!It was So cute!!!

My friends hugging!!!

More hugging!!!!

I must say no matter how old these guys are now....THEY STILL ROCK!!!

Disney on Ice Spring Show

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I am so happy we are able to go see so many of the Disney on ice shows.....it is awesome my daughter knows so many great people!!!!The Boys loved the pirates!!!

Tinkerbell spreading her pixie dust!!!

Such a great group of friends came too!!

So glad my Older Sister lives here now and gets to come along on our fun outings!!!

My daughter's sorority sister, her mom and her darling daughter!!!And baby daughter number 2 arrives soon!!!The Miracle baby!!!

Lion King!!

Snow White!!!!

What a fun day and what great seats we had again!!!

Off to Hollywood to film an infomercial/commercial!!!

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I was selected several months ago to participate in a new anti-aging skin care line.....after using it for a few months, I was one of the ones chosen to be flown over to Burbank, California to make an infomercial/commercial. I am not yet able to release the name of the product. It will begin to air very soon. The company that is putting this product out is a HUGE Company. I am nervous to say the least to see it air!!!

I met so many wonderful ladies during the 2 days we were there.If I told you the age of this lady, you would Not believe me!!

We also used a hand and foot glove......this is them doing our still shots of our feet.....we were shot with NO MAKE-UP on.....

this is me waiting to do my hands!!! MY face is done and my feet!!!

We were up on the 23rd floor of the Universal City Hilton for the still shots.....We could see all of Universal Studios!!!

The lobby on our way to dinner......This Hilton boasts the BEST SEAFOOD BUFFET in Los Angeles

Our Call time was 7 a.m. on the set.....it was an old warehouse in downtown Los Angeles

They had a sidewalk chef cooking us omelettes!!

WOW!!!!!Miss G looks beautiful!!!

Miss C looks stunning!!!

Me coming out of the make-up trailer!!

All done shooting!!!

getting some free time at Universal Studios!!

What a very fun and exciting weekend!!!!

Back to California........

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riding a beach bike in Huntington Beach!!!this is NOT an easy bike to ride!!!

Decided to put our toes in the sand......

A trip to Disneyland with Cousins.....

My Little sister Carolyn and her Grandson!!

My Sister's daughter in Love and her 2nd Grand Son

My daughter and I and my Grand Son

My Daughter, grand daughter and my daughter's room mate a foreign exchange student from Germany. Anja is such a wonderful friend and we are so happy to know her.

The Cousins had so much fun together!!

Look who little Miss met????one of Minnie's flight attendant's

My Sister and I!!!

Minnie the Pilot!!!!

off to DISNEYLAND!!!

Loved this tree covered in Cherry blossoms!!

We also spent a day in Hollywood---or hollyweird!!!And Beverly Hills

Walt Disney!!!This is our 2nd daughter a Manager for Walt Disney World!!

this is the apartment building from Pretty Woman!!

At Mann's Chinese theater in Hollywood

My Sister and I both love Tom Selleck, we got our pic snapped here in 1987, so we were excited to do this again!!!

Back to Disneyland/California Adventure on St. Patrick's Day

Lunch with Ariel and her Princess Friends!!

what a fun, Fun, FUN time we all had!!!

Spending some time with our little furry friends!!!

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My daughter was doing a commercial photo shoot for her Little girls necklace/headband business, so I tagged along to watch. This little girl Loves horses more then any other furry friend.Where she gets this I do not know, I am slightly afraid of horses, so I never brought my kids around them, but from the time she could talk and walk she has talked about horses and wanting to be around them.

Little bunnies too!!!

Cute feathered friends too!!

The love she has for our friends horses is so evident.

Duck feeding at the Park!!

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these ducks are hungry!!!

I think he was instructing those ducks to get back in the pond!!!

hopscotch time!!!

So happy each and every time we spend time with our grands!!!

Easter Baby Chick pics 2013

2013-05-14T22:52:00.003-07:00

Due to RAIN on my scheduled chick pic day.....alot of my customers could not get their pics taken this year, but I did manage to get these 2 little cuties done!!!

EASTER 2013

2013-05-14T21:51:00.001-07:00

EASTER 2013........Time to reflect on the reason we celebrate the day...Jesus rose from the grave and for that I give Him all my Love and Thank him for his sufferings and for dying on that Cross for me.

Church service on Easter Sunday is always a wonderful Celebration.

Cake Pop desserts!!!

Fruit desserts too!!!

Time to hunt for eggs!!!

Liam enjoyed waving at the chick sign!!!

It was a very fun relaxing day!!!It also was this couple's FIRST wedding Anniversary!!!!So glad they came back from their little get away early to spend the day with us!!!

What a Wonderful day spent Worshiping Our Savior and fun quality time with family.

OWL LOVE you forever!!!

2013-03-04T13:31:00.000-08:00

I made these flower pots up for three of my neighbor friends.....

Little sweet face stayed the night before Valentine's day with us and she was So excited to go with me to deliver OWL LOVE!!!

To Mommy's work...

OWL Love you!!!

off to see Grand-Dude

he was Happy to see us and the guys were happy for their cupcakes and cookies!!

then to Uncle Cj's.....sadly he was out visiting a client.

back home to see Mommy at lunch......

mommy always has the cutest things made for her kiddos!!!

CANDY game!!!!

so cute!!

what a LOVE-LY day!!!!!

Photographer in training....

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walked into the kitchen and found sweet face taking pics......I do not own or use a tri-pod....and the photographer my daughter uses for all her commercial shots does not use a tri-pod....HOW does she know this stuff?????
She is one smart cookie!!!

another birthday.......

2013-03-04T13:17:00.001-08:00

I received the sweetest card from one of my high school friends...it said this.....
"She laughs in the face of birthdays, she basks in the light of her candles, she welcomes the years with arms opened wide"......inside on the bottom I found this Bible scripture Don't take a single day for granted, take delight in each light filled hour. Ecclesiastes 11:8
And I do embrace each day I am with my Great friends and loving family. I give Praise to God everyday that I am alive.

Liam is 2!!!

2013-02-25T17:17:00.000-08:00

For his birthday lunch we went to RainForest Cafe!!

Look Daddy, big animals!!!

Same mouth!!!

So fun!!!

These 2 are so cute together!!!

Pirate stuff!!

Where does time go???Seems like yesterday he was a tiny baby!!!These 2 darlings Bless our lives more then I could ever explain!!!!

Little Miss at her cheer competition!!

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Outside Phoenix Civic Center downtown!!!This little girl loves animals...even Bugs...I think!!

I think she was a little intimidated at the size of this place!

So fun and these little girls of all ages are very talented!
Aunt Cassie and Grammy came too!!

Go Stars!!

After we went to this cute place for lunch.....Chelsea's Kitchen!!

And since we were so close, I had to show my daughter the Mccune/Hormel Mansion in Phoenix, Az...looks like a resort!!!!

Argh you coming to Liam's Pirate Birthday Party!!!

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Loved the pirate decor!!!

Argh matey!!

To cute to eat!!

her pirate best Argh!!!

the cute girl pirates!!

he is still sleeping with a sword...and if you ask him his name....HE SAYS"HOOK"!!!!

My fav treat...BLACK gumballs!!!!

Peter Pan Broadway Play

2013-02-25T15:58:00.001-08:00

Seeing Peter Pan on stage for a live performance was amazing!!!Considering Kathy Rigby(She was a Medalist in the 1968 Olympics) made it even better....she is 60 years Young and flew,bounced and ran all over that stage!!!1

I donated to her charity so we got to meet her!!!!It was fun going with Chrissy and her daughter Miss M to the show!!

Miss C got a handful of Pixie dust and got her poster signed!!!

Disney on Ice......Princesses

2013-02-25T15:54:00.000-08:00

I love our Disney on Ice trips!!!

ROW 6 is the best view!!!This is Princess Tiana!!

Cinderella...

The little girls with us Loved this!!

Rapunzel!!

What a fun show!!!

Mr. L got a pic by the aqua door like his sister did at age 2!!!
BY the way.....Blogger hates me....I can not sign on with Firefox it says I need to disable cookies......It works fine on the desktop......I just think Blogger is telling me to stay off of blogger......Maybe I will!!!I have missed blogging and seeing my friends!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2013-01-23T22:15:00.004-08:00

We went out to dinner with the family on New Years Eve....

Home Alone was a big hit in my Grands house over Christmas....if L heard the song from this movie...this is the face you got...if you said to him...Do you want to stay Home Alone???This is the face you got!!!

2012 was a great year....now bring on the lucky 2013!!!

We did sparklers with them before we headed over to our neighbors house....

LOVE this Picture!!!!She is so attentive to him, she is loving and kind to her baby brother!!Well Most of the time!!

off to ring in the NEW Year with our Great Neighbors!!

Waiting to KISS!!!!!

Happy New Year!!

Cheers to great friends!!!

CAVALIA ODYSSEO.......an Equestrian show like NO other

2013-01-23T22:06:00.001-08:00

Cavalia is a company based out of Montreal, Canada. It is a stunning equestrian event with some performances done on a bareback horse. There is also performances by very talented acrobats. The sights and sounds will keep you in awe for 2 hours. Our little Horse lover sat motionless for 2 hours!!!

After the show we stopped for some Cupcakes!!

a one horse carriage ride!!!

2013-01-23T21:52:00.002-08:00

Enjoying our mall carriage ride!!!This tradition we started a few years ago and it is always fun!!!

SO HAPPY BLOGGER is working again for me!!!!

Christmas Day 2012

2012-12-28T22:14:00.001-08:00

I always love the nighttime GLOW of the Lights!!!

Santa gifts are wrapped differently!!!

he wanted to drive that TRUCK!!!

He LOVES IT!!!!Love that face!!!

Sis cannot wait to open her gifts from Santa!!

New Matching P.J.'s for the girls!!!

she is trying to peek!!

So excited over her New Unicorn!!

I love how she lined up her Santa gifts!!

Mimi and her little princess...Miss C the first!!

little dude got the hang of it....real quick!!!keeping him from playing with each one....that was the hard part!!

Miss C loved helping out...playing Santa!!

Grand-Dude loved watching....

And got a Great big laugh out of the Grandpa doll!!!

Grandpa doll loves to golf too!!

New Bracelet!!!

Miss C says Dude-Dude open your gifts!!

he was SO Happy to finally get a telescope!!!He says....I have been saying I want one of these for YEARS...he says he is So happy he has a SON who listens to him.....hmmmm...I do not recall him ever saying I would Love a telescope for Christmas!!!I recall him saying "Nights like this it would be so cool to have a telescope" And they say husbands don't read between the lines...Wives don't either!!!But seriously He is So Blessed to have such a great Son and Daughter in Love!!!

Mimi and Dude got new watches!!!I love Mine!!!and Dude loves his Black on Black one!!!

A New Kitchenaid Mixer!!!Our Daughter in Love Loves to cook and she is a very GOOD cook so I knew this was a perfect gift for them!!!

Still playing with that Race-car.....and woody the driver....

A BABY ALIVE!!!!From Uncle Cj and Aunt Jesse....but wait....you already got me that Great big horse....remember last night..I opened it early???? This makes 2 baby Alives....one that eats and one that wets!!

A Darth Vader Mr. Potato Head....he Knows his Uncle Cj loves Star Wars, if he sees anything Star Wars...he says J-J....and his little VADAR is SO cute!!1

We also have a family tradition of playing Christmas Scavenger hunt.....the first gift was a restaurant gift card and a note.....which led them here;where there was a check.....and another note.....

Miss C was so excited she ran ahead to "help her"!!Another note and another check.....

Will and Corie's turn!!!

                                                   By now....Dude-dude had the basketball hoop set up.....Yeah," Look Aunt Stacie, he can Dunk the Ball!!!!!"
After that we had our Christmas Breakfast tradition, eggs, bacon and hash brown casserole, no pancakes this year, we ate while we watched the Christmas Day Parade and thought of Aunt Stacie working at Disneyworld. We missed you again so much.
What a great Christmas it was again and we all feel So Blessed to receive such amazing gifts, but honestly the Best Gift of all, is Our Saviour Jesus Christ being Born for us.

Traditions........

2012-12-28T21:39:00.000-08:00

I think what I enjoyed so much this Christmas season was reading and witnessing so many family traditions still being done by my Children and friends of my Children, nothing makes me happier or brings me such JOY is to see families doing activities that are traditional!!!New ones and old ones!!

I love this wrapping paper I found at hobby lobby

wrapping gifts and putting bows and cute attachments on them....my daughter wraps gifts like a pro!!!

Making the yearly gingerbread house.....and cookies!!

everyone helped!! They also ate the candy!!

All done!!!

Another family tradition is piling into the car and driving around looking at houses all decorated...

Seriously this house looked like Disneyland!!!

I LOVE this!!!The Leg lamp from Christmas Story!!!

this decorated house( where the light in the sky is, I did not get any pics of the house as they kept you moving)...is AMAZING...took us 45 minutes winding around the neighborhood , just to see it!!

this house was in that same neighborhood....my fav blow up is the manger one!!!

I made this treat......a chocolate Santa on a Candy Cane sleigh!!!Little chocolate bars are gifts!!

My New outside decoration!!!love this!!

we also love to ride the horse and carriage around our local Mall!!

then we headed to Johnny Rockets for some warm food!!The kiddos got a kick out of the smiley face ketchup!!

Christmas eve Church service is another family tradition....

Little Miss marching up on to the stage for the Pastor's story. This year the story was called The Story of the Candy Cane.

We were all given little lights....

After church, we decided to go out to eat this year....OH NO.......yes...we did!!!

then home for dessert and a few gift openings!!

Skyping with Our daughter in Orlando....

New P.J.'s!!! The Hot Chocolate bar I set up for us!!!New mugs and Silver engraved spoons!!!That is alot of C's and J's......I should have gotten our middle initials I guess!!!

Christmas on the farm......

2012-12-26T21:56:00.001-08:00

We had a fun day at Schnepft farms......

Little man enjoyed the tractors while we waited for our hay ride...

Both kiddos loved the resident dogs!!!

The train ride is always fun!!!

A man with his family from Canada( they were wearing shorts and short sleeves!!) offered to take our pic

Meeting Santa Claus!!!

Big Hugs!!

Pre-school Christmas program

2012-12-21T23:13:00.001-08:00

Little dude found his pockets!!!

Singing the snowflake song...

then it was onto sugar overload!!

Giving a gift to her teacher Miss Erin!!

Miss C and her sweet friends!!

snow--Snow--SNOW!!!!!!

2012-12-21T23:05:00.000-08:00

After hearing Miss C ask when it was going to SNOW???I told her it nevers snows here, she said it snowed last Christmas, I said No, we went to the mountains for the snow, so she asked if we could go, I told her there is NO snow in the mountains, but the first Arizona Snow, we headed up North!!We chose Payson, as it is only 1 1/2 hours north of us!!We ate lunch at kohl's ranch, Will even ate the elk chili!!

The kiddos couold not wait to get out and play in the snow!!

there was close to 2 feet of snow out here!!!It was beautiful, new and no footprints....

This truck is Awesome....

Snow man building time!!!

Snow ball fight time too!!!I accidently hit her in the face, she cried, but after a few hugs, was right back at it, trying to hit me!!

So beautiful and peaceful...cold...yes....32 degrees...poor little guy kept saying his hands were hot....

CUTE little man and his daddy!!