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Sedona!

Welcome back, Carrie! I can't believe we are almost at mid July!!  Crazy!!  Glad to be able to pick up where I left off.  

My quote: "I forgive, but I also learn a lesson.  I won't hate you, but I'll never get close enough for you to hurt me again.  I can't let my forgiveness become my foolishness."  

Wanted to capture some of the wonderful pictures from Sedona with Allen for our 20 year anniversary.  

What a spectacular shot of the sky from the plane:

 Here was the view of the rocks from our hotel room.  It was spectacular.  It was a little cold for Allen, but I loved it. 

 Allen arranged a winery tour and here was our first stop.  It was very nice. 

Hailey leaves for Pom Camp tomorrow.  I'll miss my baby bird.  Allen comes back from Chicago tomorrow night.  They have been having some pretty intense storms--last night and today.  

 

More from Sedona tomorrow. 

Heading to Nashville!

Taking a few days off of posting. 

Here's a quote that struck me:

Relationships are like Glass.  Sometimes its better to leave them broken than to try and hurt yourself putting it back together. 

Happy Wednesday! 

Here's my quote for today:

"When someone isn't treating you right, no matter how much you love them, you've got to love yourself more and walk away."

And I'm still playing catch up....

Wanted to share some pics of Hailey at her homecoming. 

Here is our traditional bridge pose.

 

And this cute boy, Matthew, his birthday is a week after Hailey's and these two have grown up together.  Elementary, Middle and now High School. 

 

And then here are Kait, Hailey and Scotty.  Very cute.  The weather was great and the fall sunset is just gorgeous, isn't it?

Here's Hailey with one of her good buds, Allie.  They just look so cute. 

Have a great day! 

Homecoming Proposal!

And just like that we are back at Monday morning!  Will report on Prom soon! 

A great quote: "Protect your spirit from contamination. Limit your time with negative people."

I was very lucky last fall to be included in Hailey's Homecoming Proposal.  Michael, her boyfriend asked me for help writing on his car his proposal.  And then he asked if I would go with him so I could take pictures!  Man!  That was so so wonderful of him!  

So as she was coming out of Pom practice, Michael was there and had a taco from Taco Bell, and flowers to go along with the message written on his car.

 

It was so nice that her friends and Michael's were around.

And here the cuties are! 

Of course I spelled Homecoming wrong.  I giggled when one of Hailey's friends pointed out I spelled it wrong.  

Kait's apartment!

Tonight is Hailey's Prom.  Although it will take me a little while to catch up to those pictures.  I hope she has fun! 

This speaks to me...in more ways than one. 

"My silence doesn't mean that I quit, It simply means I don't want to argue with people who simply don't want to understand."

When it was time to move Kaitlyn in to her apartment, I think it was THE HOTTEST DAY ON RECORD!  Isn't that how it always is?  We did well, though, despite the heat. 

Here is what her bedroom ended up looking like: 

 

This the is view out of her back door overlooking the pool.  Nice!!

My baby girl did such a good job picking out the stuff for her apartment! 

Hard to believe she'll be home in two weeks for the summer! 

More Niagara...

My quote today:

"Being a mom has shown me what true love is." 

Is this just an amazing view???  It really was spectacular!  I had seen Niagara Falls from the Canadian side when I was pregnant with Kaitlyn, but unfortunately that day in October so many years ago, it was cloudy, and well, I'm so glad I had a chance to see it like this! 

Niagara Falls! Bird's first time.

Good Monday morning to you!!  

Here's a good one I found! 

"Never waste your feelings on people who don't value them."

Ha!!  Love it!  Very therapeutic these quotes are! Makes me smile when I find them and I can resonate to them. 

So this picture just cracks me up. 

I was trying to do a selfie, and get Hailey and Allen in it...and then the wind picked up and I had hair all over my face! 

Here's another picture that shows just how breezy it was!  Allen doesn't have much hair to begin with and IT was being blown up! 

Here's a pic of Bird and I before....

And then after the soaking! 

It was absolutely gorgeous!! 

Last stop in a busy day!

On this Friday, I have another quote:

"Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional.

It is a sign that you have a big heart and aren't afraid to let others see it.

Showing your emotions is a sign of strength."

This is WhiteSprings Winery in NY.  It was a fantastic venue for our ASA members. Complete with the old carriages and sleighs!

Very nice tribute to the Atlantic Seed Association by the American Seed Association and Seedway. 

 

Our trip in upstate NY continued....

Busy week this week! 

Another quote that made me smile:

"Love is not what others feel about you,

its what feelings you share with others."  

I might even take it further and say an absence of sharing of feelings is an absence of love.  

Here is the gang from the ASA visiting one of the member's seed warehouses.  It's always so neat to see what other companies are doing. 

Here we are visiting the bee farm. 

The first stop after a long day--Fox Run Winery.  I LOVE THIS ROOM!!! 

Hope you are having a good week! 

What is this sign??

I saw another quote that I really liked:

If I cut you out of my life, you handed me the scissors. 

 

 

For an entire day, we had the members of the Atlantic Seed Association on a bus travelling to Cornell's site in Geneva, NY, to see a seed company in New York, and then a bee farm.  

They hiked in the hot sun...but they were rewarded with two stops to two wineries for some really amazing food and wine and craft draft beer.  We were treated like royalty by the caterer!  If you are ever in New York and need a caterer, Club 86 is the way to go! 

 One thing I love about my Atlantic Seed members is their sense of humor.  I hadn't noticed it when using the "facilities" on the bus, but one member did.  At lunch, he asked a bunch of us if we had seen the sign in the bathroom on the bus.  We all looked at each other in puzzlement..."No.....what's up?"  "Go see," he said. 

Ok...so this is the picture....

We just laughed and laughed and laughed!  No standing....sitting only....but...what about the hat? What about the cigarette?  No banana peels, no tin cans, but you can smoke??

Too funny.