My sweetie and me!

My favorite picture of Ted and I, taken on our October 2009 cruise.

Before, During and After

My eye surgery,

Before

During

After

July 4th picnic

Our new living room furniture...

You'll never see it this clean again!!

Here's a few pictures of our visit with Kristina and baby Kazem. The first picture is of my sister Lois with her new grandson. The second picture is my grandaughter, Sadie, playing with the dogs through the glass door.

Dutch Winter Wonderland

Here's some pictures of our trip to Dutch Winter Wonderland last weekend. We had a cold but fun evening. Sadie had strong objections to sitting on Santa's lap but didn't mind Duke so much. Sadie and grandmom squeezed into a Monster Car and took a little ride with Mom in the back seat.

Pink Party

Last week my sons and daughter-in-laws surprised me with a Pink Party to celebrate being a One Year Breast Cancer Survivor. It was a total surprise, even though, as you can see, I showed up in pink. They had pink everything - streamers, balloons, paper goods, 3 different pink candies, pink ribbon shaped bagels and even pink deviled eggs! The whole family was there, Ted, my kids, parents, siblings, even my daughter-in-law and grandkids from California. We had lots of good food - all my favorites! - and great fun together. I'm really grateful for the support of my family as I went through treatment. I have a great family who supports you when you're down and celebrates with you in the good times.
Thank you Bradd, Brett, Heather and Jenn for all the work that you put into the party. I love you all so much!
(I forgive you for all of the lies you told to keep it a surprise!...I especially liked Heather talking to me on the phone the night before the party and pretending she was in sunny California when she was really in cold Pennsylvania...then Jenn let me babysit so that she could clean and prepare for Brett's/MY party.) . You guys are the best Daughter-in-law's in the world!