Wonderful Friends!

In November our Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group had a wonderful swap hosted by the lovely Marti.  It was the 12 Days of Christmas Swap, I was very excited and joined, how wonderful to open little gifts for 12 days straight, and you were to hand make the gifts, which was even better.  Well my father was not doing well and I had to pull out of the swap, which I was so disappointed.  The first week of December a box arrived from Marti and Lorraine.  They had worked together and created the 12 days of Christmas for me!  I was so shocked and surprised!  It was a such a bright spot for me, knowing what was coming with my Dad.  I want to thank these Lovely Ladies for being so kind and thinking of me, you both will never know how much it means to me, they are both such special Ladies and are so kind. It is so wonderful to call them my friends.  I started opening number one on December 25th, what a joy it was to open one of their beautifully packaged gifts each day.  Thank you so much Marti and Lorraine .

Such beautifully packaged, it was such a treat to open one package each day!

Day 1, a Beautiful Marie Shoe! I love the size, so Special!

Day 2, a Beautiful Crocheted Tea Cup, I love this so much!

Day 3, Two Gorgeous Ornaments, these are so Pretty!

Day 4, Three Mercury Ornaments, I love the size!

Day 5, A Gorgeous Marie Theater Ornament, So Beautiful!

 Day 6, A Beautiful Marie Doll Ornament, she is so Beautiful!

Day 7, This Beautiful Framed Angel, so Pretty!

Day 8, This Gorgeous Snowflake Ornament

Day 9, This Beautiful Popper, I wanted to keep this, so I opened the back very carefully

Day 9, A Beautiful Silver Shoe Charm

Day 10, This Beautiful Eiffel Tower Ornament, so Pretty

 Day 11, Beautiful Seam Binding Ribbon

Day 12, This Gorgeous Shadow Box Ornament, it is so Beautiful!

Thanks again Ladies for being so sweet to me! I also want to thank everyone for their kind comments about my Dad, it has been so hard, I am doing better, but still having tough days, I know it will get better.  I miss him so much. Thank you for stopping by today, wishing you a wonderful week.  Hugs, Terri

My Dear Dad 12-22-1932 to 1-7-2014

It was a very hard Holiday Season for me and my family, my father Robert Bright had been sick since October with pneumonia and just could not shake it, in and out of the hospital and re-hab.  He passed away on January 7, 2014.  As you know my Mom passed away last March very suddenly and it was so hard for him without her.  My sister and I tried and tried to keep him going, but the pneumonia was just too hard.  He had just celebrated his 81st birthday.  He was a strong person and I have never met anyone like him.  When he was 5 years old he was hit by a car, they said he would not live at first and was in a coma for 30 days.  His father passed away when my father was 10 and he did not have a very good childhood, he always said I felt alone in life until I met your Mom, she was everything to him and it was so hard for him once she passed away, they were married 58 years.  We tried to fill the void, but I could see how hard it was for him.  They are together once again.  I miss him so much, he was a great father and grandfather.

My Father as a baby

My Father with his Grandmother and brothers

I always thought my father looked like Tony Curtis when I was young.

My Dad and Mom

My Dad with my sister and I, I am the baby

My family on our Wedding Day

My Mom and Dad

Life is going to be so hard without him, he was one of a kind and I enjoyed all the talks I had with him.  Also my Daughter in law was due to have her baby on January 20th.  She went into labor the evening of my father's passing and within 24 hours of his passing our first Grandchild was born, it was such a low and high 24 hours.  They named him Stephen Robert Gordon, his middle name after my father, he would have been so proud and honored.  Here is a photo of him, he is such a beautiful baby.  We are so thrilled, he was 8 lbs, 2 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long, and just perfect.  Life goes on.  Thank you for visiting me today, I will share more photo's of our grandson soon. 

I am going to be a Grandma!

First I want to say thank you to everyone who commented on my last post, you will never know how much it meant to me.  It has been a very hard 7 months since my Mom's passing, my Dad is not doing  well and my sister and I have been doing everything to help him stay in his home.  His health is not that good, but we have been getting through each and every day.  Mother's day was really hard for me as it was exactly two months to the day of my Mother's passing.  Well, my son and daughter in law shared the most wonderful news with me on that day!  I was going to be a Grandma!  She was only one month pregnant so I could not share the news, but it was wonderful news.  When I found out they were going for their ultra sound and would be finding out the sex, I made a blue bow tie and a pink hair bow and sent them to them so when they were going to announce it they could use one or the other.  This will be our first grandchild and we just found out that they are having a little boy!  My Mom's favorite, she loved boys, she would have been so happy!  Here is the first photo of my Grandson!  he is supposed to arrive around January 20th, 2014.  We are so happy and excited for Stephen and Nicole!  Life really does goes on! Wishing you a wonderful Day!  Hugs, Terri

My Beautiful Mom 11-30-1934 to 3-12-2013

I have been trying to write this post for the last few weeks, but it has been too difficult.  My beautiful Mom passed away on March 12th. Her name was Shirley Bright, it was unexpected and very quick, so it has been very hard.  I thought I would share her life with you.  She was a wonderful Mother, and a wonderful Grandmother.  I will miss her every day for the rest of my life.

 She was the oldest child, when she was 4 years old, her father died, her sister was 2 and her Mom was pregnant for her third daughter, her father was only 28 years old when he died.

 This is her High School photo, I loved her hair, she was named after Shirley Temple. 

 She was such a beautiful Mom, her children and her grandchildren were everything to her.  She stayed home with us when I was young and I remember how much I loved to come home from school knowing she was waiting for us

 Our Wedding Day.

My Mom with Stephen my first son, she always wanted boys, she had two daughters, so she was thrilled to get three grandsons and two granddaughters.  She also was thrilled to get two great grandchildren born 11 days apart four years ago.

Four Generations, Stephen, me, my Mom and her Mom

My Mom and my Favorite Aunt, they are together again

My Mom with Matthew our second son.

 With My two boys

 My Mom's Birthday, how the kids loved that

My Mom and Dad about 15 years ago

My Mom and Dads 50th Anniversary Party, they were married 58 years.

At Stephen's Wedding in Seattle with my two sons

2013 Book

My Front Cover, I had this vintage pink ribbon, it is so soft, I just had to use it.

Back of cover, I created pockets  to hold special things

Inside Back cover

Outside of Back Cover

January Page Front

January Page Back

February page Front

 February Page Back

March Page Front

In the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group, I started a group for 2013, we are to create our own page of the month and also a cover and back.  Each month we do our own page and share photo's of it.  Here is my book so far.  I have been doing some ancestry work on my fathers side and just found out that my Great Grandfather was 100 percent Irish, which I was thrilled to find out, so my March page is green with shamrocks. I will be sharing my future pages as I finish them.  I want to thank you for visiting me today and wish you a wonderful week.  Hugs, Terri