WIDNEY WOMAN

This is my last post as Widney Woman. I have loved being a Widney Woman for almost sixteen years. Our Widney Wednesdays were a big hit ...

My Christmas present this year was these photos from a photo session J did with the kids. Best. Present. Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, yes, I crie...

Look! I'm famous!!!! Not really. Someone did this for me on my birthday. I love it.  lol

Michigan Ave with our 6th and 3rd graders! August 2014

It was a fun summer in the office! We had two theme days: Black & White Day and Hawaiian Day. We tend to dress very casual - jeans, shor...

Motor Mouth wrapped up the Long Course season with a relay at the State Meet. I asked him to take these selfies while he waited for his r...

Heehee! Motor Mouth was SO angry with me. I don't even remember what he wanted in the store that I said no to. He was NOT pleased at all...

Love our little fire pit. Summer nights in our backyard with the moonlight and, yes, stars in the city sky, is just divine. I love sitting o...

Loving the family time at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion. Weather was perfect for an evening of jazz music on the lawn followed by ...

My beautiful nieces and nephews!

Something new, Something old... When we renewed our vows, I was excited to carry my grandmother's ring. My grandparents had been ma...

Nerves 
 On our wedding day, people kept asking me if I was nervous. The ladies at the hair salon, the ladies that did my make up, the...

The Proposal
 J and I were best friends since Nov. 1995. In May of 1999, we both went to his little sister's high school graduatio...

I Knew I knew J was the one b/c of two things.  
1: In 1996, J's cousin was colossally mean to me. I was crying and telling J ...

Complete . 
"There is a mixed race baby at the hospital. Do you want it?" It was 5:10 pm on Monday, March 20 and I had just ...

Immigration We had to prove to immigration that we had a bona fide relationship. Seeing as we went from being best frie...

Dreams Do Come True Motor Mouth was born on Sunday, March 23. Motor Mouth was, and is, our little blessing. He is the answer to countl...

The Day the World Fell Apart It felt like we were in a courtroom and had been handed a death sentence. J held my hand a...

Elope Already! This post is in honor of my sister's birthday today. My sister visited us in Tulsa, helped me pick out my wedding...