This Last Weekend...

So, our weekend was amazing. Lucky for our family, we have some pretty incredible friends - lots of them. This week the awesome Rudd Family stepped in and gave us, what I believe will be the highlight of our Christmas season.

They have some pretty deep connections to the MAKE-A-WISH Foundation and this weekend, they shared a little bit of it with us.

This is an amazing place and organization, filled with amazing people and families. I have watched our cute friends this year and I can feel the energy, the love, and the gratitude they feel when ever they talk about Make-A-Wish. There really is so much good in this crazy place we call the world. I am so thankful for the things that we got to see and learn and feel - we will never forget it.

Tis the Season....

In our family, the "season" begins today - not the holiday season, but the Moss family "Birthday Season"! Everyone (including the dog) except for me has a birthday in the next 8 weeks. So, today it begins with the big guy - the one we call dad and hubby - Happy Birthday Evster!

The first birthday I celebrated with this guy was way back when he was turning 23 and we were barely engaged. I loved him A LOT then, but I do believe I love him A LOT more now. He is one of the best guys you will ever meet. He's a great dad, a great companion and a truly loyal friend and we all know that those are getting harder and harder to find.

He's a keeper, that's for sure.

A Year Ago Today. . .

I just can't believe it's May 20, 2010.

One year ago today, we threw caution to the wind,

left home, left work, left school

and we left with our whole family.

We left with no regrets.

We left knowing full well that this might be the last time we all left together.

And so it was.

So, today, though I'm longing for last year -

I am filled with memories and gratitude for that wonderful 10 days

that none of us will ever forget.

I am so glad we had it and though it will never be the same without

Grandpa Moss - I hope one day we do it again...

and then maybe again....

There goes a little piece of my heart. . .

So strange to me that my last post (because I am such a slacker) was of our awesome family vacation with the Moss Clan. We took that trip because Grandpa's health was not so good - we wanted so badly to get everything in. I am so eternally grateful for all of the people that helped pull that trip together. Divine intervention, you might say, because you just never know. So here we are. . . at the place we hoped we'd never be, but so thankful that we KNOW what we KNOW. I love that Father-In-Law of mine, always have. I love the family he built and the things that he taught us, I love the Grandpa he was and the legacy he left. I love that there is a PLAN and that we are part of it. Though today, my heart still hurts, I am so thankful that we had him and that we will have him again, forever. XOXO

Grandpa Moss passed away Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at his home which was exactly where he wanted to be. His funeral was a tribute to all that he was - happy, fun, generous, smart, loving, and kind. I am so thankful for this family that he created. For the legacy he has left. . . we will keep building on that until we are all together again.

Valentines Day will never be the same to me.

A friend gave us a little plaque that says,

"The best way to have Heaven in your home,

is to have someone you love in Heaven."

I believe it.