wish right now

airplanes, originally uploaded by benzismama.

1985

You know you're getting old when a picture from your childhood makes you weepy and giddy at the same time. When you think things like, "I wish my kids knew what that kind of freedom feels like" and "those were the good old days when life was simple".  Of course, life wasn't simple for me and my family in 1985, but visiting my cousins on the ranch and being turned loose to swim in cattle troughs buck "nekkid"  and ride 4-wheelers and pick berries and eat them straight off the vine....that made everything okay.  We weren't afraid of anything...except maybe Uncle Mike.

Soul food & such...

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. ~ Alfred Austin

Jenn's 35th Birthday

jday2, originally uploaded by benzismama.

The garden grows wild...

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Ben

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Happy Birthday,Kaden!

my baby boys, originally uploaded by jenndowning.

He's the one with hair. =D

Today I'm wishing Kaden the very best birthday. He deserves it more than anyone I know. He's an amazing kid. Very smart, compassionate, thoughtful, funny, sweet as can be. I love this guy!