Happy 4th of July!

I love the art of Norman Rockwell... this little guy's a symbol of honor and pride...

God Bless the USA!

Hope you all had a blessed July 4th!

Here are some of our photos from July 4ths past...

(In the next set of photos...let me explain the photo with the hole punches... they are not a "creative"expression of a firework display... or maybe that was what my 3yr old brother (at the time) was going for? Yes, he was pretty skilled with the hole-puncher! notice how careful he was... not a single face punched out! :o)

In the photo, that my brother so carefully altered, the ones showing are me (13yrs old), Boy Comar (my parent's friend and an actor known as the Charles Bronson of the Philippines in the 1970's), mom, Leonard (2yrs here), Eden (housekeeper), mom's sister Myrna.

In the next set... top left photo: my mom is holding "theluckiestmrs", my dad is holding my sister Megan, me and my brother.

BLOG HOP

OOPS! I messed my previous post up, so have to try again here!

This is truly a stretch out of my comfort zone... not the meeting part (that part will be lots of fun!).

...but the computer-linking-blog understanding-what am I doing?-what's it gonna turn out like?-comfort zone. So, here I go.... hopping right in (after hours of reading and some help from Jill!) If it works, and I get a post that looks and works like its supposed to, then I know ANY one else can do it-"easy-breezy!"

***Once a week there will be a theme to the blog hop and this week is: INTRODUCE YOURSELF!
Here's a "Bit about Me":

Blessed:

1….with an Awesome God!

2….with parents who have raised me with lots of love. & a soft-hearted brother & a beautiful sister.

3….with my hubby, my perfect partner, who fills my heart, supports, encourages me. I’m so proud of Mr. B! He loves the Lord with all his heart & served our country as an Amazing Army Aviator.

4….with 3 amazing children:

…“theluckiestmrs” (in her last year of dental school & newly married to her perfect match, who is in his last year of medical school).

…“littlemiss” (in her 2^nd year of dental school)

…”heartbreaker” (in his 2^nd year of undergraduate studies)

5….with the healing & continued strength of “heartbreaker” (who is a witness and excited to share what God has done in his life as a childhood cancer survivor).

6….to have made it, graduated & now a licensed dental hygienist (oldest student, with a group of 24 hardstudying, helpful classmates. Ready to be hired and get to cleanin’ those pearly whites!)

7….to be drawing the Personalized Sketches (each is drawn entirely using a person’s name), since 1985. & I appreciate greatly that others find them interesting. (easy to cart my paper pad & pens anywhere). (the froggie at the top, was drawn for a cute baby boy using his name JEREMIAH, who is now 8 yrs old! –his momma did his nursery in frogs, inspired by the song “Jeremiah was a bullfrog…)

*oh, one more thing: Mr. B & our 3 are so artistic & musical. (the music abilities gene skipped over me in my family & I haven’t yet absorbed it from my hubby… if you’ve seen me dance, I’ve stepped on Mr. B’s toes. If you’ve heard me clap to any song, I’ve had to stop and re-start! Haha

….Blessed…that our 3 have their daddy’s skills :o)

Sorry, I've a tendency to go long.... If you're still here-yay! Come on back any time. and now join in and hop around!***

BLOG HOP (oops! my earlier attempt!)

Hi everybody! I have never "linked" to anyone (or if I have, didn't realize that was what "linking" meant... still learning all the blog verbage.) or done any thing like this before! I hope this works :o)

well... it didnt quite work out this time, so posted again. But I didnt want to totally delete this post, so I wouldnt lose the wonderful comments that were already on this already!

So, if you came here, wondering *where's everybody at?* oops!... please go HERE instead :o) and you'll find everybody "hopping around".

Blessings!

Maria