My little Cindee Lou Who

Mandy in this picture looks like a little "Who" from Whoville in the "Grinch" movie... My sweet little baby girl... She has her grandpa standing behind her and her auntie sitting next to her. We were having a fun time around the table... It was always someone's birthday in our house as we were growing up.

Water Please

Oh.... Looking at this picture sure brings back some big memories I see that old TV... The teddy bear seat for Mandy... The rocking horse that she loved to ride on... the small white bear face down behind her... That teddy bear I still have. She would go no where without it. Mandy had a cup in her hand that I am sure had small bit size treats inside... I love the way her hair would stick up when I put it in a pony tail... Look at her cute little toe's... I miss this sweet little heart of my heart....

I finally have my scanner working now YAY! I am going to blog a couple times a week instead of once a day because I am a little busy and I want to take my time enjoying my walk down memory lane

One of those days

I sat down yesterday to post pictures of Mandy and found my scanner was not working... Grrr. Then my car blew a radiator, our air conditioner in the house went out and on Saturday I was sick... Tough week at work learning a new route!!! Will it never end? lol I guess you just have to have those kind of days some times. Here is a flameless candle that a sweet friend made for me with the picture of my sweet baby girl, her favorite color and a butterfly! She is so talented... I love this candle 

Mandy's favorite flower

Here are Mandy's favorite flower in full bloom

 When ever I walk out of my house I see these and think of how much she loved them

 Now they bloom just for her.

I am going on vacation and will be away from my computer until after the 11th of June. I will be back with more of Mandy then! Have a great week everyone!

Birthday time

Aw... I miss this baby girl... Here Mandy is with her cousin on the far left and a friend next to her. Mandy is in the chair and in the background is a sweet young boy whom I miss very much because he and his entire family moved to the east coast and I cannot see them anymore. You cannot see it to well but Mandy is wearing her Swedish braids.

More Christmas pt 2

 Here are some more gifts that Mandy and her brother received 

Oh no! he looks like a convenient store thief... lol he is so cute! 

Christmas at Llyod's and Alicia's house pt 1

After spending the morning with grandma and grandpa we went to visit Uncle Lloyd and Auntie Alicia. Mandy and Clayton loved to go over and visit there it was always so fun for them. Here they are opening up some Christmas presents.

Wonky Picture

I have several pictures like this one where it is turned like this... I do not know why I did if but I have a few. I really loved the outfits my sweet baby's were wearing and wanted a different picture. Well..... I got one and I have to say it is different.... but I do wish I had not done it this way because it makes it hard to see properly. This was Christmas at Gran's and Gramp's in Sparks

Gran's house for a visit

Here is Mandy and her brother with four of their cousins. They had the most fun when they came for a visit. We had moved from Reno, to California by this time and the kids were unable to visit with each other as often as they had before, so these days were the best for them. Mandy is the third one from the left and her brother is on the far right

Another silly picture

Here is a picture that I snapped at Gran's house in Roseville California in her front room. The kids were out side playing and I told them to come in for a picture and they all ran in and sat down still cutting up... Mandy hair is so curly in this picture. I use to take her hair and put it up into pin curls and this was the result. She loved the curls until later years when her hair became curly then she tried all kinds of stuff to uncurl it. Mandy is here with her Brother, and two cousins.

Happy Girl

This picture was taken on the same day that Mandy won her reading metal. She was so proud of the job she did. I look at this picture now and ache to run up to her and give her a great big hug. I see that sweet face and it makes me smile! I loved her sweet spirit and the way she loved life. This picture was taken at G-Ma's house in California.

Wedding

Thinking about Mandy's brother and his wedding coming soon made me reflect upon Mandy's wedding and what fun we had, We really tried to make it that special day that she had wanted all her life and I think she felt it

We did everything ourselves including the catering... Boy next time we will allow the professionals to do that even though it turned out great it just left no time to enjoy the day in the way that I would have liked too

This day was one of my favorites and I know that my son's will be too.

Mandy's Brother

Mandy's Brother is engaged to be married. We are so happy about the whole thing. The sweet woman that he is getting married to is a really great woman and I am proud of my son! I learned that he had wanted to propose sooner but our baby girl became sick and he held off until just this last August to propose to her. He is such a great brother but more importantly he is the best son! I love him to pieces... When he was a child he told me that he was going to have 84 kids and that I was going to baby sit all of them. He even named some of them and it was so cute. My heart is full of happiness... I know that my baby girl is very happy too. She always wanted to have her brothers girlfriend as a sister in law.

Birthday Cake

Here is my baby girls most favorite Disney princess, Sleeping Beauty! This was her final birthday and birthday cake... What I would trade to get her back... But unfortunately it does not work that way, I know I will be with her again one day

Dress up

My sweet Mandy was always a girly girl... She loved to play dress up from birth lol not really but close. She loved to wear dresses over pants and wanted to have a purse and necklaces's I made her wait until she was in high school to wear makeup and it did not come to soon for her... A sweet woman after my heart. Mandy is here with her brother and next to him is their cousin...

Birthday girl

Mandy sweet Mandy... forever with a smile on her face

Hello

This is our old house in Reno, She had been eating a kool-Aid pop I made for her as a treat in the heat of the summer. She was following me as I cleaned the house and I snapped this picture of her. She would wave and say "hi" when I took pictures of her... She was such a ham my baby girl I sure miss her sweet baby girl hugs

Birthday party

Birthday party's were always a fun affair at our house and this day was no exception. This was taken at gran's house in California. Mandy's father is being funny in the back ground, he poked his head in just as I was snapping the picture

Birthday Princess

Here is another Birthday Party with Mandy. This is the birthday that I made her Barbie cake... I will look for the picture of the cake, I have it somewhere. We are at Gran L's house here... My sweet baby girl so very sweet

Pushing Brother around

Doesn't Mandy's brother look happy being pushed around by his cousins and sister, it was really cute... they were all taking turns getting a ride around the tiny patio at gramps and grans house

Sand box time

Grandpa B made a sand box for the kids to play in they had so much fun with it. Mandy sitting right in the middle of every thing. It was good times at this place in Sparks. Everyone was very active doing all their own things but we got together often. That does not happen anymore because we have all moved away and started our own lives. But every now and then we get together and it is just like old times again.

So cute

They were being so funny putting food on their faces. It was summer and scorching outside. Mandy on the back left. Mandy's brother had a face full of food... he was always such a funny kid making everyone laugh.

Thanksgiving Day Play

Mandy was in a thanksgiving day play and was an Indian. She is the one on the far left, she was so happy to be a part of a play. My sweet baby girl always smiling

Another birthday

Our family is so large that there is a birthday every month and not just for one person. There is always a couple of birthdays to celebrate. They are watching their cousin J, I think open his presents. Mandy still had her fingers in her mouth at five... I had to bribe her with a barbie doll to get her stop lol I miss my baby

Christmas time at grans

Here is Mandy with her cousin and brother. They always had so much fun when they got together. Her cousin loved her very much

Cousins

Here Mandy (far left) is with her brother before he could walk and her two cousins in gran's back yard in Sparks. I miss these days. Now Mandy's cousin the one right next to her has three children of her own... Time sure does fly

Mandy in a dirt bike helmet

My sweet Mandy in a dirt bike helmet

Mandy always put her arm around her brother when I told them to stand for a picture she loved her brother so much... So cute

A day at the park

This picture was taken in Sparks. We had a small park in the center of town and the kids loved to play there. One day I took Mandy and her brother there and we had a great day. Mandy climbed to the top of this little bridge there and said "Take a picture of me mama" She was around six here. 

Auntie Alicia's part 2

I really love this picture because it shows how Mandy use to tell us that she loved us. I would say to her "Mandy, how much do you love mommy?" and she would open her arms up like this and say "Like this." She learned how to do this because when she was running around the house her father and I would run up and grab her and tell her that we loved her this much, throwing our arms out wide and then gathering her up into them and squeezing her tightly. She loved that game and would always put her tiny arms around our necks and laugh. I miss those little baby girl hugs.

Visiting at Auntie Alicia's 1

Mandy loved to go and visit Auntie Alicia and play, Alicia is a honorary auntie and loved Mandy to pieces. She was always spoiling her and doing all kinds of fun things with her. This day we were barbecuing hamburgers and Mandy got a hold of the tongs while she was playing a toss the ball game with the dog. She was so cute! I really miss her bad. 

Puppy Dog

 Mandy loved to be outside when she was younger, we would go for walks around the neighborhood

We would always have to take a toy of some sort for these trips and this day she wanted to take her puppy. She had so much fun. That little toy fit in the palm of my hand and look how big it is next to her... She was a tiny little sweetheart

Playing games

We had moved to California by this time and Mandy sure missed her cousins but they came for a visit and the made up for lost time having all kind of fun. Mandy was taking her turn and I kept saying "Mandy, Mandy, Mandy! and finally she said "WHAT?" and I snapped this picture. They had a good laugh after that!

Fun times

Mandy and her brother loved to play with their cousins when ever they had a chance. I do not remember what they were having so much fun about here but its grins all around

Birthday time

Here is another gathering for a birthday party! All pictured here are family minus three even early in the 80's our family was growing fast! You cannot have seven siblings and not have a large family! I will have to look for a picture of all of us on the stairs for one Christmas shot.... what a fiasco that one was lol

Funny Joke

There is no shortage of jokers in my family, everyone takes their turns at making us all laugh! I believe this was another birthday party and someone was cracking jokes! Birthday parties happen all the time in a large family and that we have!

My Dress

It is funny how a dress that I use to wear as a teenager is now a Halloween costume for my baby girl lol. I wore this dress in the mid seventies and it was a nice dress for that time but looking at it now makes my smile. You cannot tell too much but the sleeves hang down to the top ruffle on the bottom of the dress. Mandy love to be in mom's old dress, she is so cute

Atari with uncle

Mandy was playing Atari with her uncle in this picture. "Atari......" that was not to long ago in my mind but if you look at the advances made in the last couple of decades! then.... We have come a long way baby! lol. This picture was taken at Mandy's grandparents home in Reno. Look in the back ground at the old stove.... You had to use coal pellets in this stove to heat the house and it worked so good that often they would have to peel off sweaters to cool down in the winter. I think this picture was taken in the summer because my mother has items stacked on top of it.

Big Gulp

Do you remember the 7-11 Big Gulps? Here Mandy is happy to have one in front of her. I did not allow her to drink to much but the picture opportunity was to hard to resist and by the look on her face she was happy to accommodate me lol. Sitting next to Mandy is her sweet cousin.

Mandy and her friend

Here is one of Mandy's friends from school. She was a hyper little sweetheart and Mandy had fun playing with her. I can remember one day when she came over to play she wanted to stay a little longer so she asked if she could use the phone to call her mother. I told her yes and pointed to it. She stood there trying to figure out how to use the phone and finally turned to me and said what's wrong with this phone? I picked up the receiver and said nothing. She looked at it again and said it's broken. I said no it works, she then said where are the buttons? how do you use this phone? I realized that she had never seen a dial phone. I stifled my laugh then taught her how to use a dial up phone. So cute!

Poppy's Chair

This was Poppy's chair and no one could sit in it but poppy. But I guess that you can see who grandpa let sit in his chair this day lol.

Picture day

I took the kids out for Picture day. This was taken in Reno in 1988. I think the small little on next to then is one  of their cousins