25 Random things....

Okay well I put this on facebook.. thought it was kind of fun. I needed a post.. and I thought it would be fun to post here as well.

Hope that you all enjoy!



Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you. (To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. I have put off doing this list because so many people have done such a great job and I don't know that I can live up to the pressure.
2. I met my husband and married him within 5 months. I told my best friend after our 2nd date that he was the man I would marry. I truly believe “when you know you know.”
3. My mother had me when she was 48 years old. Having a mother born in a different generation gave me insights and advantages I have not truly appreciated until recently.
4. Being a mother is the most important and challenging thing in my life.
5. I lived in NJ for the first 27 years of my life. After living in other states and hoping to add more places to the list; I don't know if I could ever feel like NJ is home again.
6. I am not good at apologies but this is something I have been working on.
7. I was baptized the same day as my oldest son. My walk with Christ has shaped who I am in every way.
8. I am always amazed by those who do not have regrets. I have done a lot of things I wish that I hadn't but I do believe all of my experiences have made me who I am today.
9. I try to be a good friend and would help a friend in need in any way that I can.
10.I really don't like TV very much. If I am home alone I rarely even turn it on.
11. I can't sleep with socks on no matter how cold my feet get.
12.I am a coffee snob. I have only tried one regular cup ever and I have stuck to Starbuck's latte's ever since
13. I love jewelry and rarely leave the house without some on.
14. I love to paint, even if I am not very good at it.
15. I wish I had more self confidence
16. Everyday I listen to Howard Stern and Artie Lange. I love them both.
17. On the total opposite side of the spectrum I am very conservative and love Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Fox News.
18.I am easily intimidated by people in positions of power.
19. I am a very dedicated worker.
20. I have a pretty severe internet stalking problem. Facebook is awesome for people like me. I do not know if it stems from moving away from everyone I knew or what but I love seeing how everyone's lives have turned out.
21. I would like to go back to school for a Master's but I don't know how to juggle it with my family.
22. I should be better at making time for me.. that is also something I am working on. I know when I do this I am a better wife, mom and friend I just find it hard to prioritize.
23. My biggest fear in life is something happening to my husband or my children this is a nightmare that I worry about often.
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24.. I love to read but I decide in the first 2 chapters whether I will devour the book or put it down and never pick it back up again.
25. I developed and intense fear of heights since I had my children it is unbearable if they are around.

I am not tagging anyone here.. but I thought I would leave the rules in case anyone else wanted to try thier hand.

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Tammi and they boys!

My sweet boy

So I was feeling under the weather and missed church. My sweet Tanner came home with these for me. He is the sweetest most kind hearted child.

Okay just wanted to brag on him a second. I am a lucky mommy for sure!

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Much love,

Tammi and the boys!

God works in mysterious ways....

Well I have had many times in my life when things have just seemed to come together. I know it is all part of a greater plan of a higher power. I had a similiar situation right before Christmas. My brother Jimmy called me with a message that there was a post in the newspaper about the death of one my brothers. Now for those readers that know me well, know that I had 8 total brothers. My mother had 5 sons and my father had 3 sons before they met, married and had me. Well, I never really had contact with my 3 brothers from my father. I have tried to look for them over the years online and such but with such common names ( my maiden name is Parker) it seemed an impossible feat. Well this is why that phone call was so critical. See Jimmy always knew I was looking for my brothers so when he heard of the newspaper obituary he called me. Of course I was sad that my search had lead me to this dead end. Now I would never meet my brother Tom, my Dad's oldest son. While I was online looking at the obituary pages I saw where you make comments and I tried to learn as much information as I could. Then I noticed one of the posts had been by my other brother Bob. I hesistantly emailed Bob and sat on pins and needles until I recieved a response to my email. It was not long until I recieved a return email. We have been able to talk, email and even meet on a recent trip to Baltimore that I had already scheduled. I am so excited to meet he and his wife Linda too. I am looking forward to meeting the rest of his family and also my other Bill and his wife who were unable to make the lunch.





This has been such a blessing to me. I am looking forward to learning more about my father. I already learned he was a great baseball player, a pitcher. I am sad to say a lot of the memories of my father have faded. I was only 9 when died and he had an almost 2 year battle with cancer before that. I am also so excited to learn more about my brothers... I tell you I think those we have up there in heaven really work on our behalf. I don't believe in coincidences. I truly believe everything happens for a reason... and it is all by the power and grace of God. I won't stop counting my blessings anytime soon!

me and my brother Bob ( see any similarities?)

Bob and Linda

I still have more to post about this trip.... so I will try to get that done.

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Love to all!

Tammi and the boys

Taste of home

Okay this might be sad to say but some of the best stuff about home tends to be around food. I have to say I enjoyed all the food that I can't get here... I had to have scrapple...yum yum. I also had to have a REAL hoagie from a real Italian place... ( pictured above). The cheesesteak I had was so good I didn't even take a picture of that. I also had to eat at a diner. :) Hee hee...jammed a lot of food stuff into 4 days time. Another note of the picture above..can't have a hoagie without Herr's chips. :)

Well there is alot more important stuff to share about my trip...but I thought I would start with a low key simple post.

Thanks for stoppin in more pics to come!

It was a super quick trip home and I did not get to see everyone like I would have loved but I did have a blast and I hope that we can't get back again soon for a longer visit. Always seems like we do not have enough time.

Much love to all!

Tammi and the boys

One more...

Okay with all the delay I think that your deserve one more post tonight. I promise to get some pictures downloaded over the weekend. This is a tale from the other day. Tanner recieved this lego car from Ms. Julie and Mr. Russell for his birthday. It was for ages 7-12 and I was sure Tim would need to help him some. Well, to my suprise he sat down at followed the directions and built the whole thing himself. I was impressed and I think he was pretty proud of himself too.

Of course as you see in the picture above Evan wanted to help soooo bad. Tanner is such a sweet big brother and he was trying to be patient with Evan but pieces kept disappearing. I soon realized that Evan was basically torturing Tanner while he was trying to put this together. After I fuss at Evan a few times. I notice again he is taking pieces... and trying to hide them. I say to Evan... "Evan, leave your brother alone please!" And Evan turns looks me dead in the eyes and says "Mom why do you keep catching me??" This is a glimpse into Evan he is awnry but of course we would not have him any other way. :)

Okay I promise to post the weekend fun this weekend.

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I need to get to bed!

Much love to all!

Tammi and the boys

P.S. Thier matching hockey shirts are also from Ms. Julie and Mr. Russell..they LOVE these shirts!

Hockey game!

Here are some family shots of our minor league hockey game! We did have fun!

FINALLY

Okay blogger has finally decided to cooperate and let me post some pics of the snow fun! Here are the boys sledding...we have actually had a few days of sledding fun. I owe lots of pics from the weekend and such I know... I am hoping to catch up soon.
Thanks for bearing with me.

Much love to all!

Happy Winter!

Tammi and the boys!

YEAH SNOW!!!

Finally a little bit of snow to help us be able to enjoy winter. Here are a few shots of the fun! Course the boys had an absolute blast! It is still snowing so they are hopeful to be able to do it all again tomorrow...


Insert pictures here....been trying to upload them for 2 days... no luck...how annoying!!!


I leave tomorrow for a trip for the weekend... I hope to have exciting stuff to post when I return!!

Thanks for checkin on us!

Sorry about the lack of posts!

Much love!

Tammi and the boys!

The Children's musuem

We all went to the Children's museum when the family was in town... the boys had so much fun playing and showing everything to Anna.

Sorry I haven't had anything exciting to post!

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Tammi and the boys!

Happy New year!!!

Okay so in years past I did exotic things for New Years. Fancy restaurant's, hotels and even that crazy year I went to see the ball drop in New York's time square. But this year was one of the best! We have started a "new" tradition. I have decided that we will spend New Years having family game night. As the kids grow hopefully this will turn into more of a competition but fow now it was puzzles and Uno. We had snacks and pizza and of course no New Years celebration is complete without sparking grape juice. We didn't exactly make it to midnight but we were blessed with each other and the company of friends and I am very hopeful about 2009.

About resolutions... I am still debating that! I mean I like most want to have a great start to the new year with healthier eating, more exercise and of course the big one......being an all round good person. So, I guess I can resolve those again...as I always do. I really just think that I am on a journey to being the best me I can be and making God proud...so I am a work in progress... I am still working on it.

Happy New Year!!

Cheers to 2009!

Much love to all!

Thanks for stoppin in'

Tammi and the boys

Christmas Stuff

Okay I downloaded my pictures finally...and there are so many....here are some pics of the fun!

Okay blogger is giving me a hard time today... you get the idea.. I am sure...lots of Christmas fun with the boys! The whole gang was here and Thanks to Mark and Lori we have matching shirts too!

Love to all!

Thanks for stoppin in!

Tammi and the boys!