"Honey...I'm Home"!!!

"Honey....I'm Home"!!!

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Hello my friends!

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As you can see...I made it home from our two week vacation to Texas! We made it home last Saturday evening but I'm a tellin' ya...it's taking me some time to get back in the "grind" of things and to get caught up! One thing I realized after being gone and away from the computer for two weeks is that everything in Blogland moves very fast! I'm not sure if I'll ever get completely caught up...I know that I've missed out on so many of your wonderful posts...but I'm sure going to have fun trying! Hehe! Anyway...even though I was having the "time of my life" in Texas...I sure did miss ya'll and it's good to be back home!!! Ahhhh...."Home Sweet Home"!!!

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Let's see if I can fill you in a bit...I really haven't gotten much done since I've returned from Texas. The two day drive there and back really took it out of me. I'm always soooo slow but this week I believe that even the old snail could win the race! I have been doing alot of resting and visiting your blogs and more resting! I thought that I better get my hiney in gear and post something...so I'm putting up a few photos that I took of my family in Texas.

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All of my family is in Texas....

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All of my family live in Texas...south Texas! My folks live about 100 miles south of San Antonio on Lake Corpus Christi. My brother Robert and his family also live on Lake Corpus Christi and my sister Rhonda and her husband live near San Antonio in the Hill Country. I have three daughters...Lisa, Aimee, and Jennifer. All three of my daughters and their families live in Corpus Christi. Yep...I'm the only one that lives out of state! I really get to missing all my family...it had been a little over a year since I had seen them so I was in my "7th Heaven" the two weeks we were there!!! We spent several nights at my folk's place...and then we spent several nights at each of my daughter's homes. We had a GRAND time!!! Each day all three of my daughters and all ten of my grandchildren got together! Boy...we talked and talked, in fact I lost my voice about the third day into our trip...hehe!!! It was the greatest blessing to see and visit with my daughters and all of my grandchildren! Ohhhh my....my grandbabies have all grown so much since I had seen them last!

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Let me see if I can fill you in on "who is who"...hehe!

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My oldest daughter Lisa is married to Tony and they have three boys....Tony Jr. (Bud) will be 17 in August...he will be a senior in high school this coming year! Alex will be 15 in August and will be a sophmore. Adam will be 12 and is going into 7th grade.

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My middle daughter Aimee is married to Jay and they have a boy and a girl. Noah is 10 and going into the 5th grade and Emiliee is 8 and going into 3rd grade this year.

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My youngest daughter Jennifer is married to David and they have four boys and one girl. Ryan is 11 and going into the 6th grade, Ethan will be 10 in August and going into the 4th grade, Erick is 8 and going into the 2nd grade, Seth is 7 and going into the 2nd grade, and Caylee is 5 and will be starting kindergarten this year!

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Whew....that's quite a crew isn't it? Hehe! This old grandma has a difficult time remembering all of her grandkids ages, etc!

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Family Photos...June 2009

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My Mom and Dad in their kitchen.

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This photo was taken the first day we arrived in Texas...my Mama put on quite a "spread" for us...it was yummy!!! My Mama is a great cook!!! You can also see some of her kitchen and how she has decorated it. My Dad is a retired carpenter, he built their home.


My brother Robert and sister Rhonda.


My honey Russell with our two kiddos...Darrin (age 15) and Danielle (age 14).


Hehe...a picture of my Dad and my Mama's artistry.
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I really wanted to show you these kitchen cabinet doors...my Mama painted them! She's really a talented artist! She has her kitchen done in red & white checks and old red barns...it's really cute!!! See the white plates up above the cabinets...Mom painted old red barns and country scenery on them!


From left to right....Aimee, Me, Jennifer, and Lisa.
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My Three Daughters
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Okay...okay...I have to tell you just how much pride that I had to swallow to put these photos up on my blog! I really hate all photos of myself...I look like an "old hag" here...no makeup, I had just washed my hair and done nothing with it! Eeekkksss!!! But I wanted you to see my three beautiful daughters: Lisa, Aimee, and Jennifer....I'm so proud of each of them!!! They have grown up to be such lovely, intelligent & talented, warm, loving, young women!!!
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I love you, Girls!!!


I love this photo!!! I will always cherish this one simply because of the story behind my big ol' laughing spell!!! We had just stood up to pose for the photo...Aimee and I grabbed a hold of each other and someone cracked a funny (I don't even remember what was so funny now, but...) Aimee and I started to laugh and our bellies were just a gigglin' against one another....hehehe!!! That's what made me laugh!!! I know, I know...that may be gross to some...fat bellies...I guess you just had to be there!!! This photo was taken in the living room of Lisa's home.
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Darrin and Daniell and all ten of my grandchildren.
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Back row...from left to right: Danielle, Alex, Tony Jr., Darrin, and Adam
Middle row: Ethan, Ryan, and Noah
Front row: Emiliee, Caylee, Seth, and Erick
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This was the most serious photo that I could get of all the kiddos!

The funny photo...they just begged me to take a funny photo of them! Hehe!!!
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Silly kids..."Grandma's Pride & Joy"!!! They ARE the "apple of my eye"!!!

Russell and Chari Lambert....June 2009.



The mosaics are all photos of Corpus Christi, Tx....they are not mine but photos that I found on the internet. I wanted to show you just how beautiful Corpus Christi, Texas is!!!

This will be a vacation that I will always cherish...we made some GRAND memories while we were there!!! I am already missing my family...my three daughters and all of my grandchildren terribly!!! I'm praying that they will all move to Colorado!!! Hehe!!! And you know that God always listens to the prayers of Mama's and Grandma's....wink!!!

Thank you my friends for letting me share our Texas vacation and my family with you!!!

Love ya'll,
Chari

PS...My dear sweet Grandma, who went to be with the Lord a couple of years, ago left me her china hutch and some of her collection of pink depression glass and a few other priceless pieces! I was able to bring them home with me from Texas. I will try to post about them soon!