GRANDBUTTON is coming SOON.....

This was taken on Monday.... Nicholas Jr. is almost here... I can't wait to have them in Az. for 41 days..... whooohoooooo.....
believe me this Oma is going to soak up every single second I can with this little button....

Happy Memorial Day....

THANK you to ALL of the men and women who have or are serving our Country... I have a few men who mean the WORLD to me that have served or are serving... they are AMAZING men and I cherish them...
My Grandfather served in the US Air force ....My Daddy-US Navy(Navy Seal), Son- US Marines, My Honey-Royal Dutch Marines (Special Forces) , and My brother- US Army....
here is my Daddy's Grave..who served for the US Navy... . my Mother was sooo kind to go and put flowers on for me... I thank her all the time.. I can't wait to go back and visit him...
And my Son who serves for the US Marines...found this from 2010... LOVE it...
This is from 2011... he makes me proud... and soon he will be a DADDY.... can't wait to see his face when Nicholas Jr. is born...
Thinking of all my boys who are over in Afghanistan serving and protecting us Now... thank you Jade,David,Tyrece, Paige,Johnson and the rest of them AMAZING brave young men..

1 Year Anniversary.....

I can't believe it has been a year.... I went on my 4th date off of the Internet dating site and met this AMAZING man... I can tell you I truly wish I would have met him 23 years ago... but I am blessed I have him in my life now... He is soooo great to me...

We have been on a few trips in our year of dating and I can tell you that each and every one of them has been AMAZING...
He has also done things that I LOVE and he doesn't care for so much....If anyone knows me they know that I go to have a pedicure every 2 weeks like clock work... and I have made him go with me a few times...LOL..
He is soooo thoughtful and loving...


thank you my love for being such a blessing in my life... I am glad that God has found an amazing man that I can share my life with...

FINISHED.....

8.5-9 hours of work and it is way more then I ever expected.... I have thought about this since my agency decided they didn't want to help me in the process.... I knew the things I wanted in this piece just didn't know how to put them together... I also wanted it blended with my back.... so I went into see Joe... I told him I wanted the Mother's Love symbol.. a koi fish, Chinese lantern with fire burning ,and wanted it all blended together.... he came up with this and he choose all the colors....
Here is the the whole piece.....

Joe added the water colors like that so that my back tattoo blended and he brighten up the cherry blossoms.... love the purple .. it is amazing ....
Love how the water flows over the koi fish's back...
Joe put daughter on top of the koi fish head and he asked any certain color on the koi fish eye... nope you do what you think... love the green...A LOT of shading and color in the koi fish...


the date and the Mother's love symbol on the lantern... when he was starting the lantern I was a little scared as the color was not what I expected.. but he shaded so much it is AMAZING.. that is probably the spot that hurts the most ....but well worth it



I love these photos.... I can't see this when I look in the mirror.. it is so hard to see the details and the color... but on these photos it is exactly what I wanted... LOVE - LOVE - LOVE....
Forever my girl will be a part of me...

Random - catch up post....

Well the old blog is finally closed and I am on with the NEW.... and I am going to be really good at keeping this up.... so now for a little catch up ...
Mother's Day was great... Ron and KyLee spoiled me as usual....

the bracelet was from Ron and here is the meaning behind them.. you should really go to this site... very cute bracelets for reasonable pricing.... Love it...
I did a little of this on Mother's Day.. as if you know me... I love the water.. I prefer the beach but the pool will do....
and an amazing fresh fruit salad that was prepared by my amazing man...
if you know me well... I am a giver.... I love to send little things to my amazing friends and family just because.. I have sent out a few of these hand-painted wine glasses and I finally decided to have one made for myself..... THEY ARE SOOOO CUTE..... go here if you would like to order one... if you would like let her know I sent you ....


ok... last but not least... I had my arm finished yesterday.... OMW... I can not tell you the emotion that set into me when I looked in the mirror.... Joe did an AMAZING job.. I will take photos with my good camera this weekend.. he also wants them to put in his portfolio... it is AMAZING... I can not explain how I love this piece sooo much....



He had sooo many colors it was unreal.. should have taken a photo of his desk.... he is an amazing artist and sooo glad that Ron suggested I go to him...
Have a Wonderful Weekend....

Happy Mother's Day....

Happy Mother's Day to all of my wonderful friends and family....
I can't tell you the joy that my kids bring to me... Believe me there are times when I just want to throw my hands up but I can say that they have grown to be very wonderful kids.. I am blessed that they know right from wrong and have made pretty good choices .... they are heading into the real world and will have many decisions to make but I have faith they will do the right thing.... only bad thing is they have a little bit of stubbornness in them ... well that might have come from me.. LOL..
Have a wonderful weekend...

Wearing my Isabella on my sleeve.....

Well I told you I had a couple things in store for my Girl (Isabella) I will never forget what she has done to bring happiness and peace into my life... I will never get to hold her in my arms but I will surely get to hold her in my heart and on me FOREVER....
I had her added to my shoulder a couple years ago with the other kids names and had it redone and brought some Cherry blossoms into it and a red thread.... well after the confirmation of Isabella I started thinking of things... I had a few of my closest friends give me some ideas and I went into Ron's tattoo guy and told him what I wanted....

Chinese lantern with candle burning inside
Mother's love symbol
Koi fish

He went to work... for 4.5 hours I sat .... he finished up the outline and the purple shading...

outline finished on my back...
Koi fish outlined - he put Daughter on the head of fish... LOVE
lantern outline done...

then he started in on the purple shading....here is the final of the purple....
around the fish
lantern...
and front part...

So many people have asked did it hurt... I will have to say the actual tattoo process does not hurt - little uncomfortable on top but nothing bad.. it is the 2nd and 3rd day that are really annoying....but I keep thinking of the final piece... it will be SOOOOO AMAZING and I cant' wait to walk around and have my girl on my sleeve... this is actually my last piece done... so going out with a BANG....
ok.. just to keep you all in suspense... I have more things coming to help me with my loss of the adoption... please know I love you all and I am soooo blessed to been able to go on this journey... didn't end like I wanted but oh I can't wait to see what HE has in store for me....