.." I wish you enough "

Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough. 'The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough.. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad. 'They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?' 'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'' I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' he said. 'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means? 'He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone...' He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.' Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
He then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.

TAKE TIME TO LIVE....
To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.

Gnomeo and Juliet

I took Tristen, Tanner and Haden to go see Gnomeo and Juliet in 3d today. Good movie and pretty cute too. But my favorite part was watching Tanner. He kept trying to grab everything that he thought was coming towards him, cracked me up. So as I'm watching him watch the movie he asked if he could whisper something to me. Sure whats up?! Mom what are you thinking about? Actually Tanner I was thinking how awesome you are. He got a huge smile and said wow mom we were thinking the same thoughts.
Man do I love that kid.

WackADoZoo

Tristen came home from school one day and said he was gonna try out for the 3rd grade play, "Whack A Do Zoo" He didn't say what part he was trying out for but I was excited to see him do anything because last year I had to go to NY for a work trip and missed the 2nd grade play. He kept coming home with new songs he had to learn and slowly everyone in the family was walking around singing practice makes perfect, practice makes perfect, ect. So I asked him what part he tried out for and told us he was the professor and had to wear a penguin suit. Right on, he said his teacher Mrs. Cole was hooking him up with the outfit and I had my fingers crossed that he wasn't forgetting anything. I pictured the day of the show he would inform me that he needs me to figure out how to make him look like a penguin.

He practiced a ton and had the lead roll and even a solo! I could tell that the closer we got to the "night of", Tristen was getting nervous. He handles it pretty good too! I was proud of him, he worked hard and kept on going and didn't get discouraged!

We got a sitter for Tanner and Cassidy so we could actually watch the play and not have to chase Cass up and down stairs, stages, chairs, whatever.

Tristen goes and gets changed and comes out wearing a tuxedo!! OMG I couldn't stop staring at him he just looked so handsome and grown up. And not to mention how I thought he was going as an actual penguin, so I was cracking up. It is called Wack A Do Zoo so is it that bad that I didn't put this together sooner. Whatever, he looked adorable!

I went and snapped some pictures of the kids before the show~ Alex and Tristen getting ready for the big show.All the kids came out and Tristen was hiding behind the curtain waiting for his part to come up.Then he came out and was simply AMAAAAAZING. OMG he had SOOO many lines, he sang 2 whole songs by himself and he just nailed it!

Here he is holding his head because the animals wouldn't listen to him.

This is Miss. Pell the principle and Mrs. Cole Tristens music teacher. It was really cute watching him as people were telling him how great he did but when Miss Pell said how awesome he was, that kid was on cloud nine!

Watching my baby up on that stage was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I am proud of Tristen for so many things but this topped it. He believed in himself, he overcame fear, he memorized a ridiculous amount of lines and sang his little bootie off. There is NOTHING like watching your kid proud of himself. Truly beautiful moment to see.

Then I came home and saw this picture of him, Hellllooooo can you say head shot?!

Maybe I'm moving to quick.

Family and Christmas

Hey it's 2 months after Christmas so I thought I should post some pictures of our family


Tanner and baby Ella


Cassidy and Claudia

Cassidy and her Great Grandma

Tanner, Grandma and Tristen

Tristen, Stella, Jackson, Tanner, Evan and Trey

Cassidy decided to join the gang

Somebody's getting married!!!!

Have you ever seen 2 people so happy? This picture is just a small example of HOW happy they are. I have watched Chelsea since she meant JR and she hasn't lost of that sparkle in her eye since the day she met him.

They make such a sweet couple and most of all, best friends.

And on Jan 10, 2011 while on vacation cruisin on a ship, JR asked Chelsea to be his wife....HIS WIFE, CT is gonna be a WIFE!!!

Its so weird to watch someone that you have seen grow up become such a smart, beautiful and amazing woman. I remember her as a baby with that sweet little raspberry on the top of her head, (she was the first baby I ever held too) then as an infant as Chels and our cousin Katie going everywhere as 2's, to middle school, to the volleyball star, to homecoming queen, to the college girl, to the traveling girl, now to the next stage and becoming a wife.

JR has fit into this wacky, amazing family so easily its scary. I mean of course its easy to love him when you see how happy he makes her but honestly he is just an all around great person who simply adores his wife to be. Awesome sense of humor, so handsome, ambitious, smart and did I mention how happy she is?!

I love watching love happen. And I love these two together. I love seeing happy tears...and in 2011 I think there will be allot of happy tears!

Chelsea and JR, I'm so proud to be apart of your amazing day, thank you, you have made me feel special on YOUR special day. I love you both so much and cant wait to watch your beautiful journey unfold.

TannerMan

Most of the Chambers always have a song in our heads and usually you can hear us singing, humming or whistling. This has been passed on to my Tanner man, he always has a tune in his head.
So I heard him humming the other day and I tried to explain to him that his Great Grandpa, Grandpa Deer and me always have a song we are thinking about and he gets that from us.
I said I love that your always humming a song Tanner, reminds me of my Grandpa! Tanner said, sorry Mom, I'm not humming, I'm singing out of my nose.

Cassie's smile

A couple months ago my little princess had some pictures taken and I wanted to share.

exhale....I often just stare at my babies knowing they will soon be grown and will not want to be called my babies anymore.

sorry my loves, all 3 of you will always be my babies.

So many things going on, I can barely keep up. Turns out when you turn 36, you start to fall apart and no one gave me a heads up on that. At the end of August I was in the hospital for 11 days with major lung issues. It was the longest 11 days of my life. It was so depressing, eye opening and I don't ever want to be in that spot again. But because of it, I did quit smoking which has been one of the hardest things Ive ever done. I have had a bunch of scares since being out, lots of steroids, breathing treatments, left side of my face is numb and just weird things going on. I gained a bunch of weight, my self esteem was in the shitter, I got horrible acne, the list goes on. But on the flip side I really did learn allot about myself and how I handle stress. And I learned that I have more to learn! lol anyway I'm sick of talking about me and my issues, let talk about the monsters.
Tristen is going to be 9 this week which just rocks my world. How can this happen? What have I been doing for the last 9 years because it feels like he was still growing in my belly yesterday. Honestly this time concept really freaks my world out. I think because I'm "mid 30's" now I am questioning everything...life, kids, faith, what I have accomplished or haven't accomplished. Going through a weird phase if you haven't picked up on that.
Anyway back to Trist- I love this kids thought process. He is smart, creative and so quick witted I really have to watch what I say because he is SUCH a thinker. He is sensitive, he is a leader and SUCH a goof-ball, always making me laugh. He's just a really great kid. Don't get me wrong, this kid has a mouth on him and also a temper but he really controls it pretty good. I am so proud of the person he has become and cant wait to see what new and amazing things he will accomplish in his life. He is obsessed with football, just like his Dad and he can talk about it TWENTY FOUR-SEVEN. Believe me. Halloween just passed and I had to talk him into dressing up. Apparently at 8 years old it isn't cool to wear costumes. But I told him there is a rule that you cant ditch Halloween till your 10. It worked this year, not sure about next year.
Then my cuddle bug Tanner. He is so interesting to me. He is in pre-school 4 days a week and has learned SO much this year, it amazes me sometimes. He has 200 questions a day and wants ALL the answers NOW. Sometimes when he has asked his 199th question and I am all out of answers for that day, I redirect him to Tristen cuz God and/or Buddha knows he thinks he has all the answers! and ya know what?! it works...so far. Tanner has special and different relationships with Tristen and Cassidy. He looks up to Tristen like little brothers do but he isn't afraid to disagree with him or question Tristens motives. He babies Cassidy and makes sure no one messes with her. He is very protective of her and I have a feeling that little girl wont be dating till she is out of the house. Those boys and her daddy certainly will make it difficult for her to do ANYTHING, cracks me up!
Ohh Cassidy what would I do without you. She really is a perfect add on to our family, I cant even imagine what life would be like if we really would have stop having babies after Tanner. She has her Daddy completely wrapped and she knows it, and so does he. She has this beautiful curly light brown hair and perfect sea blue eyes. She is a girly girl for sure and loves babies, Barbies and pink. She loves dressing up, shoes and looking at herself in the mirror. She is talking a ton and is a little parrot. She has favorites already, she loves Tristens friend TJ and Jimmy and for some reason EVERY friend that Tristen brings over is named Jimmy. Even though she will call them by there correct name, 2 minutes later...they are Jimmy again. And cant forget her BFF Charlie. He is a dog. She loves him and makes me wanna get a dog. Then I come to my senses and realize I have enough on my plate. Rebecca is Charlies owner and she lives next door so when Cass needs her puppy fix, Charlie comes over. Rebecca takes awesome pictures and we have so many of those two together, its so great. Cass and Rebecca are good buddies too, on a daily basis you can hear Cass yell HI BEEEECCA!!! We got lucky because we have great neighbors!!!
more updates soon, just trying to catch up with "life".

here is the scene: Tristen, Tanner and a couple of there buddy's chillin and watching TV in the back room. Im unloading and loading the dishwasher in the kitchen.

Tristen says- Mom you worked all week and you have been cleaning all morning, you should take a break and watch some tv with us.

Me- Trist your so sweet, thanks, lemme finish these dishes up and I come hang out with you.

Me (in my head)- OMG I have the sweetest coolest kid in the world, I am SUCH an amazing mom for having SUCH an amazing kid.

a few minutes later as I am putting the glasses away, he comes in the kitchen and says- Ummm mom, so I really do want you to watch tv with us but can you STOP putting the dishes away cuz your really loud and I cant hear my show.



Me- Um yeah thats great, Im almost done.

I Would Pick More Daisies

I Would Pick More Daisies