A life full of faith, hope, love, and laughter.
Everything Espinoza family.
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you, Gino!
Happy Birthday to you!
We are truly blessed to have you as a father, husband, and friend.
Your love for us is so bountiful – it overflows.
We love you and wish a very happy birthday!
XXOX – Carey and Isabel
“Life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint
As we headed outside tonight…
I had hoped Isabel would ride her tricycle in the garage (since the driveway is sloped) to get some practice on the pavement but she got out her gardening tools instead and “made snow”.
She was raking with the rake and banging with the shovels on the concrete saying she was making snow.
Back in the house…she was so upset that she couldn’t go outside to play.
I really do feel for her; since the weather has changed we have been stuck indoors more then Isabel really wants to be.
“1…2…3…CHEESE!”
We love you – GG
Today is my Gma Euny Kuhr’s birthday; she would have been 83.
This is my tribute to her…
1981 – Grasshopper Junction, Arizona
My family and I had just moved to Arizona the previous year and my grandparents came out to visit. We took them to the Grand Canyon, the London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Vegas, and even the booming town of Grasshopper Junction!
1988 – Killeen, Texas
My parents, grandparents, and I went to visit my Uncle Denny and his family for Christmas. My Gma loved to play cards and the card game of choice for the Kuhr clan is Pinochle or Euchre. My Gma would play any card game though, it was her way of visiting with family and friends.
1991 – Omaha, Nebraska
This is Gma and my nephew, Kevin. Unfortunately, Kevin passed away from SIDS three months later. I was the one who received the call from Gma that he had passed…I can still her frantic voice like it was yesterday.
1994 – Ozark Lake, Missouri
This is how you could always find Gma (if she wasn’t playing cards),
in the kitchen either cleaning or cooking.
She could stuff you like a turkey – her food was so good!
Summer 2000 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Gma and Gmpa made a trip to Denmark were the Kuhr’s came from, of course.
August 1997 – Lincoln, Nebraska
My grandparents 50th wedding anniversary.
This is by far my most favorite photo of them together.
(it looks so much better then this scan!)
September 14th, 2007 – Blair, Nebraska
This was the last day I saw my Gma Euny.
She passed away on January 19th, 2008.
Still like two young “kids” so deeply in love!
60 years together equals
4 sons,
7 grandsons,
3 granddaughters,
5 great grandsons,
and 7 great granddaughters.
Mommy has an idea…lets make a fort!
Ask any member of my family and they will tell you that I used to love making forts. I would use the card table, the piano and the bench, laundry baskets, boxes, and anything else I could get my hands on. I would then use blankets and towels to cover the whole conglomeration. Then I would crawl inside and just hang out in my little fort. I would keep them up for as long as my mother would get sick of seeing the eye sore in the living room. Then I’d wait a week or so and do it all over again! Now, it’s time to pass those skills on…
Isabel’s first fort.
She played in here until she smacked the top of her head on the “skirt” of the table; which happened to be moments after I took this photo. Until next time…
Later, she was “reading” the grocery ad after “work”.
She has this little game that she plays almost every day where she says she’s going to work. Then she’ll go into the laundry room, close the door behind her, wait a few minutes and then come back through the door and announce she’s home from work and needs to eat dinner and then go to bed. She then pretends to eat dinner but won’t pretend to go to sleep and then will go right back to “work”. If you ask her; “Are you going to go to sleep?” “No, I awake. Need to go to work.” she says and then does it all over again. Sometimes after she walks through the door “coming home” from work, she’ll also say that she needs a kiss, too. :o)
Tonight after dinner Isabel and Daddy had some fun time together before it was time for bed.
Daddy swinging/spinning Isabel in her castle tube. This would have been so funny to hear/see on video – she was laughing so hard! :o)
Daddy’s new do.
“I did it!” she says. If she’s not playing photographer (her latest game) or doctor, it’s beautician.
Yesterday, while we were out shopping we happened to stop at the Goodwill to look for some pants for Isabel (didn’t find any). When Isabel and Gino found this little item for 99 cents…
A camera like mommy!
Isabel is so proud of this – she walks around the house saying “I take picture”
and then she “snaps” the photo.
It’s supposed to blow bubbles out the black hole in front when you hold the button down – we tried this and it just made a mess;
so it’s a camara just like mommy’s.
