Death of a legend...

As a child of the 80's, I grew up watching John Hughes movies. The music from the soundtracks are also tied to vivid childhood memories. My best friend in 6th Grade, Ginger Gentry, looked JUST like Molly Ringwald.

Every girl I knew, including me, wanted Jake Ryan to pull up in his sport cars and point at them. "ME?"... "Yeah, you!" And wouldn't this have been the best 16th birthday ever...

I don't know about you but I never had a detention as adventurous as "The Breakfast Club". But who could forget Molly Ringwald applying her lipstick from her cleavage??

The list goes on and on... Weird Science, Ferris Bueller, Home Alone...

With all of my memories and reminiscing, nothing has been quite as profound to me as a blog entry I recently read. This blogger did a better job remembering John than anyone could have. So, I will let her do the talking. Here is the link to her blog.

Conversations with Tucker...

Tucker had a lot to say yesterday, so I thought I would share...




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Visiting The Chosen One...

Yesterday I spent the better part of the day cooking food for the Chapman's to ease their schedule some as they adjust to having a new child in their home. That afternoon Jason and I delivered the food and got to meet little Luke Brandon.

He is adorable. Admittedly, I know nothing about babies however, he was supposed to be a "big" baby at 9 pounds and he still looked TINY to me!!! I was fascinated by his tiny little fingers and toes! He has a head full of dark hair and the undisputable Chapman chin.

Big yawn.

When we got there, Luke was sleeping which made it easy to pass him around. When Shaunna asked me if wanted to hold him, I froze. She just smiled and told me to sit next to her and she would put him in my arms. I am told that this is something that comes naturally when it is your own child... but it is very foreign for me. After some coaching on the best arm position and where to support him, he was sleeping in my arms. So, everyone pay close attention to these pictures because it is a RARE sight!!

He was so sweet. He just laid there making funny faces as he slept and made cute little baby noises. Jason and I visited with Luke's very tired Mom and caught up on the events of the past few days. Then Jason took his turn holding Luke. He just scooped him right up like an old pro. He has more experience with babies being the Uncle of 6.

Heath came in from running some errands and joined us to visit.

We reminisced about how it was just over a year ago that we were all in the US Virgin Islands for their wedding. One of my favorite pictures from the entire trip is from when we randomly bumped into the Newlyweds on St. John.

Their dog, Mali, had just come home from staying with friends and she still hadn't quite figured out this baby thing. So, she checked him out too...

It was nice to see Shaunna, Heath and Little Skywalker. We are so happy for them!!!