This is a YouTube video Keith posted when he came home for Grandpa’s birthday (Happy 76 Dad!! How many times do I have to tell you to stop getting older???). This was taken from the swing in our back yard – it truly is beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HZVaNB7OQs
This is Sammy, my parents’ cocker spaniel, bringing in the paper in the morning for my parents. What a good dog. He’s the best dog and loves everybody.
Happy birthday to two of the men in my life. Corey and Danielle had a cookout. For dessert, no surprise here, it was pumpkin pie for Corey and German chocolate cake for Mark.
Corey and Danielle are getting married sooner than planned. The “magic” part is their love (awwwwwwwww) and that it’s a magic-themed wedding. The father of the groom will be doing a little performance since the bride loves magic. The invitation is below – Danielle and I made it (more awwwwwwwww).
Imagine………..you grow up with dreams of having a family someday………..
Imagine………..you find the person of your dreams………..
Imagine………..you fall deeply in love with that person………
Imagine………..you want to be married, have children and live that “happily ever after” life………
STOP!!!! There’s just that one catch – you’re a guy and you’re in love with a guy………or you’re a girl and you’re in love with a girl……….
As the mom of Keith, a loving, caring, kind, giving young man……..I don’t get it. I’ve never “gotten it”, even before it was MY son. I can’t cry because I have to be strong for my son. It’s an ever-present reinforcing of “Keith, some day” or “Keith, your day will come” or our new favorite “2009!”. Keith and I often share good news from 2009 – there is a lot – more states are allowing or considering gay marriage. More people are accepting of gay marriage. A majority of people – and I mean a HUGE majority of people – maybe 99% – have been kind and accepting and “so what” of Keith being gay. I was surprised at how many family members have a problem with it, having known this child of mine for twenty-two years before they even knew he was gay. Him being gay changes nothing about him. The only difference between he and straight people is private – what happens in their bedroom – big damn deal. The comments could be taken as hurtful but I choose to believe that everybody has their own opinion and that mine is right – my child is equal to anybody else’s child.
P.S. to Justin – I love you and someday you will technically be our son-in-law but we will always call you son.
Please read the following:
http://keithmcd.com/2009/07/11/wedding-bells-or-not
How beautiful is this hummingbird in our living room window?
…..and a double rainbow in our back yard – more beauty from nature…..
…….and tulips Corey picked me in his yard – they are my desktop on my computer at work – I love love love them…..
…..and Carrie and Chloe – the lovefest continues. Carrie cannot just let Chloe sleep alone. Carrie will go wherever Chloe is and squeeze her way in even if there isn’t enough room, and Chloe never minds – she enjoys the company.
I’m a lucky girl. My family makes me happy every time I’m with them. The kids all came on Mother’s Day – all four of them since Mark and I call them all “our kids” now – with great deference to their own “real” parents. We made homemade pizza (a family favorite) for lunch. The guys played baseball while Danielle and I played on iPhones and watched the men and laughed at them. Corey taught Justin how to play baseball and Justin picked it up right away – he’s very good at sports.
Keith changed oil in the Jeep and van. This is Corey helping – under a tarp because it started to rain.
Mark made me a cake – awwwww.
Corey and Danielle gave me this beautiful plant. It is a gloxinia. We don’t have plants because we have cats who like to eat plants. Corey volunteered to keep the flower at his house – nice boy 
It’s safely where Carrie and Chloe can’t get to it but they’ve tried their darndest.
Keith and Justin got us a big flat panel monitor for the computer for multiple holidays. We had a small one but this is really cool. Nice!!! We think of them every time we’re on the computer.
We then all went to Corey and Danielle’s house and took the leftovers with us and had dinner there. It was so nice and Stripes and Louie were entertaining as usual.
It was a beautiful day.
Doesn’t Corey make a lovely foot model? These are Corey’s newest socks, although these are from March 6, so I’m wayyyyyy behind on posting. The socks Corey got for Christmas were not a perfect fit so I made him these to his specifications (mental note – Sock Wizard doesn’t work for everybody).
**Regia Stretch Nordic Oslo 124**
Corey and Danielle have set a date to get married – September 25, 2010 October 17, 2009. We love Danielle like our own so we are ecstatic to have her “officially” in our family. Corey proposed and gave her the engagement ring on November 7, 2008. We look forward to their future together. Corey……you did good!!! Danielle……we’d like to humbly say we think you did too!!! We love you both.
