Happy Halloween!

A year ago today.
I thought I'd ad some pictures from last year. Last year K & L wanted to be 1950's car-hops. Nana made their costumes too! They looked great! Syd was a little lady bug crawling around. So cute! She didn't mind wearing her costume at all last year. This year is a different story! Sydnee is sleeping right now so I can concentrate on helping K & L get into their witches costumes! (Hee-Hee) Sydnee is going to be a black kitty cat. I have not been able to get her to wear her costume for very long so I'm waiting until later tonight to dress her. I'll try my best to get some pictures with her not crying.The girls just walked in from school and I'm about to get them both dressed in their costumes and take them out for the nights festivities. Grandma,Nana and Memaw will also be coming over for dinner and Halloween fun. Not much different from last year. I'll post pictures of tonight's fun later this weekend. I must go decorate my children now...Happy Halloween!!

It's a beautiful day today but my heart is hurting...

A year ago today....

It's a beautiful day today but my heart is hurting...

one of the most beautiful women (moms) I've known in my life lost her battle to cancer. She was like my second mom...such an inspiration...and ALWAYS brought a smile to my heart.   I'm thinking of you Mrs. Barbara Waugh.

I miss you dearly...and you'll never be forgotten. Hold tight to your sweet angel Mathew too....we know you both are always hugging Tamara and lifting her up in spirit everyday.

Let it rain.....

 

Below is the email I received from her daughter Tamara (my dear sweet childhood wind beneath my wings friend)   

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Family and Friends,

 

I thought I would send you the obituary that is set to run in the Colorado Springs Gazette tomorrow.

 

Love,
Tamara

 

 

 

Our beloved daughter, wife, and mother Barbara Helen Waugh, 58, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 24 after a courageous nine month battle with cancer. 

 

She was born on February 12, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland to Suzanne and Leonard Niparavic.  She graduated from Bear Creek High School and married her high school sweetheart, Ken Waugh, on December 20, 1967.

 

After moving to Colorado Springs in 1974, Barbara spent twenty five years in the healthcare industry.  She worked as an office manager for two dental practices, owned a successful medical billing business and later became the Branch Manager for Apria Healthcare.  In 2005 she started working as a volunteer and part-time employee at the Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center.

 

Barbara had an avid love for the outdoors.  She loved to kayak, fish, and garden. She loved spending time with her family and friends.  She always had a good joke to tell and could always make a person laugh.

 

We will miss her everyday for the rest of our lives but know that she will live on in the hearts of all who were privileged to know her.  She made such an impact with her compassion, her smiles, her humor, and her love of life!  Although we are going to miss her terribly on earth, we know that the life of the party has just arrived in heaven!!  We also know that her grandson (due in 12 weeks) just received his guardian angel!

 

She is survived by her mother, Suzanne Niparavic; her husband, Ken Waugh; her children, daughter Tamara Engelhardt (Loy), and son Chris Waugh.

 

She is preceded in death by her brother, Michael Niparavic and father Leonard Niparavic.

 

A celebration of life service will be held on Tuesday, October 3oth at 10:00 am at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs.

 

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society P.O Box 22718 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73123-1718 or Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation, 825 E. Pikes Peak Suite 600, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903

 

www.cwaugh5.googlepages.com/home
Tribute to Barb Waugh...........

www.barbwaugh.blogspot.com/
Barbara's blog she kept since the day she found out she had cancer.

www.rideforbarb.blogspot.com/
Barbara's son Chris' blog....his incredible journey home...and so on

Yes...I'm still here (w/eyes in the back of my head)

Just a quick note...
Yes...I'm still here and still plan to blog/post what's going on at some point. I've just really been very very overwhelmed lately. We've got A LOT going on around here....I really feel there aren't enough hours in the day lately. I have not posted in almost a month!! I've got a lot of catching up to do. I do try and type "twitter moments" now and then through out my day from my mobile phone.(look below) Those that are interested can follow me on twitter. Try it it's pretty fun. I feel somewhat contected in this world and feel as if "its a small world after all" when I recive twitter texts messages from those whom I follow. Some of you other twin moms out there seriously crack me up with your texts! Thanks for the smiles! Its cool when I can hear about someone's daily happenings from around the country.
But I'd admit...even typing out a short "tweet" on what's goin on with me takes a few seconds!! It's always..."who are you texting NOW? and Why?" that my DH says while rolling his eyes. Or when my kids see me on the phone or texting they look at it as an opportunity to misbehave too. They just think I'm not aware on what's going on around me. Example: the other day I was in the living rm watching the news and I heard one of the girls sneak down the stairs and tip toe to the pantry in the kitchen, grab a small bag of chips and start to tip toe back up the stairs to enjoy her (third) snack for the afternoon. ( also note they are not allowed to bring food upstairs) I calmly stated,"I don't think that is a good idea,..you might want to stop where you are and put that back where you found it." I never even looked at her. She then whines...,"awwaahhh! How did you know?!How did you see me??" I say,"I know everything....& I have eyes in back of my head." She says..."seriously?!" I say "yup." Lately,...now and then I catch her trying to get a close look at the back of my head and especially when I'm texting on my phone. I always say..."Yes I see you honey...don't try anything sneeky!" Think I've kind of freaked them out a little. OW. Another reason for no post lately (even though this one is getting longer my the minute) these past few weeks I've literally turned of the light & shut the door to my dungen-hell-hole-of-what-I-call-my-office in the house. The ADD part of me has defintely taken over in here and it causes much hardache when I walk in to my mess. I just don't even know where to start to clean up even if I had the time to do it! I have a little pathway between the clutter of "to do's", papers etc. to get on the computer to check emails. Forget taking the time to minster up the energy to sit here and post somthing exciting on my blog.(but I guess that is what I'm doing now-finally) I do sometimes take a moment (in the middle of the night-cuz I can't sleep) to sneek in here to read up on other blogs too. But, I just haven't been inspired yet on what to post on here. I also think its because we do have SO much going on right now...again feeling overwhelmed. Why am I feeling this way? Well hopefully my new shrink will help me figure all this out. No I'm not going crazy or anything,...just not feeling so inspired lately. hummm? OK...don't worry I'll be back soon....must go be super-mommy now...and try and get some rest. Wish me luck. Thanks doc for the Sonata sleeping pills! They're helping! Good nite blog world.