St. Louis Sweet St. Louis!

Our time spent in St. Louis was bitter sweet, but much more sweet than bitter.
Sweet....Family pictures!

Bitter...allergies!!!

Sweet...time with Nana and Papa!

(How cute is this kid?)
Bitter...Scott only being able to stay a couple of days! Also that he had to drive back alone. Poor guy!

Sweet...gardening with Pop!

Sweet...going to a party with Ellen and having so much fun blowing "flowers"!

Sweet...going to Ted Drew's when ever my pregnant self wanted to!!!! Yeah EIGHT times, while I was there! I could really go for a blueberry concrete right now!
Bitter...the crazy storms in St. Louis!
Sweet...riding out the storm with Grandma Jan in her bathroom!
Sweet...St.Louis Cardinals! My first time at the new stadium! Awesome seats, care of my awesome brother Jeremy!

Sweet...my three dates for the night!
Sweet...my cute dad!Bitter...not having Scott with me!
Sweet...going to the Zoo with the grandpas!


Bitter...remembering why I was in St. Louis.
Sweet...going to Auntie Cate's Dance Recital!

Sweet...going to Stake n' Shake afterwards! (Went there a couple of times too!)

Sweet...watching my nephew play tee ball! Which I might have to blog about sepretly, because it was one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile.

Sweet...being silly with Meme!

Sweet...hanging out with my sisters!

Sweet...taking Charlotte to the Science Center!

Bitter....Charlotte being deathly afraid of the dinosaurs!

Sweet...my mom and sister's threw a shower for me. The decorations were so cute!

Sweet...my mom's strawberry dip!

Sweet...spending time with family.


Bitter...saying, "good bye"!
Sweet...coming home to Scott!

To my Pop

My sweet Pop Richard passed away on April 12th, 2010. He was such a wonderful grandfather and friend to me. Pop was a very funny man. He always made you laugh at life. Out of all the grandchildren, I spent the most time with him because he would babysit me when I was a child. Many hours were spent with him as he sang silly songs. We would eat Ritz's crackers. He always had stains on his ties and make new ones when we would go out to eat. When I was younger he smoked a pipe. I would always hide his tobacco. He would get so mad, when he couldn't find it. When I was in elementary school I would go to his home before school and eat breakfast. I loved spending those morning with him and my Grandma Jan. School just seem to go better when we had breakfast together. He always supported us, even if he didn't agree or understand. He loved my husband and thought the world of my sweet Charlotte.

I'm so grateful to have had such a loving grandfather. The things I'll miss most is hearing his voice calling me "Miss Helen" and his soft white hair. I loved playing with it. He will be greatly missed by all of his friends, and family. The wonderful thing is, I know I will see him again and that brings me peace.

So here's to to you, Pop; my button collecting, bag folding, treat eating, and banana head friend, I'll miss you. I'll keep your legacy going by treating others with kindness, putting family first and laughing when ever I can. Love you.

A Big Cheesy Birthday!

For Charlotte's birthday we took her to Chuck E. Cheese!

Cheesy birthday girl with her cousin "Yoyo"!

She got birthday balloons and a bear from my Aunt Linda aka Linda the Great!

Ode to Charlotte Mae!

My sweet little Charlotte is two today! What a year it has been! Charlotte has changed so much, both physically and developmentally. Both Scott and I are in awe of her everyday. Each day she is doing something new and making us laugh with her personality. Here are some picture's of this past year!

Oh sweet big girl how we love you! You make us laugh, you make us grin, and bring us pure joy. We are excited for this coming year to watch you grow and learn. Thanks Miss Mae for being ours.

We love you!

Mom and Dad

Scott's New Website...

I'm really excited to announce that I finally have a full-fledged website that's up and running. You can find it at www.rscottfuhriman.com. The site has a blog on it so I won't be using rafascottart.blogspot.com anymore. If you're one of the lovely people who has bookmarked my blog, or put it in your link list or something like that (first of all, thank you so much for doing that, but) please replace that link with a new link to www.rscottfuhriman.com.

I'm super excited about this site. I think it will allow me to promote myself a little better and it's definitely a more professional way to get my name out there. Thank you again to all of you who follow and support me in my little dream. I hope you like the new site!

My wife is great...and gorgeous, too!

As most of you, Helen does a pretty good job keeping our family's blog up to date. I, on the other hand do not help keep it upto date, nor do I even read it as often as I should. I just read the post from Helen from Valentine's Day and I feel like a big dork because I've never read it before now and therefore have never acknowledged the nice things she said about me.
So, honey, you're welcome for all of those things. I'll dance with you anytime you want, and don't worry about the house--besides you and me (and everyone who reads our blog) no one even knows it's in disarray.
You're the best. And you're smokin' hot, too!

Locks of Love!

Well I did it, I donated my hair to Locks of Love! I've always wanted to do it, but  I never let my hair get long enough. I really loved my long hair, but I was ready for a change. I was tired of finding my hair all over the house, getting things in my hair, and Charlotte always getting it her month.  I donated ten inches!!

I love it! It takes like two minutes to blow dry!