Birthday Parties in Heaven

Today is Jiggy Day...my baby girl's birthday, and I find myself wandering and wondering...

Are there birthday parties in heaven...

filled with colorful balloons sent aloft from heavyhearted ones on Earth,

with scrumptious chocolate cake and soft billowy frosting scooped from heavenly sweet clouds.


Will there be dear little friends...


 gathered close to help her celebrate in my absence.

In heaven are there thoughtfully chosen gifts...

filled with her favorite things...like ski suits,

and giggly bubble bath.

And what of birthday shopping in heaven...

gazing through shop windows...

stopping for Juicy Couture...

and shoes...lots and lots of shoes...but especially heels!

Likewise on this birthday...

is she giddy with excitement at the upcoming ski season, as the first blanket of snow has covered our mountains. 

I can only imagine if Jocie has anything to say about it...there most certainly are heavenly birthday parties...

 along with puppies,

exciting vacations to fun places,

barrels full of Diet Coke,

and cell phones.

So today my friends as you go through the details of a Saturday routine...remember that it's Jiggy day!

The day we eat brownies for breakfast and ice-cream for dinner. The day to wrap your arms snug around friends and even tighter around family. Make every moment of your life magical and make each moment matter!

You can bet there will be a celebration both here and in heaven. Go big or go home!

Wild Rumpus in the Patch

Attached with clothespins and duct tape to a wagon full of pumpkins, the sign stood out immediately...Little Max's Pumpkin Patch.

Oh you had me with your sign Little Max...I'll buy anything from you now.

Listen to Max carefully as he and his Dad describe the sizes...small, big, and bigger!

And that's all there was to Max's sales pitch. Almost instantly he turned to shy sales guy instead of rambunctious little boy.


And Max said "I'll eat you up, I love you so."

 To Max, the worst part about selling pumpkins is actually letting the buyer take them home.

 It's very sad...

 "And now" cried Max...

"Let the Wild Rumpus Start!"

And let's all sail off through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year...

to where the Wild Things are.

That's usually what happens at family parties isn't it...a wild rumpus! Uncle Skyler trapping Max inside the milk crates kind of rumpus.

But you will never see Ambree roaring a terrible roar...

or Lola gnashing her terrible teeth.

but she will be stealing kisses from handsome Henry.

Olivia probably won't be wearing a wolf suit...but you might see her making mischief of one kind or another.

and for certain you will see beautiful expecting moms saying "Wild Things!"

Yes, there was quite a rumpus in Max's patch yesterday...

but we wouldn't have it any other way now would we.

Goodnight Little Max, you wild thing...and thank you for the pumpkins!

Adorable September

Summer skipped by as it always does and September ushered in the first month of Autumn. There are so many things to Adore during this early Fall month.

• Delicious fresh honey...amber sweetness from the glorious bees in the back yard.

• A moment of complete happiness for both Olivia and Kenya.

• A gathering of The Purple Cats which includes this exquisite table scape and accompanying scrumptious lunch.

• Handsome hubby and I celebrated our anniversary this month...oh yes, and Izzy is pretty adorable in those fancy shmancy sunglasses of Dean's.

• Catching up with old friends from our days living in Maryland. Brian and his son Erik spent the day with us. We haven't seen their family in over 20 years. A chance google on the Internet, connected Brian and wife Susan to The Garlick Press. Who says there are are little benefits to social media. I"m thrilled they found and reached out to us from clear across the country.

• Lindsay...intrigued by the wax cappings from the honey harvest, asked if she could stick her hands in the wax and squish it between her fingers. Yes Lindsay...you may!

• Hens...Four of them laying at once! Look at Red on the right..."Excuuuse me...trying to lay an egg in here, do ya mind?"

• Bwaaack....cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, bwaack...cluck, cluck, cluck...Look at me, I just laid an egg...bwaack, bwaack! It's adorable to hear the girls cackle every time they lay an egg!

• Fall leaves mixing with the barely blooming wildflowers in the high mountain tops. Hold on to your toenails...Fall is here and Winter is coming!

• Oh to be 14 and full of strength and stamina...after stopping to rest during a long hike, we turn around and find him up a tree.

• First time in a bee suit for Christina...and first time baby Rocco sees his Mama in a bee suit...love their gaze into each other's adoring eyes! Aw....cute!

• Henry turned 6 months old..he's wearing my favorite t-shirt..it's a v-neck, although hidden by his lack of neck.

• Adorable Olivia discovering Nana's Large Diet Coke! Shhh...don't tell her Daddy.

• Skinny jeans for babies...absolutely adorable!

• My favorite hippie van in the world...

• Oh yes...and this adorable child turned one and says "Hi" constantly!

The Garlick Press hopes you found something Adorable in the month of September too!