life is so short

I am sitting here at work, doing just usual stuff - filing, paying some bills, etc.
Just thinking in my head how much stuff I have to do at home (nothing new right?!?) enjoying my coffee, it's a little cold, so I just walked over to the microwave to heat it up. As you know, I do bookeeping for a funeral home - so sometimes things are a little different here then they would be in a "normal" office environment. But as a I walk to heat up my coffee, I have to walk by what they call the "prep. room" here at the funeral home. Usually the door is closed completely (everyone here knows that I am not the usual funeral home employee, so they take a little more care to keep things concealed for me!) - but this time, it's ever so slightly open a crack. Of course, how can you just walk by and not notice? So I glanced in as I walked back - not even thinking, and there is someone lying on one of the cots, covered in a sheet of course. The door really was only open a small crack, so I really only saw their feet with a sheet on top. But I couldn't help but just sit here and think about it...
That person lying in there - man or woman, I don't know. But I do know that someone in this world loved him or her. Someone is grieving right now about this loss of life - or celebrating their new life for them. Someone held them close, someone let them go. Did they enjoy life? I hope so...
It's hard not to sit here and think about it. How short life is.

B-day and Fathers Day

Kaylin "sharing" Isabella's gift from mommy and daddy

Daddy enjoying his babies on Fathers Day

I think Kaylin was much more excited then Brian to receive this Slurpee Maker!

Kaylin and Cannon on Fathers Day

Fathers Day Fathers

Isabella's first birthday - June 15

For Isabella's birthday we went to the splash pad at Wicker Park (in Indiana). They had soooo much fun! Kaylin was running in circles for the first 20 minutes just shrieking with glee! Kaylin must have asked every day for at least a few weeks when we were going back again!

Isabella at this age, would pretty much "nurse" everything, and this photo is a good representation of that!

A special gift from mommy and daddy - an add-a-pearl necklace (you add a pearl for each birthday, then they can wear the necklace on their wedding day, or other special occasion)

Ascher's 1st Birthday Party

(out at a forest preserve near Lisa and Immer's)

Isabella winning over Uncle Ed : )