Author: Ficklins

People have sent me these…they crack me up!

Last thing you ate: DRIED FRUIT IN THE CAR COMING BACK FROM CALIFORNIA. Last thing you said: I GUESS GOOD BYE. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH TAYLOR AND I HOPE I SAID GOOD BYE 🙂 Last thing you bought: BESIDES THE DRIED FRUIT…CUTE PAIL PINK NAIL POLISH THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE CUTE FOR… Continue reading I LOVE

How do they go from this… to this…. They have been Best Friends since they were 7 years old. To see them all grown up and dating is crazy. I am so proud of who they have both grown up to be. Last weekend Cassidy and her boyfriend Cody and her best friend Danika and… Continue reading SADIES PREVIEW

I ran across this site today and fell in love with these flowers. I know they are made for anyone but I think they are so adorable on little girls. I had to share this. Visit her site and take a look at how darling her flowers are. I may get brave enough to order… Continue reading I WISH I HAD LITTLE GIRLS

Cassidy and I spent Valentine’s Day redecorating her room. We went to Home Depot with no vision and just bought paint to match the bedding we just bought and painters tape and hoped for the best. We got home, and just decided to start taping. We had never painted before but we think it turned… Continue reading VALENTINES DAY WITH CASSIDY

Taylor is going to school in Logan Utah and loves it. I feel like she has grown in so many ways and I am so proud of how hard she works. She was always an amazing student, all honors and AP classes, Varsity diving team, varsity cheerleader , practicing UP TO 30 hours a week.… Continue reading TAYLOR

My sister Lori and I have committed to take our kids on a family trip to Bora Bora. The white sand, and over the water bungalows have been calling to us for years. After the 20 day cruise to Hawaii with the kids, we decided that we needed to do more of these dream vacations… Continue reading BORA BORA HERE WE COME!!

I am helping stuff backpacks with food on Wed January 28, for the 3 square food bank. This gives kids who might not have a meal over the weekend ( because they receive free lunches during the week at school) , food. I would love to get some friends to come and help out as… Continue reading 5 HOURS IS ALL THEY NEED

This week, my mother was placed on the lung transplant list at UCLA. Wow..that is a tough sentence to write. While shedding many tears on the phone with my sister Lori, she asked me “did you really think mom would be around forever?”. I answered honestly ” yes”. It is the way I feel. I… Continue reading MY MOM-Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis