More Hopkins noses

Here's your quiz for the day - which Hopkins belongs to these noses?

Collosus Proboscis

The kids had a picture book about animal parts - one was a picture of an elephant with a "Collosus Proboscis'. It became a family joke because we have collosus proboscises or is it proboscie?? Here's the photographic proof except for Johnny who has a cute little freckled nose. We love all our family noses - it's a Hopkins thing!

The hanging gardens...

These lovely weeds in our gutters have been growing for quite some time - they really are nice except they're weeds and they're in the gutters so they had to go. Dave made his way onto the roof as I prayed fervently that he would not fall. You can see he got the job done and the hanging gardens of Hopkins are gone - when the next rain comes the gutters will run freely...

My Valentine

Before we knew what love really was...

30 years later - life just keeps getting better!

Happy Valentines Day sweet Davey - thanks for overlooking my faults and making life so much fun!!

Come along grow old with me - the best is yet to be....

Things I Love

I got this idea from one of my favorite blogs. In honor of valentines day - I present - things I love



This cute heart plate that Patty gave me

This very cool necklace Kim gave me

This beautiful daffodil in my very own backyard! I love Spring!!

There will be many more pictures of things I love...

Everything is broken....

The heater is broken...honestly just when I think one more thing can't break it does! The guy came to fix it and of course it can't be fixed, it must be replaced - the air conditioner broke at the end of the summer so we put off fixing it until we can't stand the heat but now it looks like replacing the whole thing is the way to go. Heck $10,000 no big deal!

Unless of course you consider that the tree broke and needs to be removed and the oven goes out regularly (you have to turn off the circuit breaker so it resets). The refrigerator is on it's last leg, the couch is broken - the carpet is disgusting, the lawnmower is dead. We have big plumbing issues and there are plants growing in the rain gutters. Honestly we are the Beverly Hillbillies!

I'm writing this so you, dear reader will look around and be happy that your heater and appliances are in good working order. I will now make a list of the things that are working to count my blessings in the hopes that it won't jinx me and I'll have to add something to the not working - needing repair list.

Things that are working just fine (at the moment) - dishwasher, garbage disposal, washing machine, dryer, waterbed, boys shower (I forgot to mention that our's isn't working), vacuum (see ealier post to qualify that it's "working"), all 3 cars and everyone is healthy so what more could I ask for except maybe the millenium - wait - please tell me there's a scripture about things not breaking for 1,000 years....

Happy Birthday Liz!!

This is picture from one of the greatest days in the Hopkins family - when Liz married Jim and joined our family. Here are just a few things that I love about Liz:

1. She's kind
2. She always goes out of her way to help others.
3. She's funny - her laugh is so contagious!
4. She has a strong testimony.
5. She goes shopping with me and tells me when things look ridiculous.
6. She finds a way to look on the bright side of things.
7. She's a hard worker.
8. She's a great sister to the boys.
9. She loves Jimmy, always and makes him a better man.
10. She's the queen of the daughters-in-law!

We love you Liz and hope you have a wonderful birthday - we look forward to many wonderful celebrations through the years. We're so grateful you belong to us (and you and Jim belong to your mom and dad too - we're all good at sharing).

Happy Birthday!!