Happy Birthday Princess

Three years ago today our family was blessed with the birth of our first grandchild. Cara has brought so much happiness to us and when I try to find the words to say how much she has added to our family the tears of joy will stream down my face.


Grandchildren are such a wonderful gift of life. As a parent you have the responsibilities of all that goes with raising your child but being a grandparent you can set back and just enjoy all the time you spend together. The love is unconditional and endless.

Wishing our little princess the happiest of birthdays!
Love you bunches!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!

Wishing you the best on your birthday!

May there be many many more!!

Celebrate!

ps: You are just as cute now as you were when you were a little guy.

A Nature Hike

Memorial Weekend Part II

Cara and I thought it would be the perfect day to take a nature hike and invite Grandpa to come along. Before we headed out on our hike I made two pairs of binoculars so nothing would be missed along the way.


Grandpa was trying out his pair of binoculars and Cara thought that was pretty funny . . .

. . . Cara decided to check out Grandpa with her pair.

It was now time to head out around the pond and we all were on the lookout for birds. We could hear them singing happily in the trees and we were curious to see if we could find them.

. . . checking out all of the trees and bushes for the birds . . .

. . . checking out the photographer, me.

Checking out everything along the way.


. . . after a nice walk it was time to head back to the house. The weather was warming up and it was about time to think about putting the pool up. Post to follow.

Yummmm Cupcakes

Celebrating the Memorial Day weekend we had a lot of things to do because Cara and her folks were up for a visit. One of the many things that we enjoyed was a cupcake party.



There is a certain art to eating a cupcake. Cara was so careful getting the tiny crumbly bite sizes of cake onto her fork. Eating with the hands, we all soon discovered, could be too messy.



We all thought we looked funny with our blue icing all over ourselves. Yes, even the two older ones had messy blue mouths.



With Cara's cupcake in pieces too small to go onto the fork it was time for Grandma to share hers with Cara.



Soon it was time to clean up but before the washrag came out Cara tried to get the last of the icing off of her face. Good to the very last. Later in the day we went on a nature hunt with our own binoculars . . . that will be my next post.

A New Member Of The Family

What do you do when your vehicle is facing 160,000 miles on the speedometer? Think about the upcoming repairs or think trade in and buy a new Honda . . .



. . . the newest family member, her name is Pearl.



Not only do I get a dependable car that will get better gas mileage but I am also stimulating the economy.

Beautiful Late Spring

Finally our bushes and trees are in full bloom and things are looking beautiful on the property. After the last three years of blooming too early, with the promise of spring, and getting nipped by cold and frost everything on the property bloomed late this year. We are really enjoying the beauty that all the flowers are adding out at our place.

Happy First Date Anniversary

Today is a special day for us that we have always celebrated. On this date way back in 1964 I had my first date with a most amazing guy. I knew right away that I wanted to get to know him better and hoped that we would continue to date. Little did I know that he would become my best friend and my wonderful husband.



Through the years our love has grown and our friendship too. We have supported each other in trying times that the journey of life can throw at one and celebrated with all of the joys too.

Wishing my best guy a Happy Anniversary, thanks for growing older with me.

Photos taken May 1964