It’s been close to a week since I last posted here so a little catching up is in order. Friday night I came out of hibernation and we went out to dinner. Afterwards we went to hear our friend, Mandala, perform: The guy playing drums on the ice bucket played soccer for David for many…
Photo-A-Day Challenge: Day 13 “Family”
I rarely want my picture taken but I asked David to take this of my mom and me tonight. We had gone to the McSwain Theater to see “It’s a Wonderful Life”, my favorite Christmas movie. I love what Clarence the angel inscribes in the copy of “Tom Sawyer” at the end of the movie:…
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 22
Happy Thanksgiving! This evening we had our big family meal at my cousin’s house and we just got home a few minutes ago. We had such a nice time, as always. Good food and lots of laughter. I had meant to take a lot of pictures but never got around to it. My mom had…
A birthday party
We had such a fun day yesterday. Our nephew was celebrating his 16th birthday so we drove to their house (Tulsa area) to join in the festivities. I even remembered to take a few pictures. Here is Austin with his cake (yummy ice cream cake!): Ashlin and Austin in their glasses/noses: Opening gifts. Huck is…
I have a wonderful family…
I had such a nice Mother’s Day. First of all, David and I spent about 3 hours at my folks’ house Saturday night when we took my mom her Mother’s Day gifts. Sunday morning we went to church then met my parents and the kids for lunch. I had a nice long nap that afternoon…
Things I’m thankful for
How was your Thanksgiving? Ours was nice. Our extended family gathered together at my cousin’s beautiful new house Thursday evening. I heard someone say they counted over 40 of us. We really enjoyed hanging out with several of my cousins’ young adult children. Most of the crowd left around 9:30 and we then sat around…
Happy birthday, Captain Dave!
Captain Dave My husband, the pirate, turned 50 on Sunday. I had intended to have a big celebration on Saturday night but last week he had to go to Sioux City, Iowa on emergency business. Their location up there is right on the river and will be under water in a few days. He…
Just a few observations
Do you ever have one of those weeks you wish you could do over? Last week was one humdinger of a week for me. I don’t like to dwell on the negative so I’ll spare you the gory details but here are a few thoughts and observations from last week, in no particular order. …
More Christmas pictures
Here are a few more pictures from Christmas. I love receiving Christmas cards and letters! Blurry (forgot the flash!) but aren’t they handsome? The girl cousins – they are growing up! The annual reading of the Christmas story Our annual post-Christmas Eve service family photo I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season and…