Memorial Day Part 2

This is my oldest daughter with her sunburn self. She has racoon eyes from sitting way to long in the sun. I forgot her in the first post so here she is all by herself. We had a great day.

Memorial Day with Family & Friends

Today was a wonderful day. The weather was great and the company was wonderful. The only thing that was missing was my honey. But I talked to him this morning and wished him a great day and then told him good-night. The first line of photos is Carla, Carla & Jimmy Alvino, & Chris & his brother Micah.













The second row is a pic of Jimmy Alvino's blue eyes. The second pic is me, Autumn, & a few other people & the last pic in the row is of Ashleigh & Jocelyn. The third row is Ashleigh & Lea, Jamie, Aiden & Alyssa, & the a pic of Krista & Cody. The last picture is of the guys Chris, Jimmy & Micah. It was a wonderful day full of food and fun. I did this so Michael could see what we did for the day. We all watched Autumn who is about to pop and was hoping for a baby today or maybe we will get that boy tomorrow.
Happy Memorial Day to All.

Mothers Day 2008

I do know that this is a little late but things have been busy around here. On mothers day I went to Busch Gardens with my youngest daughter and her husband. We were also joined by my daughters mother-in-law and her husband. We had a great day and a lot of fun. It was a day for the adults. My oldest daughter spent the day with both of her daughters over at their other grandparents house.

The roses were a gift from my oldest daughter and my 2 granddaughters. They were very pretty and I have them in my room so I can look at them all the time.

This was my second mothers day without my mom and I miss her every day. I have no place to go as she was cremated and my sister has the ashes but I know she is not there and I do know she is with me everyday but I miss having a place to go put flowers and to just sit and talk to her. When we are all gone will anyone remember that she was here or will she just disappear with the wind. Ashes to ashes dust to dust. I will be cremated and I have a place that my children can go but I know I will not be there. I want my ashes spread along the blue ridge parkway. Just let me go off the side of the mountain.

I have so much to be thankful for and I thank God everyday for the wonderful husband, 3 fantastic daughters, 2 granddaughters and a wonderful son-in-law. So life is good. My husband has a job he loves and is happy again. So that is all that matters.

What have I been working on?

This is pictures of the 2 appliqué wall quilts that I have been working on to send over to Kuwait. I am putting together a lot of hand work so I have stuff to do. I am not taking over my sewing machine so will be doing a lot of my work by hand.
The one on the left is from Pat Sloan and I think the other one is to as I got it along with a pattern that I ordered from her. I am also working on the Farmers Market wall hanging and I have all the pieces cut out I just need to get it all put together. So I really have a lot on my plate and hope to get it all mailed and over there before I leave.

A warm day and what's a kid to do

This is a happy little girl with a new bike. She rode it all around Wally world so we knew we had found a winner. Brought it home and could not get it away from her. She went for a ride with her mother around the block. The other picture is my baby with the little girls next door. They picked up rocks and were pounding them together singing Pat Benatar's "Hit me with your best shot" and that is what you call a rock band. It was a beautiful day and I walked to the mall just for something to do.

Travel Plans for our wonderful trip

Michael e-mailed me today with a few air flights. I think we will take a flight out that will take us to Dulles instead of going to New York. We will then go onto Kuwait and arrive at 5:05 the next day. I am getting excited about going over there especially with Ashleigh going with me. This should be a wonderful adventure for her. I am hoping to get a lot of pictures. She will be on a trip of a lifetime and get to some time by herself with me and her dad.

the old and the young of me

I started getting a little depressed to know I am getting so old. The picture on the right was taken in 1974 when I was 16 and the one on the left is now at 50. The blonde hair is gone as is the 95 lb. child who swore she would never weigh more than 125. I hit that a long time ago. I stopped being blonde and went back to my natural color which is dark and am also letting it grow out. So much has changed in the 34 years between these photos. I still can not believe that it has been that long. I am happy with the life I have just starting to get used to My hubby being gone to Kuwait for 2 years and all that goes with that. I mourn the fact that I have lost that girl but I guess she has just reinvented herself into a 50 year old woman who is proud of all she has accomplished. To 50 more years and there will always be just a little bit of that 16 year old in me.