A Visit to the Mountains and Mom Bowman

Pilot Mountain in the distance. The view from the top of the mountain where my Mother-in-law lives

Michael & his Mom

Me, Lyssa, Carla, Charles & Barbara at the place we had Mom Bowman's birthday dinner

Linky bundles up against the cold.

The fog

Linky Lou visiting with Granddaddy Bowman

Great Grandma Bowman with her 2 great granddaughters(Lyssa & Linky Lou)

My Babies

Opa and his girl fooling around

Opa and his girl getting ready to go for a walk

Here she is already to go.

This is Tigger my mother-in-laws cat.

This is Sweetie and he is a big fat sweetheart.

Alyssa had to have her pic taken with the dusting of snow we woke up to.

The dusting of snow on the yard

The porch with its thin layer of snow

Michael & I

Lee, Cathy & Michael

Michael & Barbara

Michael with his sisters(Cathy & Barbara) and mom

The colors in mom Bowman's back yard

A view from the overlook

The river that flows thru Galax

A pretty picture

A beautiful view

Some color in Mom Bowman's yard

The fog on the mountain

The beautiful colors going up 58 to Stuart

The fog up on top of the mountain

The Jeb Stuart Highway sign

A very scary 360 turn coming off some by-pass on 58

Just a pretty shot of the road ahead

We had a wonderful visit with Mom Bowman. We only stayed for the week-end but it was a nice visit. It was really foggy when we came up and was very cold. The sun did come out a few times. We drove into Galax to take mom to dinner for her birthday and met Micheal's sisters and their husbands. It was a very nice visit and good food. It got so cold our last night that we got a dusting of snow when we woke up. Lyss was so excited.

A Visit with Barb

Inter coastal waterway

This was given to my dad when he retired from the VBPD in 1993.

Ashleigh standing near the waterway.

Carla and I

Today I took my first trip down to North Carolina since the death of my dad. I really did not want to go but I need to as Barb needs to sell the house and there were things she needed me to go thru. The hardest part was his chair the one he is sitting in in the photo above and that will be going to Carla when Barb is ready to let it go. We went thru pics and I threw away his wedding album from his marriage to Liz. It was really easy to do. We also went thru his clothes and that was really hard for her. I took some clothes to use in a memory quilt for each of the girls. I miss my dad so much but I do know he is in a much better place with no more pain and back to his old self. I will see him again as I love him so much. Till I see you again Love you.

Rainbows and tree colors

The trees near Church Point

The tree canopy riding down Shore Drive.

Another view of the Canopy down Shore Drive

It was raining in some parts of Va. Bch. and in other parts there was a rainbow.

The Rainbow

Meeting with Old Friends

Big G. & Me

Mrs. Layden on her 50th wedding anniversary with me.

Donna, Davey, Me, Roy Jr. & Gerald

Me with the Layden Men

The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse

The Old and New

Alyssa coloring

Today Michael and I got up and went to breakfast and then to get his bike. It rained so we went shopping and for a ride in the car. When we got home we ate lunch and by then it was clear and on the bike we got. We went out to Fort Story to visit with the Laydens who were celebrating there parents 50th wedding anniversary. It was so good to see all the kids and visit for awhile. We then got back on the bike and went home. What a great day with my hubby.

My Honey is home for a visit

Well at 10 this morning my honey arrived from Kuwait. It will be so good to have him home for 21 days. All of his girls were at the airport to greet him and of course Carla beat me to the punch of Kissing him. So I took the second kiss. The girls and I will enjoy our visit.

Did You Vote Today?

I am hoping that all of you reading this blog went and voted today. I did and waited in line with a 3 year old and a 27 year old for over an hour. I wished that my name was my maiden name for just today as those lines were short. This is a very important election and I do hope the best man wins. I voted but will not tell for who but whoever wins I will stand behind them for the next 4 years.

Happy Halloween 2008

My baby as Princess Leia.

The whole body look and is she not cute.

There she is my Princess with her tiara.

She really wanted to get going. I do hope she had a Happy Halloween.

This is my second daughter in a costume she designed and made all by herself.

This is her boyfriend in a costume she also designed and made all by herself.

The 2 of them together.

Michael's big boy in his tiara.

My baby as Little Red Riding Hood.

This year I was all by myself while my oldest granddaughter went off with her friends and my youngest went with her mom and dad. So I did not see her after she went and do not know how much candy she got. Linky went with Carla for the week-end and I will probably not see her until Tuesday as she has a 4 day week-end. I really do not mind being alone anymore and I guess I need to get used to it. So to all my family and friends Happy Halloween.