Happy Mother's Day

 

Sharon June Walker

                                               Suzanne Powell

   

Early Mother's Day Celebration

 I had a wonderful time today with my two daughters, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  They all came together and took me to Olive Garden for an early Mother's Day lunch.  I enjoyed every single minute of it, because I just don't get to see my family as much as I would like to because of circumstances beyond my control.

I can't wait to get to spend more time with them in the near future, and with the rest of my grandchildren and great-grandchildren who were not present just because they didn't know about it.  It was kind of a spontaneous gathering, and most times those are the best kind.  

Here we are in front of Olive Garden in Richmond, Kentucky, where we ate.  They asked me to choose where I wanted to eat and this is where I chose.  They were all surprised because I usually choose Red Lobster, but in this economy I thought this was the best choice.  

And pictured from left to right: (front row) Zac, Me, Carson, (back row) Megan, Sharon, Suzanne

I love all of you more than you could ever know, and I miss you...all of you, even those in my family who were not there.  

I'd also like to wish a Happy Mother's Day to Megan, Sharon, Suzanne, Tori, Jennifer, Victoria and Krystal who is expecting her first baby sometime later in 2022.  And also to Laurel, Allison, Callie and Kathy.  

Mother's Day

Children are a gift from the Lord, a true blessing........

 I received a book of photos of my children and their families from  Sharon June, and a griddle set & gift card from Suzanne for Mother's Day this year.  

My children are my world and this year my only son, Brian, was missing.  We all miss him dearly, but he is far from being forgotten by any of us.  We remember him daily, play his music and share precious memories with each other that we have of him.  He gave me so much, but mostly he gave me his time, and his unconditional love.  

I love all of my children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren and I don't take them for granted.  They are here on this earth, and I need them to share their lives and their love with me.  What more could a mother want, except for them to be as happy and successful as they feel they need to be.  All I ask is for them to come visit me, include me in their plans sometimes, because I'm not getting any younger......and one day another one of us won't be here just like Brian.

MOTHER'S DAY

I hadn't planned anything for Mother's Day but to be spontaneous and spontaneity is exactly what took place.  Some how a small family gathering took place, with four mothers in attendance,  all celebrating Mother's Day together.....all unplanned.

You already saw my selfies in a previous post, but here are some pictures that I took today:

Mother's Day

I want to thank my children and grandchildren who made my Mother's Day a special day for me, and I hope that everyone spent the day with those they love.  I received some very thoughtful and heartfelt gifts which I love.  Suzanne made me a very special DVD,with her video camera of Carson, wrote me a letter and gave me a hummingbird house and some candy. Brian is concerned about my back, and to make my chores around the house easy and pain-free they (Brian & Reva) gave me one of those dust pans that have a long pole handle.  No bending down with the old dust pan anymore.  They also each wrote me special notes and I will cherish every word they wrote.  Reva writes me sweet notes all the time and to me, she is like a daughter to me.  Sharon couldn't be here today but she sent me a beautiful flowering plant. Sandie, with the help of Glen I suspect, picked me two large vases full of her own home grown beautiful flowers for Mother's Day.  I want to thank the grandchildren who called or sent me Mother's Day wishes.  I even got sung to over the phone, so sweet!  The day ended with a trip to Papaleno's where we ate supper around 5:30 p.m.  

FAMILY IS WHAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING

No Mother's Day Ride this year....

Today is the prettiest day we've had in a long time and it's supposed to be pretty all week with temps in the 80's.  I hope this is what we can expect from now on because I'm tired of cloudy, rainy days and I'm ready to spend more time in the sun.

For Mother's Day I got some pretty new scandals and a pair of flip-flops to go with my new bathing suit.  Now I can go swimming in my brother's pool when we visit.  The bathing suit I got was a complete surprise because never in a million years would I have guessed that one of my children would have bought me a bathing suit.  I'm just not the bathing suit type and have avoided them for years now.  But hay! what the heck, I'm not getting any younger and I have always loved playing in water.

Right now Jimmy is under some restrictions because of the pacemaker he had implanted and one of those restrictions is that he can't ride his motorcycle for the entire month of May.  I know that he's hoping that when he sees the doctor tomorrow that he can get him to lift that restriction.  He has high hopes but I think he's forgotten that he isn't allowed to lift anything over 5 pounds.....and, I think lifting the motorcycle off the kick stand might be a tad over 5 lbs.

Mother's Day

Sharon surprised me with a cake

The restaurant personnel thought it was my birthday

because of the cake and came out with this

at the end of our meal. They almost surprised me

with a birthday song.

Sharon

Reva, Jimmy, Brian

Eating out for Mother's Day

We went out to eat on Saturday with Sharon, Brian & Reva and on Sunday Suzanne came over to spend Mother's Day with us. After Suzanne left I spent the rest of the day talking on the phone and watching movies. It was a very relaxing and quiet day, and it didn't involve doing any kind of work. Later in the day Jimmy & I ordered pizza and went back to relaxing.

I want to thank the kids for all of their gifts. I ate Sharon's gift, I'm taking good care of Brian & Reva's gift and I'm wearing Suzanne's gift. I have such wonderful loving and thoughtful children and I consider Reva one of my children and not an inlaw. Thank you all, I had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Mother's Day's 2009

CLICK THE TITLE TO SEE MY MOTHER'S DAY PICTURES.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day and the children must have had such a good time because they decided to make it into a Mother's Day weekend and it's not over yet. Today my son Brian is coming over to celebrate Mother's Day with us. My children must love me :) I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

A few bright spots among the clouds

I took a longer break from blogging than I was planning to. My poor computer had a melt down and was invaded by some nasty evil virus's and some voracious worms that ate up everything. I wasn't able to save anything. The tech guys did save all of My Documents but they are of no use to anyone; you can't open them. The tech guys are still working on trying to find a way to open and save my pictures, but it doesn't look very promising. I was stupid and hadn't saved anything to disc since last December, so the only pictures that I have are those that have appeared on my blog. Thank heaven for my blog, but the majority were lost.

Between thunderstorms there have been some bright spots and sunny skies. My granddaughter Megan took a class in college and learned how to ride a motorcycle. She aced it of course and when you pass the course you pass your driving test and are entitled to your license. Way to go Megan!


Here's a picture of Megan taking her final exam. She didn't want any family around to watch her...she said it would make her nervous. So Jimmy & I hid behind a building, but we were spotted. It's hard to hide my big red trike and Jimmy's noisy pipes are a dead giveaway that we were near. All of her class mates wanted to know who we were and Megan said she didn't know, hehehe.
That's not quite true. Megan told her classmates that we were her grandparents and they thought it was neat that such old people could still ride.

Below are some flowers that are either blooming or starting to bloom in the yard. You know me and flower names, I don't know many, so you'll just have to look at the pretty pictures.

The untrimmed honeysuckle bush
next to the fountain.

(above)
These are cherries
and the trees are loaded this year.

Clematis

Honeysuckle Bush

Spiderwort (above & below)

Daisies

Sweet Williams

(above)
Our Rhodie is just beginning to bloom.

(above)
The neighbor's Rhodie.
Isn't it pretty?
Their bush always blooms
before ours.

These flowers are planted down one side
of our house. Most years the Daisies are
mixed in there with these, but I don't
think the Daisies liked all of the rain this year,
as I had very few and they don't even show up
in this picture.

I had a very nice Mother's Day weekend with the kids stopping by. We went out to eat at a Chinese Restaurant this year. I received some special gifts from the children and we had a good & relaxing couple of days celebrating. Among the gifts I received was a beautiful hummingbird feeder, a beautiful beaded hand carved cross necklace, a picture frame with three of my favorite pictures of the kids and a box of chocolates, yum. All in all, I had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day.

On a separate note....
Is anyone having as much trouble with ants as we are?