Weekend Trip

My entire family gathered this weekend for a wonderful family reunion, hosted by my brother and his family.  I honestly can't remember the last time we were all together and we are all so very grateful to them for arranging this.  There will be many photos to follow in the next few days but for now I'll leave you with this one.

One guess as to where we went.  :-)

One Guess

I wonder who was doing laundry today?

Now mind you, I'm not complaining.  Those are only his clothes and this had been his method for decades but I still shake my head every time I open the washer to start/switch a load.

A Heavy Heart

One of my dearest friends lost her husband Tuesday night to a heart attack.  He was loved by all and will be greatly missed.

I hope that the old adage that "everything comes in threes" is an unfounded "truth." Two deaths are two too many.

Just a reminder...give your loved ones a hug and tell them that you love them. Life is short and unpredictable.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Peachy Grin

Last week Meg casually mentioned that she was sad that she wasn't getting any birthday peaches this year.  The very next day my dear friend Catherine, without so much as a word from me, mentioned that Meg had a special box headed her way.  While out on errands yesterday I received delivery confirmation via text. so once home, I sent Meg out with the dog and she returned with the biggest grin on her face.

There's little that makes this girl happier than her very own jars of home canned peaches.

At 5:00 PM she had six jars to call her very own.  By 8:00 PM she was down to five.  :-)

Thank you again so much for your generosity, Catherine.  She is one very happy girl!

Surfer Dude Jr.

It's been rather quiet here the past few days.  I hope to share some recent cards with you later this week but for now I'll leave you with a cute photo of little Fin Man sporting some new duds his mama bought for him.

Cutest Beach Bum Ever.

The Face of Fourteen

We celebrated Meg's birthday rather quietly yesterday.  We (the three of us plus Gavin) went to see Jurassic World at the local theater.  They went to the 3D version while Randy and I ducked in to the regular showing.  ("Julie don't do 3D.")  Randy was less than impressed but the rest of us enjoyed it.

We then hit DQ to pick up a chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream cake and then headed back to the house for a little party.  (BTW, Gavin didn't really seem to know what to think of her blue hair. LOL!)

I always try to make her a special birthday card.  She was totally surprised with this year's.

Yeah, that's Bigfoot.  LOL!!!  She loved it.

The only thing she asked for was her new room so she was thrilled to see that she had gifts.

We bought her a selfie stick for her phone and a GoPro camera.  If you're not familiar with them, they're tiny little movie/still cameras that are housed in a very rugged, waterproof case.  She's looking forward to trying it out at the beach.

It was so nice to have reinforcements with the setup and instructions.  :-)


We finished up with a round of Happy Birthday and a bit of ice cream cake, which was actually pretty tasty.

We're planning to have some sort of a beach party for her and her friends sometime after the fourth of July holiday.

Beach.

I know.

She's killing me.  

Feeling Blue?

Today Baby Girl turns 14 and to say she is excited is an understatement.  Her celebrating started last night with this...

For months she's talked about dying her hair for the summer and last night she finally did it.  That my friends is KoolAid Berry Blue Twist.  We brought four packets (unsweetened) to a boil in two cups of water and dipped two ponytails for 12 minutes each.

So for eighty cents you too can have this look...

She is soooo happy with the outcome.  We have no idea if it will last only two days or two months but we're going with the flow.

Now back to her birthday celebrating.  She came running into our bedroom last night to announce that she was officially 14.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!  Let the celebrating begin.