Just Enjoying Life ...: March 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Baby shower ......

On Sunday we had a baby shower

at our home for Jacquelyn

Family and close friends came over to celebrate the upcoming

arrival of our first granddaughter that is due May 10th

and goodness, I was terrible about taking pictures

I did not take any pics of the decorations or food :(

And the decorations were so beautiful

Kayla, our dear family friend, did all of the decorating,

picked out the cake design, came up with games, favors.....

invitations....well basically she did everything except the food...

that was my job.

the pictures below are from Kayla

Below are the favors....little candles with a sweet little poem

all of the food wasn't out on the table when the pictures above were taken

We had ham and cheese sliders, cucumber lemon sandwiches, breadsticks with rosemary garlic butter, asian salad, pasta salad, cucumber salad, macaroni and cheese, cake, fruit tarts and mini cinnamon buns.

Kayce, Nicole and Christy

Jacquelyn's mother-in-law Lynne

Jacquelyn's friends Deanna, Stephanie and Jackie

My sister Kandi and her daughter Gabby

My sister-in-law Susan and niece Gabby

Lynne and her sisters DeeDee and Peggy

Jacquelyn with her sister-in-law Tonya

Jacquelyn and her friend Gabby

My great niece Victoria helping Jacquelyn

and that's all for pictures.....didn't even get a picture of me

with my 2 daughters! Dang I need to get better at remembering pictures

later......

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

St Patricks on the Outer Banks......

Johnny and I have wanted to go down to the Outer Banks

of North Carolina for all of the St Patricks festivities but with it being

in March, we just always had so much going on with birthdays and such. And

let's add in that he works almost every weekend!!

So this year we decided to just do it. We headed down there on Friday

morning and stayed until Monday. The weather wasn't the best on Friday

and Saturday but who cares.....it's the beach! We went shopping at the

outlet mall, went thrift store shopping and went to some of our

favorite bars. We did so much on Saturday we had to go back to our

hotel room and take a nap then head back out.....haha!!

Then the weather really cleared up and Sunday, the day of the parade,

was beautiful. The parade route was one mile long and it was probably

3 and 4 people deep. The parade lasted almost 2 1/2 hours!!

Of course a parade in OBX means party time so

everyone is along the road with their coolers of cold beer!!

It was a lot of fun and we'll definitely go back next year.

here's the view from our room.....beautiful

this picture really does not do this rainbow justice.....it was the most brilliant rainbow I had ever seen. It was so bright, you can see the difference in the sky inside of the rainbow.....then outside of it a little darker.

After the parade we walked over to one of our favorite bars... Tortuga's

after awhile these 2 guys walked in with a light up toilet

haha....not sure what that was bout but they were having fun!

we walked out on the beach for a very short time.....it wasn't that cold but

I was freezing. Well, turns out I was starting to get sick so I guess I

had a small fever. Even back in the room, I just couldn't get warm.

and then this is the saddest picture ever.....us leaving the OBX

I am always sad when we have to leave.

later......

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Another March 17th goes by ........

Today is the 4th anniversary of Johnny's stroke

I talk about it here.....

march 17 2011

and then in 2012 I poured my heart out for

all to read....something I have never done

march 17 2012

and then one more post in 2013 and let folks

know that all of those warning signs of a stroke, well

they don't always happen

march 17 2013

I don't get as emotional now.....I'm thankful that Johnny is still with us
thankful that he is enjoying each of these grandchildren
and we're just enjoying life!!

later......