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.....

and then in 2012 I poured my heart out for 
all to read....something I have never done


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......

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Birds and Squirrels .....

Regular readers know....I love the birds
and I have a love/hate deal with the squirrels
but geez, I just have to feed them!
The roof came apart on my feeder so I guess
it's time to get a new one!


the robins love the suet....



here's Pippa Lou watching them.....and begging to go out and chase them!





later......