Mother's Day - 2020

A beautiful sunny Mother's Day in North Carolina and hope you had a wonderful day wherever you celebrated!

Really enjoyed the texts, Facebook posts, e-mails and e-cards from family and friends!   And of course, videos from the little grandchildren were extra special

Mark made pancakes and sausage to start the day!

DEELISH!!!

We went to Mass with Cardinal O'Malley in Boston. 

  Did some hiking - absolutely glorious day with no wind, deep blue skies and mid 60's. 

Hiking Mama

   Ryan treated us to "carry out" Mother's Day brunch from Camp Lake James.

Mimosa

Roasted red pepper soup

Caesar salad

Slider trio of chicken salad, shrimp salad and pimento cheese

Red velvet cupcake

What a special brunch!    Thank you Ryan!!!!

A happy memory from Easter Sunday - March 27, 2005

Pat, Anne, Grandma D and Baby Liam

 2 of the Littles 

Tonight Michael grilled filets for us - they were soooo good.     Although I was only with one of my kiddos today (from a distance.....it was an awesome day!)

Michael....chef extraordinaire

Tonight Mark's siblings did zoom

Karen, Mark, Theresa, Nancy, Marilyn, Sue, Sharon, Tom, Janet, Joan, Jim and Doris

And then, Annette and I beat Anne and Brooke 4 out of 5 games of euchre!

Enjoy the week ahead.....stay healthy!

Saturday - May 9

We were at 33 this morning and strong winds again, but clear skies warmed up to 61 by afternoon.    Just a glorious day, but oh my....so many record-breaking temps around the country!    Crazy weather for May.     Michael and all 3 boys went golfing early today - silly goobers!!!

This morning was cleaning and laundry tine and then I watched 4 more episodes (into the 5th season).

Michael washed Big Red....so nice of him and much appreciated!   The boys finished staining the dock - looks great.

Thank you Michael!

Mark and I took Blair for a little walk - of course, she ran ahead of us and "Chatty Cathy" was constantly chatting away.

Chatty Cathy

The big tree that fell along our trail a few weeks ago was partly cut up and moved out of the way by some landscapers a few days ago.

Today the sap was dripping away

Annette and Brooke have been so good about getting our groceries, sharing food and doing carry out.    Annette prepared dinner tonight - lasagna, all the salad makings, garlic bread and red wine!!!

It was all excellent!!!

Wishing all you Moms a wonderful day tomorrow!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Friday -May 8

A dreary, gloomy, chilly Friday.....had breakfast sandwiches (sausage-egg-cheese) and watched 4 more episodes of "Call the Midwife" while Mark did computer stuff.

I was also on the phone a bit switching appts. around.... rescheduled my cataract surgery for September.   Changing postponed dentist appts from May to September and setting up appt. with orthopedic Dr. here for cortisone shot.   My left shoulder has really been bothering me, so waiting to hear back about that.

We did happy hour in Michael's garage (man cave) with friends, Tom and Andi.   Everyone keeping their distance as we chatted away.   Rainy afternoon/evening and chilly!

Virtual happy hour in the garage on a chilly Friday evening!

Brooke shared her delicious homemade ham and bean soup which really hit the spot this

 chilly, rainy night!   

Sounds like a rainy, cold, chilly, snowy, stormy forecast around the country!    Stay cozy and

 warm wherever you are!

Thursday - May 7

Congratulations to Philip and Annette on their 

15th Wedding Anniversary!

A happy memory from Rainbow Trout Ranch - July 19, 2019

Chilly start to the day, but the sun was shining and warmed up to 66.    We had a nice long hike and enjoyed this lovely spring day!    This afternoon I did zoom with Jane (Illinois) and Allie (Florida)!    Sooo good to see them and chat away!

Here we are....

Played euchre tonight - Bob and I beat Judy and Drew 3 out of 5.

In the front yard

Yeah Connor.....May 13th is the big day!

This sign for Connor and each of his 40 classmates are lined up at school along Lincoln Street

May 7, 2005

Wednesday - May 6

Pretty day but breezy.    We walked a new (to us) section of the Fonta Flora trail today and it was wonderful.    It's the same one Michael and I hiked in 2017.   Mark loved it, too, as we were along the lake a big part of it and then came upon a clearing and a perfect view of the mountains.

Here are some of our views...

It started to rain shortly after we returned, the winds got stronger and the temp dropped to 55.

After lunch I watched the 6th episode of "The Last Dance", then zoom with 4 siblings and finally got back to "Call the Midwife"  - season 4, episode 2.

Still very windy.....much cooler temps are coming our way!

Davis will be having a drive-thru graduation on May 22nd.    Connor's is 1 week from tonight (virtual mass on facebook and YouTube).    Still waiting to hear about Brady's class.    Certainly very different and unusual than normal times, but then these are far from normal times.