Remembering our Loved Ones

We go out on Memorial Day each year put flowers on the graves of our family.  We place this scripture: "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord." 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 & 17, on each grave along with some garden flowers.  Mary gets to read the scripture and I arrange the flowers in the vase. 

Fishing on the River

It was just too perfect of a day to pass up.  We are so blessed to have the beautiful Rouge River just 10 minutes away.  Rich and Mary went out to dig up some worms and they got some great ones!

I went inside and whipped up some tuna fish sandwiches with bread I had made yesterday.

I love this shot of Mary looking at the river.  I would love to paint this scene.

Rich and Mary had some fun casting but did not get any bites.

We found some fishing holes we would like to go back to and had fun exploring the river banks.  Such a lovely day and wonderful family time!

Mother's Day Weekend

I had a lovely Mother's Day weekend.  Rich bought me these lovely flowers and some lemon cake.

My girl is getting so big.

Rich's mom and I celebrated our day at Olive Garden.  This was our dessert, a chocolate lasagna!

Mary made me this cute memo pad

A sachet with scented soap for my chest of drawers.

My wonderful cards

I loved Mary's creative card.  You pull on the heart and...

...out comes a message.

Plates for Birdies and Butterflies

I bought these lovelies today at our family day at the thrift store. Mary always loves to go. I had a hard time just sticking with these plates. I am going to use them in my garden for dried bread for the birds and fruit to attract butterflies in the summer. So many beautiful plates to choose from and so cheap. I think I would like a whole set of unmatched plates for us to eat on, each one is special and says something unique. Rich got more electronic parts from hair dryers, curling irons and cameras for his project to make a convection smoker for meat and cheese. We also got some wonderful music books. I got a great find of Mary's next two levels of piano books, that would of cost us $40 or more for 5 bucks! I heart emoticon the thrift store plus the money stays in the local economy and not overseas.

Lady Bug Release

Mary had fun releasing some lady bugs into our garden.  We bought them at the garden center at our local Fred Meyer's store.  She got to keep them over night to watch them and then we set them free the next morning.  She was so impressed by finding one that had just one spot.  She made an entry in her field journal about it and drew this wonderful picture of it.  Mary says she would like to be an illustrator when she grows up.  So we will see what happens with that.

Curls

This post is a Mama memory post.  Mary was doing her school work the other night and I was looking at her curls that form around her head when I put her hair up in a bun.  So I took a few snap shots for my memory when she is grown and on her own.

St. Patrick's Day

This post is a little late.  We had a fun St. Patrick's Day.  I made Mary a green clover pancake.  She was surprised when she came to the breakfast table.  Mackie wanted some too!  Rich fixed a wonderful lunch of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots.  We read the true account of who St. Patrick was and then Mary wrote about the story of his life.  The last picture is of my flowers on our front step.  Spring has sprung! 

 

Sixty-seven Years

We had a delightful evening celebrating my in-laws wedding anniversary.  They were married March 20, 1949.  We took them out to beautiful restaurant in Grants Pass called Taprock.  The food was reasonably priced, delicious and the service was excellent.  We had so much fun afterward walking around outside of the restaurant.  It is located on the Rogue River with a lovely walk way, so you could enjoy the birds and wildlife on the river.