Fair Favorites

We had a bunch of fun at the county fair this last week.  Rich entered his BBQ sauce and got second place.

 

Mary had so much fun seeing the birds and animals

Hand and foot!

 

Always fun to cool off with ice cream

 

Some chills and thrills on the rides

 

We won at a family team effort at the dart game and Mary got the prize!

 

Always fun getting you picture taken with the President and First Lady

 

Cooling off with some Hawaiian shave ice after lunch

Happy 4th of July

We had a beautiful holiday.  We were impressed of the upswing in patriotism in our area.  At the parade almost everyone was dressed in red, white and blue and people cheering for all the floats and having a bunch of fun.  We were blessed to have time to spend with friends and family.  Rich's dad is doing OK, he is still weak from the cancer but we are so thankful he is still with us.  Mary got to have some fun with sparklers out on our drive way.  It has been such a mild summer so far and everything in our garden is just loaded with produce.  Here is a short slide show of our day!

 

Here is the link to the video: https://youtu.be/2IVRdqQ6euI

Father's Day

We had a blessed Father's Day!  Here is a short slide show of our day.

 

 

Here is the link: https://youtu.be/b2w66uB2v18

End of the School Year

Mary finished 5th grade today.  To celebrate we went to eat at an, all you can eat, Chinese buffet.  Mary loves this place.  The food is fantastic and she loves watching the Koi Fish in the ponds by the front door.  There are many beautiful fish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 After visiting with the fish, we finished our meal with dessert!

 

Mary is just a little bit excited for her summer break and I think I am looking forward to it too!

Memorial Day

Here is the link to the slide show:  https://youtu.be/K1N7JVARHm0

We had memorable and beautiful day.  The weather could not of been more perfect.  As our usual practice we go to the lovely cemetery where my mom is buried along with several other family members and decorate them with our garden flowers.  Mary is getting to the age where she really appreciates what we are doing and loves to help me with it.  After going to the grave sites we go up to the place that my folks built and landscaped and the place where I was born and raised.  It is completely different now.  The house is still there but enlarged and redone.  Also all the beautiful trees and landscaping is gone, just a fence and crushed rock.  Lastly we went to Rich's folks house and made chili dogs and potato salad and then watched the Eastern Basketball NBA game.  The Warriors and the Rockets played.  We cheered for the Warriors and they won!  It was a close game and the Warriors pulled ahead the last part of the game and took the championship!  A great game for a great ending of our day! 

Happy Mother's Day!

I was just remembering my very first Mother's Day and what a wonderful day that was. 

 

  Now my precious baby is 11 years old becoming a young lady. 

I made lemon bars for Mother's Day dessert at the folks house.  They are mom's favorite.  I put some of my lemon balm leaves in the center for decoration.

Rich gave me a stunningly beautiful bouquet of roses.

My sweet girl picked out a balloon or me!

I made corsages for Mary, me, mom and Maura.  Red for a living mother and white for one that has passed away.

Out on our front step.  The years have gone by quickly.  It seems I have lived two life times.  One of my single years and two of raising our girl.  I hope you have a wonderful blessed Mother's Day!

Grandma and Grandpa's Cherry Tree

Mary is growing up so fast!   Instead of going to a studio this year for her 5th grade photos, I took them myself in front of Rich's folk's beautiful cherry tree.  She had so much fun.  I love her fun and joyful heart!

 

Pear Blossom Parade

It was perfect spring day for a parade.  We went with some friends to the pear blossom parade.  They leave about a mile from the down town and we had a great walk through the older residential area.  So many pretty flowers blooming and a few chickens it was great.  We set up our chairs by the old library park to watch. 

 

There was wonderful display of horses, fire engines, tractors, marching bands, dance troops and cute babies.  There was lots of candy being thrown to the crowd and balloons for the little kids.

 

Mary is smiling because the Harry & David float was throwing chocolate truffles in celebration of them getting an entry into the Guinesis's Book of World Records this year for making the largest cinnamon roll.

 

This adorable chicken coupe and chickens were in a yard on our walk home.  It gave us inspiration for our coupe when we get ready to build ours!