June 1st - Dad's Birthday

Happy Birthday Dad....

I sure do miss you

I sure do wish you could be here

to see my grandchildren -

3 girls and 2 boys....

your GREAT grandchildren.

Jason has an amazing little guy

who has a birthday tomorrow...

Ron has a gorgeous daughter

who has a birthday the next day.

What a weekend of celebration

we could have had.....

 

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UPDATE --- June 4th

 

My grandson Landon who had his party on the 2nd,

will actually be turning 5 on the 5th..

Morgan who had her party on the 3rd,

actually turned 13 on the 2nd...

whew....no wonder Grandma gets confused!!

I guess I need to refer to the trusty

Birthday calendar more often :-)

May 29. 2012

A day trip

to Mackinac Island

a VERY good day...

on the boat

me taking a picture of the bridge

arrival...

the LILACS...

our carriage ride...

 the Grand Hotel..

private homes -

with gorgeous grounds

and

spectacular views

YES...

A day on Mackinac is

A VERY GOOD DAY

INDEED!!!

May 24th....

Bob giving the sign a make-over..

Sis and Me - May 17th....

On May 15th my sister came for a visit.

(We had not seen each other for 7 months)

She spent 2 nights and we had a great visit -

we got Bob to take some pics of us

on the morning she left...

since neither one of us is very photogenic

our instructions to him were

"take LOTS of shots"

(yep, I told sis this would be the best one...LOL) 

 Saying goodbye to Toe-Toes...

May 14th.....

Again....the month has flown by -

so on this last day of May,

I am playing catch-up!!!

We got the run added to the chicken coop -

so the chickens will no longer tear up the flower beds..

We STILL have not finished painting this fence...

but this part looks mighty fine!

Bob even started hauling out some of our

"summer decor" ....

our Bryson's sign....

and this SO SO pretty gazing ball...

that the wind knocked over the very next day and

SHATTERED!!!!!

:-(



The SPROUT Project - - Take 2

A few weeks ago, I read an article
about making your own sprouts....

hmmmm - yea, I would like to do that....

So couple of weeks ago I gathered up these two jars...

and added lentil beans to one and alfalfa seeds to the other...

and then I waited and waited and waited...

Then I went back and again read the directions ...

oooops - made a bit of mistake

So ---

this was take 2 -

and surprise surprise....

following directions sure does make a difference!!

My dinner this evening....

was a VERY large salad...

with my very own, and very fresh

 bean sprouts and alfalfa sprouts.

DELICIOUS!

5.5.12

Yesterday, we drove almost 3 hours...

back to Flint.

Where I watched as my firstborn graduated...

from MCC---

 I have to admit that my thoughts were so with my mom...

my last memories of this building

were of being there with her.

And then to be there....

celebrating Ron.....

who mom loved so much.

I SO felt her presence...

I SO wished she was there

beside of me...

And then,

Jason ..

gave his brother

one of the many wallets (with the money still intact)

that he had saved from Grandma's Christmas gifts...

Let's just say...

the Graduate-

his wife-

and his mom

had a difficult time

keeping it together...

LOVE you so much Ron

LOVE and miss you so much

 mom....

Love My Birds....

Mr. Swanee has been working - working -working lately -

over near the ditch - he is making a nest...

maybe a little vacation get-away!

As I was checking it out and taking some pics..

he came swimming over to see just what I was up to!!

Later - I went to the chicken coop and called to Henny Penny

and SOON.... THERE she was on the window sill...

awww Henny Penny you are a GOOD chicken!