~Taking the Time ~being with the ones you Love!!

Another beautiful weekend.  It was also a beautiful weekend in the fact that we had all three granddaughters spending it with us.  We were celebrating both Hayley (who will be 11) and Neve's (who will be 8) birthdays.  What a great time we had together.

                                          

Hayley wanted to go to the American Girl store for her birthday. My daughter Jill on Blessings of a Stay at Home Mom...blog  will do a blog on their special day.  This picture was taken this morning on our deck after breakfast. Of course they cannot do anything without one of the dogs getting into the picture.

Kathleen and Neve decided bright and early this morning that they wanted to give their Barbie dolls a bath. They suggested giving me an option of either going to the lake, or a  swimming pool  to take the dolls for their bath. Needless to say, my solution was way much simpler.....they could use one of Nana's large old pots with water in it to do the job.!!

Wow ...who would have thought an old pot with water and a bunch of naked Barbie Dolls could be so much fun!!

Well, what can I say... sometimes us Nana's know just the right solutions. :-)

What do you think?.... They look pretty happy.!

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We finally did decide to go to a lake close by. But not for giving Barbie Dolls a bath. We decided their idea about going to the lake was a good idea, so why not take a ride up there.

We saw Canada Geese with their babies along the shores and in the water.

And the girls were on the run. Running free and enjoying every moment.

I would say the girls, mom and dad and nana and pop pop all had a great morning/afternoon.

So what would be the finishing touch on this beautiful day......??

Why.... the opening of the local snowball stand for the season. So off we went for that always special treat this time of the year.

So many decisons to make, so many flavors.  Pop Pop and their dad were taking our orders.

Jerry and Hayley do not like snowballs so they would get ice cream later.

Poor Kathleen , she was so tired and hot she  just had to sit down to wait for the snowball to be made.

Finally after a long wait, (apparently the Hershey's syrup was so thick, that the girl had trouble getting it out of the bottle to put on the snowballs) Kathleen got her chocolate snowball with marshmallow on it.  But along with it she got a little brain freeze.

Poor Baby, half way through she dropped her snowball when she put it in the little cup holder on her chair. She was so sad.!!!

But the nice lady, refilled it for her, and than she was back in the groove.!!

A perfect ending to a wonderful weekend.  But all things come to an end, and when we got back to  our home, they had to pack up and head back home for their long trip.

With the promise to get together again next week to celebrate Neve's birthday.!!!  :-)

Hope everyone had a beautiful weekend. Seems like they are coming closer and closer together, but when it gets here .....it goes way tooooooo quickly.

Take care and enjoy the upcoming week!!

                                          

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Hope everyone has enjoyed this beautiful day and all that has been provided for us.

Mother's Day Weekend....May 13th 2012

Mother's Day Weekend.... May 13th, 2012

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day.  What a beautiful weekend it turned out to be.!

My dear husband bought a cake to be shared with our daughter Kimberly, her husband and our granddaughter Neve. We spent the whole weekend together enjoying the time together.

 

Our daughter Jill and her family were here last weekend, as they could not make it this week. They gave me a beautiful Petunia planter to hang on our deck. And dear Kathleen picked out this bright pink windmill flower that lights up at night. Pink is her favorite color and she  knew I would love it!!

A dear friend gave this beautiful butterfly planter with a plant in it. She knew my story about our butterfly ( that I have written on the previous blog.)  And said when she saw this, she knew it would be the perfect gift to me from her for Mother's day.

My dear husband gave me the Hydrangea plant to later put in the ground. The flowers were so heavy they would not stand up straight.

Our daughter Kimberly gave me this lovely green pitcher vase with a dozen long stemmed white Roses.. And this was the beginning of a very special weekend with each other.

On Saturday she said she was going to take me to a restaurant on the water for lunch. As a child I grew up visiting this area every summer. We took the girls there as they were growing up. We sat right on the deck overlooking the Creek. My husband did not go with us as he was tied up with acres of grass cutting.  He wanted to get it done before the rain that was to come this week.

We enjoyed sitting there and watching the boat traffic going up and down the creek.

They started the meal off with a Crab dip, and a Crab pretzel. I got a cup of Crab soup and my son in -law got a bowl of Creamed of Crab soup.

Kimberly and I order the crab platter. Hers had the garlic mashed potatoes and mine had the Sweet Potato french fries.  We both got fresh asparagus as the vegetable. Delicious!!

Granddaughter Neve decided she wanted Mac and Cheese and a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich!!

Great choice at a Seafood restaurant.!! lol     Look at the size of the dish. Needless to say she took a couple of bites of the peanut butter sandwich and a few spoonfuls of the Mac and cheese.

She was more interested in feeding the fish in the creek with her leftover bread.

Kimberly and I savored our delicious crab cake dinner and Brent enjoyed his Shrimp salad sandwich.  No room for dessert  here, that is for sure!! The brown  looking  stick piece by my fork, is in reality a fried spaghetti . They stuck it in the crab cake as a decoration.

From the restaurant, she decided to take me to a State Park on the water. So off we went, using the GPS ( is that the right word?)  Notice everything is water related. Does she know her momma or what?  :-) 

It was not crowded there, but there were brave people in the water, even though it is the middle of May, and not a very water friendly day. But there are the die hearts out there, that will take any challenge

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Swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and board paddling were some of the things we saw.

Sail boating and wind sailing......

Our Neve was enjoying her time in the sand on the beach. The first time this year.

Than Kimberly and Neve decided to take a few minutes to enjoy laying in the sun.

As you can see we all enjoyed the time at the beach.

Sadly it was time to go as the day was ending.  With the promise of "Let's do this again...when the weather is warmer."

We headed home, to my very tired husband. But he "Took the Time" to sit and listen to our day and share the yummy chocolate Mother's Day cake.

Neve gave the Thumbs Up sign and I couldn't agree with her more heartily. It was a beautiful day.

On Mother's Day, they invited us up to their home for a cookout.  We were around water, as they have a pond off of their deck. So we did not go completely without water the whole weekend.

Hope everyone had the chance to be with family. Or at least have them in thought and  close to their hearts.

Have a wonderful week!