You know,

as I get older I'm really realizing that life would be simpler if  I didn't put up, and and then have to take down, holiday decorations.   One of these days . . .

Halloween around

our house.

Waiting for trick or treaters.  

Jackson doing the fall cleanup.

Gary replacing the outside electrical sockets

Halloween Fun

Some views I've been enjoying while

sitting in Tiffany's house.

Throwback Tuesday - 4th of July

And this cool video Jared posted on facebook.   It is amazing.

https://www.facebook.com/jared.g.anderson/videos/10158996245400013/

We did!

Happy July

Grateful to be a mother,

and grateful for the mothers in my life.   It's been a wonderful day, with Natalie, Trent, and Gary in the kitchen making a wonderful dinner/breakfast and getting sweet messages from the kids and grandkids.

Right after church we went to Gary and Lynn's, and Natalie sang for Gary.

I did a lot of crying, both listening to Natalie sing sentimental and beautiful songs and seeing Gary so weak.  Yesterday when I delivered the latest version of the history to him, I was feeling encouraged. Today, I'm not.  Through it all he is being so positive.  When I asked if he was too tired to hear any more, he said he never gets tired of hearing Natalie sing, but he is very agitated and was hurting today.

Lynn is amazing through it all.  She has been a caretaker for Chuck and Christine and her brother, Charlie, who had cerebral palsy.  I have been so blessed by Gary and Lynn in my life.  By their examples and by their love.

Easter Egg Hunt 2017

I saw a

saying the other day, in regards to St Patrick's Day.  It said, "Blessed, not Lucky."  That is the way I feel about so many things in my life.  I don't feel lucky, per se, but I definitely do feel blessed.  

I've always loved the irish blessing that goes something like this.   "May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, and until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of your hand."  I have that on a plaque my friend, Barbara, and I made 27 or so years ago.  She painted it and I wrote it in calligraphy.

Like I mentioned, I didn't get out my St. Patricks decorations this year.   But I did make one project that I saw on pinterest.  

  
The website I copied it from didn't have the colored cardstock backing like I have. They just arranged it in the bag.   But, I needed them to keep their shape, so I added it.   I had quite a time finding the rainbow colored twizzlers, as I think everyone else in Happy Valley saw the same pinterest site and bought out the stores.  The gold is Rolo's candy.   My saying that goes with this treat is, "You are the Gold at the end of my Rainbow."  I'm not Irish, but hey, I can still use Irish prose.