Busy days and that's ok...

We celebrated our Granddaughter Avery's 16th birthday on Monday!  She is the sweetest girl and was very happy with her party and all who attended.

Yummilicious strawberry cake and ice cream with some "Happy Birthday singing"

Of course we did a group picture with lots of giggling and silliness.

A picture for my memories...

Last night Marc and I went to my Great Nephew Eli Marshall's baseball game.  I have been wanting to watch him play before he graduates, so I did!  Thanks to Marc for driving me since I don't see too well at night:)

It was a blowout and didn't last too long but I was so happy to be there and get to visit with my Niece Suzanne!

My husband keeps plants alive thru the Winter and this pretty bloom welcomed me this morning.  After a good rain, hi there pretty...  Thank you Marc for taking good care of our plants!

Today is track meet day, busy days but will soon slow down.  Then I will long for busy days again:)  Have a blessed day dear friends, sending HUGS and PRAYERS your way!

Happy 16th Birthday Avery...

Happy 16th Birthday to our Granddaughter AVERY!  What a precious girl she is!  We love you Avery and hope you have a fabulous day!

Don't blink, they grow up so fast.  This picture was many years ago on vacation but one of my favorites.

We go places together and I am thankful for that...

A collection of some of favorite pictures...

Avery and Alex always show their love for me, I am so thankful...

Dinner a couple years ago with these two.  Sisters have a special bond...

This picture hangs on my fridge among many others.  Avery was born the year my Dad passed away!  Sweet Avery and my precious Daddy!

This picture is from many years ago.  My Brother-in-law Jerry aka Poppy perhaps turned 70, so that would make Avery 4.. look at that sweet face bottom left:)

We will recreate this picture tonight!  I love you Avery more than you know.  Can't wait to get that tight hug that you always give me!

Enjoy your day dear friends, sending HUGS and PRAYERS your way.  **I had a really busy weekend but that will be a post for another day!**

Another week in the books...

Last year for my birthday, Tracy and family gave me this gorgeous basket.  It bloomed and bloomed and bloomed.  When cold weather came, it came inside to live in my upstairs bathtub.  Lots of good light and regular watering kept it alive.

Here it is back outside, healthy as ever and I'll be watching for those beautiful red blooms.

I kept this beauty alive too.  (last year's blooms)

It is already budding and will be showing blooms before too long!

We have lots of plants in our woods.  This plant is showing some pretty red blooms and I have no idea what it is.  Mildred would know, gosh I sure miss my friend Mildred:(

This has been a very busy week.  I visited my Tax Lady, caught up with what she has been up to and got my taxes done!  Track meet on Wednesday!  Lunch with my Niece Regina, Sister Cindy and Sister-in-law June at a wonderful little restaurant.  Yummy food and retro decor, I loved it and will certainly go back again!  

Today, I am shopping with my Granddaughter Avery for her birthday gifts for her 16th birthday on Monday!  Girls shopping trip will be fun, Tracy, Avery, Alex and me:)  The weekend is so busy and I am tired just thinking about it:)  Have a blessed day dear friends, sending HUGS and PRAYERS your way!

Catching up again...

Happy FIRST day of SPRING everyone!

The Dogwoods are beginning to bloom, that means Easter isn't far away!

This past week has been a busy one.  Avery, Alex and Timmy had a track meet.  Tracy surprised me with B's sweet face.  We had SO much fun!  All of our track stars did great!

Pa and B talking about something important I am sure:)

We take a wagon load of goodies and when we are done we head off into the sunset!  Marc, Alex and Avery after the meet!

The sunset on our way out, it was gorgeous....

Friday, we made a trip to my Brother Leon and Sister-in-law Becky's for a visit.  Sister Cindy, Sister-in-law June and I battled the bad weather but made it fine!  It was a very nice visit, yummy lunch and SO much special conversation.

Here we are, Cindy, Leon and me:)

Saturday, Brooklyn and Jameson came for the day!  Whew, they kept me moving.  I took a lot of pictures.

They enjoyed the sunshine and being outside...

Sandwiches at the old table saved for many years...

Brooklyn said "let's make a movie theater" and this is what she did.  She arranged the chairs like movie theater seats.

This tricycle... It was their Mama's:)  I asked Marc a few weeks ago to please find it.  AND he did:)  All of the Grandkids loved playing in the driveway and now the Great-grandkids do too:)

Enjoy this beautiful day dear friends, sending HUGS and PRAYERS your way!

My days lately…

Change isn't something I like!  Springing Forward OR Falling back takes me days to get adjusted.  SO, if the bill passes the house there won't be any time changes in the years ahead.  It will stay SPRUNG:)

We spend Thursdays watching Granddaughters Alex and Avery run track.  We love being together watching them.  Austin has been there with us with the exception of last week.  He spent a couple days at the Family's lake house.  He sent a picture via a text message.  He was standing on top of a mountain with this view.  He said it made him think of me.  How special that he thought of me AND sent me this beautiful picture.  I sent it to print and framed it.  They all know how much I love sunrises AND sunsets. :)  Isn't it beautiful!  

My Daughter Tracy's family lost their oldest bulldog this past Friday.  It was a sad time.  We all cried but Munson (Mundog is what I called him) is pain free and scampering around in Heaven.  The other two pups miss him and so does the rest of the family.  I love this special picture that I took years ago at their old house.  It kinda made me think it's what Heaven will look like with SO many beautiful flowers!

Blooms are blooming around my house.  This plant was a transplant gift from a friend several years ago.  I am always excited to see it bud and bloom.

This past weekend was C-O-L-D and we had a roaring fire.  The heat felt so good.  I think it may have been the last fire of the Season.

Saturday I was invited to the ultrasound for my Niece Britani and her fiance Evan's little baby.  It's a boy and they put a BLUE sticker on the wall:)

I framed a picture of sweet little baby Colton James from a previous ultrasound:)  I love him already!

Monday was "VISIT with the Great-Grandbabies day".  I enjoyed playing with them and visiting with my Granddaughter Autumn.  We hung curtains at their new house, made a trip to Walmart and grabbed lunch.  What a nice day!

This is my motto lately.  I have done some things and planned some things!  We went to the Eagles Concert which was a huge check off my bucket list, planned a special trip for my Husband's Birthday in the Fall, planned another concert, bought some new shoes and yes ate some cake.  Life is short...

Have a beautifully blessed day, it's a rainy one here.  I think I will pour another cup of coffee and work on tax prep!  Sending HUGS and PRAYERS your way!

A new day...

A new day!  I spent my Day yesterday honoring my Brother on the one year anniversary of his passing.  My Niece Kelly sent me this picture...  Pretty yellow bells and 4 jonquils was laying on the headstone, 1 for each girl and their Mama.

And I immediately sent her this one.  Yes we were both at Marshall's grave within minutes of each other.  It would have been nice to be there together and get a big hug!  We agreed that in our sadness, it makes us feel better to go there.

I grabbed lunch for June (Marshall's wife) and my Sister Cindy.  June chose what we had and we all enjoyed it.  Cindy sits with June every day, takes her to appointments and is a huge blessing to us all.  While we were eating our lunch, chatting about everything under the sun... a cardinal flew up and sat in the tree outside their big picture window.  It's hard to see but it is there.  That was the 2nd one that I saw yesterday.  One flew across in front of my car just as I was approaching the cemetery.  I smiled and tried really hard to get a picture of the one in the tree...

As always on my way out of the driveway heading home, I stopped to video the windmill.  It was REALLY SPINNING!  I have had a love for that windmill for a long time.  I found a really OLD picture recently of that precious windmill.

Picture from years ago...

Spring is taking a small break for a cold snap Sunday and Monday, then Spring will resume:)  My Daddy always called it a cold snap, so I do too!

It's Thursday, track meet is where we go in the evening.  It is gonna be a bit chilly, so jackets/coats/blankets will be in our wagon.

Enjoy your day dear friends, I cherish your friendships!  Sending HUGS and PRAYERS your way!

1 year... memories are treasures, sharing some of mine...

December 13, 1943-March 9, 2021

One year has gone by and I miss you every day!  When I need advice and you aren't here for me to ask, I always say WWMD.  For instance yesterday, Marc asked me how I got the 40 pound bag of salt from the garage to the pool.  I replied, "I said WWMD, WHAT WOULD MARSHALL DO"!  I thought about how Marshall would tell me to get the TOO HEAVY bag to the pool... I got the hand truck, scooted it over and moved it.  This may not make sense to all of you blog friends, but to my family it will.  Marshall was the wisest, the best story teller and could ALWAYS make me laugh!  He taught me so much over my years!  If I needed advice, I would ask and he would tell me what he would do, how he would do it or how he would solve a problem.  Simple things like when I walk down the stairs... he told me to always put my elbow on the rail if I had things in my hands to keep me from falling (which I did this morning).  When I moved into my house where the bedroom was upstairs, he bought me a rope ladder to hang out the window in case of a fire.  I still have it in my bedroom.  When I made peas for dinner last night, I remembered him saying that he doesn't like to use a slotted spoon because he liked the juice:)  I could go on and on about stories and memories...  But I will stop and share some of my favorite pictures.

This is a picture of YOUNG Marshall.  Isn't he cute?  One of his grandsons looks a lot like him in this picture.  Joseph! 

This is little Theresa with her big brother Marshall:)  Look at him taking care of me so I didn't get hurt:)

Christmas day visitor several years ago... Oh my heart!

And I have SO many pictures of the two of us...  thankful for the years I had with him. After my Dad passed away Marshall and I planted a garden where my Daddy always planted one. I wanted to do it and Marshall said he would help me and he did. 

Sweet brother of mine...  when my little cottage (aka pool house) was built, he and I painted it together. For days he would pull up in his truck, we would listen to the rooster crow and he would tell me stories while teaching me what to do and not do to paint the little house, inside and out. 

Many of the pictures I have are taken in their garage after I visited.  He would always walk me out, he knew I was gonna take a picture and he never complained.

ALL 6 of us siblings...  I miss this group being together. Some day we will be together again, what a day that will be!  We keep moving on in life but there are holes in my heart and life is just different.

Whenever and wherever I saw Marshall, I would say "I love you My Brother" he would always say "I love you My Sister"

One of my favorite pictures of my precious brother many years ago at a family reunion!  Look at that sweet smile!

Marshall would always stop what he was doing to chat or let me take a picture.  Look at his shiny red ‘55 Chevy. He sure loved that car and was so proud that we all loved it too.

I wish I could lay my head on his shoulder right now...

This was on my birthday in 2020.  Marshall would visit and instead of calling to tell me he was there, he would just pull up and blow the horn.  How many times have I heard a horn blow since he passed away and start toward the door...  I would stop, knowing it wasn't him:(

We spent lots of hours together when he was in the hospital and in therapy over the years.  I went most every day, when I would walk in the door he would say... "Girl where have you been".  

This picture was at his Grandson Ross's wedding.  I love this picture and Marshall in that yellow jacket.

The picture of us on Marshall's last birthday in 2020.  He didn't feel too good but gave me a smile and a hug anyway... and posed for this picture that he knew meant so much to his little Sister!

I took this picture as Marshall drove out of the driveway that day when he visited me on my Birthday in 2020.  I can see him in my memory now waving the "Marshall wave".

I made a memory garden in my front yard with a solar cross.  I look out there every night to see it glowing.  My Niece Sonia brought me THREE "yellow bell" plants from her yard last year, each one in memory of my Siblings, Barbara, Marshall and Brenda.  They are showing some green this Spring, thank you Sonia!

I treasure the memories.  I will miss my 3 Siblings all the days that I have left on this Earth.

I love this picture!  Marshall and June!  A match made in Heaven!  Marshall would be SO proud of June and his girls, I know I am. 

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This post was mostly for me but you are welcome to read.  I lost both my Parents and 3 siblings, grief is painful and while the pain dulls, it never goes away.  

Have a blessed day dear friends, sending HUGS and PRAYERS your way!