Big Birthday Party

 What a birthday party this was!! Mommy and Daddy (and grandmothers) were getting the balloons all set  up to go outside!!!

They already had the inflatable bounce house/slide set up before we got there!! (And the kids loved it!!) Even though it was a 'hot' day, they didn't seem to mind!! 

 

Here are their cakes.. Lorelai was 6 and Maggie Sue was 2!! I'm sorry I didn't get a very good picture of the cake (to the left) that their Meme had made and decorated!!! (So...cute!!!)

 

Their cousin Eden and

twin sister Ivy were there too, to help the girls celebrate their day!!

Here were most of their friends at the kids table, eating lunch!!

I made a Dorito Chicken Salad, it was big enough to feed a crowd..(which was great, since there was a crowd...ha! ha!) If you would like to see or make it just click here. It says it only takes 15 minutes...for some maybe. But for me, it took a wee bit longer. ha!!

 

Here was grandpa, with some of his grandbabies watching the boats go up the river...

And then there was uncle John, showing Maggie Sue how to shoot a can of string at grandma!! ha! ha!

The rest of the kids were also having fun with the can string...

Here's Lorelai, one of the birthday girls enjoying a snack...

And the other birthday girl having a sucker!!!

Opening their gifts...

First Maggie got some princess high heels...

 And then...off with the heels and on with some new slip on shoes!! Shes going to be a shoe lady one day, I can see that right now...smile..

 

How has your day been?? Mine was good, even though it was overcast all day...but as the day ended the sun broke through and I had to smile..

 

Bye for now...Gert

 

High Temps, Journaling and more...

Here was our sunrise yesterday morning..the 16th. Beautiful as always. As the day progressed our temperatures rose..to an almost record high of 65 degrees.

This was the sun setting...after a gorgeous 65 degree temperature high!! No one could believe this for February in Iowa!!!

So, I decided to get out and take a short walk! At first I tried to have Rusty come with me. But he just got all tangled up in my walker..sad... I felt so bad, as I know he loves to walk. But since he isn't able to very often, he just can't control himself... Like a kid going to Grandma's...lets go...hurry up!!! (since I was taking these selfies and looking into the sun..I certainly wasn't smiling...lol)

 

I always love taking a picture of the shadows.. Don't I look tall and skinny with a little head...lol

 

Do any of you journal?? My daughter sent this to me for my birthday. I had been trying to figure something like this out. I was about to order the ARC system from Staples, when this came in the mail... (her and I are way too connected...even though we live miles and miles apart!)  This is not a spiral book per say. Those are disc, thus letting a person put in and take out pages and move them around. Sometimes, if I have lots going on in a day, and there isn't enough space to write everything down, I can add another page in the middle of a week. Really cool... I actually did order some files for the back, where I can have one on my health, on Rusty, or on the house, maintenance upkeep etc. I am so excited, as I had a calendar, a journal, books for maintenance etc.... Now everything is in one book!! And each year, you can get new pages. A lot of people use all those cute stickers that are in the first picture. I will show you more one day!!! Let me know if you do this and how you like it!!t

 

Today was another beautiful day, with a high of 66 and very little wind. People were all out walking, lots of dogs...and you could smell them grilling... I so miss my Tom. He could have handled Rusty (and me) as he always made sure I was okay and didn't go too far. I could almost feel his presence yesterday...like his spirit was with me.. Oh yes, and the grilling...no one could grill like he could..smile.. Aren't we blessed to have memories??

 

My son, had some laser surgeries today at the burn center, on his scars. Prayers that they heal well and he won't need too many more would be greatly appreciated.

 

Blessings and I will write more another day...