Hello dear Friends of my heart!
First of all I need to sing out 🎵🎶 Happy Birthday to You🎵🎶 to my sweet Annie boo!! I can't believe this little Pumpkin (& the baby of our family) is 20 years old today. Please hold me. 😢 I need time to slow down!!
But I'm so proud of this young amazing woman and all that she is working towards. I'm especially proud of the wonderful kind, smart, sweet, genuine human she has become. I pray God's blessings over her everyday. 🎂🎉
Did you have a good weekend Friends? Did you celebrate Mother's Day?
We had a multiple celebration here this weekend. We had my kiddos over and Jill (my son's partner - Annie's bf is in FL), and my Mom and step Dad over. We celebrated Annie's birthday and my step Dad's birthday (his is the 13th) and Mother's Day.
Matt BBQ'd burgers and I made sides and the cake Annie requested so we had cake and ice cream as well. It was so wonderful having the kiddos around all weekend to play games and visit and catch up on their lives. And to honor my Mom & step Dad too. And of course I'm so happy my Annie is home for the summer! 💗
I had a lovely Mother's Day too and felt so loved and spoiled. Matt and the kids gave me the most beautiful and touching cards (they always make me cry) and gifts. And the sun came out later in the day and we sat out on the deck and soaked it up. And just a little after we came back in the house some baby bears were running around in our back yard! (pics below)
It was a great weekend as we also went out to dinner one night with Annie, went to church Saturday evening, and then the wonderful family time. It doesn't get better. And now it looks like warm weather is finally going to be in our forecast and I can feel summer in the air.
Life is good!🙏🏻
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
iced protein coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
spectrum here again as still having some modem or cable lines issues, hospice meeting for education updates, folks coming to give estimates for bathroom reno we are going to do, hang out with my Annie :)
errands, hospice work
THINKING ABOUT:
how close it's getting to where I can go pick out flowers and what I want to plant in my little veggie garden - yay!!
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:
When my daughter likes to pamper me - like she did this weekend when she did a gel polish job on my nails with a curing light. They turned out so cute...and she used a little tool to make those little summer oranges!
CURRENTLY READING
I received a fun romance book for Mother's Day from Aaron's sweet Jill and I'm excited to dive into that next!
But in between I've been reading
The Waiting Place by Eileen Button as well. I just read a chapter a day as almost extra devotional time. It's a group of essays and it's great food for thought and uplifting.
ON THE TV TODAY:
Jeopardy, old seasons of big brother & the office, Survivor, Outlander, Ghosts, Love on the Spectrum (need to finish it)
Matt and I need to go back and finish The Last Kingdom series
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - leftovers (spending part of the day with Annie but she's doing her bday tonight with her dad)
TUESDAY - cardamom french toast (Annie fave) and fruit, bacon
WEDNESDAY - pasta, garlic bread, salad (another Annie fave)
THURSDAY - maybe leftovers?
FRIDAY - out for dinner?
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
read in the sun, hang with Annie, craft
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
*This is the company that I was talking about when I shared that I had Matt's wedding ring made with materials I picked out. His was made with Koa wood (sacred to Hawaii a place Matt loves so much), and fishing line and gold to match my ring.
The company started because a husband and wife started it after they did something unique for his wedding band to represent his likes and they got so many comments from people they knew they were on to something. So they decided to start their own company so others could have what they wanted too. You could have car parts, typewriter parts, deer antler - almost anything you can think of that would represent your partner you can pick. They have women's rings too and standard designs not just men's. And you can pick the metal materials too.
FROM THE CAMERA:
Scenes from a family celebration. There isn't pics of my son because he doesn't always cooperate about them. Lol
My kids always pick out what cake they want me to make. Annie picked a homemade lime cake (I used real lime juice and zest so I added a little food coloring to make it more green) and homemade strawberry buttercream icing. It turned out really well and everyone loved it. It was really tasty. (I'm always so happy when it turns out! Lol)
I had found a "hello twenty" sign in rose gold and planned the cake decorations around it. Annie collects sonny angel figures and I put a birthday one on the cake and a gold "20" along with spring flowers and butterflies. She told me she loved it so much and was the prettiest cake ever - so I know I did my job well. :) 💗
cake and vanilla bean ice cream (does it get better?😋)
I hope all of her wishes come true!
PRAYER LIST:
For an end to the conflicts all over the world and anyone living in war & fear, especially everything going on in the middle east right now. For peace and unity in this country, especially from hate and shootings or violence. For anyone sick, suffering, in pain, fear, loneliness etc ... that God bring them comfort and peace. For healing for Matt's knee. For my in-law's safe travels as they head to the lake from AZ.
For the Lord's love and peace to fill 2026. ❤️
For Christ's Light and Love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way to loving our neighbors as ourselves. 🙏🏻