Ila’s Birthday Tea Party

"Mom, can I have a Tea Party for my Birthday?"

 

Ila May was turning 11 and 

Kimmy wanted to make it fun and special.

Kimmy then called her mother in-law, who is a Picker.

Mema collected everything for this Tea Party.

 

When each girl arrived, she recieved gloves, pearls to wear, plus, and a tea cup to use and take home.

The food table was full of goodies.

Kimmy and Ila May.

Each place setting was colorfully coordinated and

perfectly set.

The inside of the tent was fitted with a chandelier and 

lace curtians that flowed in the wind.

All the girls were thrilled to be at a real Tea Party.

 Mema, IlaMay and me.

My absolute, favorite picture of Ila May,

waiting for her friends to arrive

before her Tea Party.

"For I know the plans I have for you,"  delclares the Lord, "plans to prosper you, not to harm you, plan to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

 

Girl Dates

Girl Date #1

🌸🌷🌸🌷   Lulu    🌸🌷🌸🌷

Our favorite radio station has a "Name Contest".

They asked for a family member who has an unique name.

Well, I jumped on the phone and told them my grand daughter's name is Lulu!

And guess what? 

I WON!

 The prize was Lunch For Two!

Lulu and I were so excited to spend 

the afternoon together, doing girly things, like lunch, shopping and 

then ending our Girl Date with a hot beverage.

We started with a salad and bread stick.

Then came the 

two different kinds of Vegetarian pizzas.

Personal sizes.

As you can see, it was delicious.

With the top down, we turned up the music,

and went SHOPPING!

We laughed and giggles so hard, our cheeks hurt.

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Lulu did a blog post on our date.

Check out her post!

click HERE!

 

Girl Date #2

💗💕💗💕  Ila May  💗💕💗💕

Ila May came over and spent the DAY with me.

Tom was out of town, so this was defiantly a 

girls day together.

We started out by getting out all of my Thanksgiving Pilgrims.

Always a lot of fun to play with.

After playing, Ila arranged them around the house.

Next she dressed up!

Then it was craft time.

She got out my basket full 

of all kinds of fun things.

Now I have an Angel for the top of my 

Christmas tree!

We couldn't forget about Banjo!

There is a huge field that they

ran around in!

We ended the day with a 

Tea Party.

 Ila May went around collecting all kinds of items 

to use for decorating the table.

The coffee table was set amazingly beautiful!

She used jewelry, porcelain dolls. fans, flowers, dollies and candles in champagne glasses.

I'm giving Thanks to God for he is good.

What a blessing to have spent time, 

one on one with

my grand daughters.

You should see my face!

It has a HUGE smile on it.

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"May He grant you your heart's desire And fulfill all your counsel."

Psalm 20:4

 

 

Who Are You Going To Call?

Gusts of winds blew through our area!

In the aftermath, garbage cans tipped over,

bunches of leaves blown into corners and our flag got tangled up 

at the top of the pole.

How do you undo a flag that is wrapped around an eagle 

without breaking something?

You call the local fire department!

They came right on time with their 

huge truck, with it's long ladder.

Nampa Fire Department 

to the rescue!!

The Captain helped Tom hoist our 

brand new American Flag.

They were very gracious when I asked 

for a picture! 

(Why do they look so young?)

Off they went.

Just another day at the office.

What next, a cat up a tree?

OH!!

They didn't leave empty handed.

Homemade Banana Bread, 

still warm out of the oven.

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

The other night Lulu came over and spent the night.

Lulu loves to "play" with my tea sets and cups.

Below, she is holding her favorite tea cup.

It's the one Kimmy gave me.

Banjo and Lulu were inseparable!  

🏉 🐾 🏉 🐾 🏉 🐾 🏉 🐾 🏉 🐾 🏉

I went shopping the other day 

and I got a phone call.

I usually, head to the pet isle, 

where there aren't a lot of customers.

A great place to talk without distributing 

anyone else.

But now that we have a DOG...

not such a good idea!

Banjo got some new toys.

Oh well, Super Bowl Sunday was coming up 

and Banjo was going to be ready!

Touch Down!

He didn't do a victory dance.

He just sat there.

He ate most of his dinner...

But who leaves just ONE nugget of food, 

in the middle of the bowl?

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"But by the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such things there is no law."

Galatians 5:22-23

Tea Anyone?

Our quaint, little town has it's very own 

Tea Room!

We have been excited to see it close up.

So we got dressed up for Tea and...

Kimmy, Lulu, Ila May and I

had lunch there.

We each picked out a fancy tea cup for our tea.

The Tea Room was whimsical and very feminine.

Just perfect for some of us who had never been to a Tea Room.

Ila May even had the proper pose for drinking tea.

I'm sure Lulu gave her a few lessons before going.

Lulu is a loving and caring big sister and

watches over Ila.

 First tea...
then after a delicious lunch,
and afterward lunch,
dessert!

Ahhh...

💗   my girls!   💗

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For Mother's Day,

I received flowers from a very special 

friend.

I've never had flowers delivered to me before.

What a treat!

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"Behold, let us love one another, for love is from God, and who ever loves had been born of God and know God."

1 John 4:7

MIA... but With Good Reason

Big Kids Overnight.

Levi and I dressed alike, not planned!

Teaching Lulu to do Cross-stitch.

Building towers with colorful, plastic cups 

and watching them fall.

Levi got called on the carpet for bugging his sister and 

jumping on the couch!

Do you think he took me seriously?

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Tom and me with five of our grandchildren

We all went together for a day trip

 to Baker City, Oregon.

It's about a two hour drive, north of Boise.

We went to see the

National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center

(http://www.trailtenders.org/)

It's a hands-on museum and the kids

had so much fun. They even got to play inside a

wagon and dressed up as pioneers.  

What a great museum!

Anything you wanted to know

 about the Oregon Trail, you can learn there!

Did you know that the wagons weren't pulled by horses?

They used Oxen because the Oxen will eat anything!

Oh look, it's a Pioneer family...

NO wait a minute!!

They didn't wear tennis shoes back then!

Or did they?

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Valentine's Day Party

Every Tuesday, we have the Kimmy's family 

over to our home, for a dinner.

Just so happened, Valentine's Day landed on

a Tuesday!

Kimmy made us a sugar free, fat free

dessert, that was so yummy!

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The day after the party, Tom and I headed over to Seattle.

We thought it was going to be smooth sailing, 

because of all the snow that melted.

NOPE!

Our 8.5 hour drive, took 10 hours 

because of fog, black ice and snow.

But well worth it !

Look at how big Trey and Scarlett are getting!

(Our son, Todd and Stephanie's children)

 Trey is four and Scarlett is one.

 We were so busy.

First off were swim lessons!

Trey is like a fish in water.

Then we celebrated Tom's 65th birthday.

The kids were amazed at Tom's singing ability,

or scared ! 

First time bowling for Trey 

and he beat me!

The kids were amazed at how the ball 

just shoots back up to the rack!

And of course we snuggled and laughed a lot.

Miss you guys!

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When you visit Seattle on a beautiful day, there is

nothing like a ferry boat ride.

We rode a ferry to visit my

 ninety one year old,  Aunt Bobbie.

I don't think Tom even noticed he was the only

man in the Tea Room that day. 

 What a guy! I'm blessed!

The ride back was just as beautiful!

Seattle, 

my old hometown!

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"He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong."

Titus 1:9