Happy Fathers Day

I have been blessed with a wonderful husband, who became an extra special father and grand father, and gr. grandfather! Word cannot express my gratitude. He has stepped up to the plate in so many ways. Kind hearted, a push over, and an extremely hard worker.

I believe our kids would call him strict, (even mean) but never an absent dad. The few times the Army sent him away, he still was there in our hearts. Never being selfish of time and of being so very proud of accomplishments of his kids.

He hates having his picture taken, so we sneak up on him. I went through our pictures, and selected a few that we caught, that he actually wasn't trying to hide his face. I wanted to show you all what Sarah had made for her Dad. She gave it to him in May, we framed the mini quilt of his Army patches and one she had made for our anniversary, also included one of his passions, Fishing! And one of his proudest moments, The wedding of our daughter, Sarah.

We are so blessed..........Thanks for being a special DAD.

PICTURES FOR THE PREVIOUS POST

bottom pics, me with Gracie.........top 2, our garden, caladiums.....1st water lilly blossom

Middle 2; farmers market, myself with Adam

Too long to wait!!!

Sorry about the long delay between blogs. Been experiencing computer problems, now fixed, and laziness/face book games etc. I guess that those excuses will have to do, don't want to bore you with other lame details.
We have a new gr. granddaughter!!! Gracie Nicole Griffith and of course a real beauty!! She came into this world while we were in Dallas/Ft. Worth. We got to see her the next day..........See pictures here...some where in this blog.
I will begin with a wonderful day with our kids at the Dallas Farmers Market. That is one place we wish we lived closer too. But once or twice a year will have to suffice. We got some new Caladiums for our shade garden and tons of vegetables (a little less than that.....a whole lot less........) Our favorite, elotes or corn in a cup, Yummy!!! we can get it other places, but at the market tastes better!!! After the market, we went back to Ft. Worth for a late lunch with Adam, our son.
I guess we upset Sarah and her hubby, not intentionally of course, by not staying at the market to have lunch with them, but we weren't hungry at that time. I hope she didn' stay upset for long! (Bye the way, she didn't.) The next day Carol planted the caladiums and they really look wonderful. Also see pics of them here.
I am going to try 'borrowing'some of the pictures from Adam he had taken at the marekt......he got all 'artsy' on us, nice pics. Those will appear on the next blog, (I still have to move the pics from one place to another then post!!WHEW) Now having problems bringing up pictures,,,,,,,,,,Rats!!!

busy, but wet Saturday

Saturday, we went to the LILY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL in Cedar Park. The Hill Country Water Gardens has it every year. We became fans last year! They really do a bang up job. Big sales, good food and entertainment. This year we looked forward to it even more. Instead we woke up to drizzle and drove down during a driving rain. It eased off quite a bit and we were relieved, even stopping off at a few garage sales on the way. We arrived just as it opened, and quickly found some bog plants we wanted, buy one, get one free! Just as we started to the cash register, it started to rain, then pour down rain! Ugh!!!! I had gotten one of the wheeled walkers with a built in seat, (which I had resisted, but now love) so I could get around easier with out feeling I would trip or stumble, so was looking forward to the whole day.. After an hour of rain, both heavy and light, we gave up! Terribly dissappointed to be sure. I was looking forward to taking picture of the place but got just 2. Beautiful ponds, fountains, containers of all sizes and shapes (and i wanted them all) Hubby surprised me with an orange hibiscus, Mohers day gift he says.

Hope you can see in the pics. This week is supposed to rain most of the days this week, the yard will love it, so will the water bill! So we have some indoor projects in mind, just in case...........Texas weather is so darn unpredictable!! Even the forcasters don't know for sure

Random pics of our garden

Top: mini rose we have 2 this color,one red

one of my attempts to take a good picture of one of the pretty Iris

one that got kinda washed out

pretty bouganvilla's

pond area
rock enclosure Carol built, daughter complained didn't show well in previous blog@

MORE GARDENING

SPRING MEANS MORE PLANTING AND WORK!!!! Poor hubby has had his hands full this year, fortunatly, he loves it. I am showing some of the work, such a a new bed, new plantings, etc. The yard is truly looking good......... OF COURSE, WE WENT SHOPPING TODAY AND BOUGHT MORE SHRUBS TO PUT IN THE BARE SPOTS, NO PICTURES YET.....

Busy week!

First of all, we need to thank our son an DIL for the wonderful Easter Dinner!! Terrific Turkey with all the trimmings, believe me, it was great! the 3 grands, hubby's, great grands and 2 of grand sons friends from college. The great grandbabies are so very sweet and cute! Pics show it all!

The little blonde is Shelby, rabbit ears, is Annalise. Their Nana, took time to set up a sandbox with water for them on the front porch, They had a ball searching for seashells in the sand. They also had an egg hunt...............too much fun!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!

This Easter we will be going to my son and daughter in laws for dinner. How nice to be going! In Easter pasts we usually host, we have even had big picnics and egg hunts at the lake. Times change,(unfortunatly) so has the weather it seems. Last year it was a snow fall, this year they are calling for rain storms (which we can use, and need). I guess we have to wait one more year for better egg hunting, Gr. Grands will enjoy it more too.

Our dog Trouble even got into the spirit, showing us how good he would look in a basket with grass.

too bad I didn't have some plastic eggs handy!!

We continue to plant more flowers, needless to say we still have a few more places............lol Hubby digs and plants in the ground, I do the containers. Cipriano has given me caladium bulbs for my birthday, had planned to plant them the last of March, but fortunatly we waited since we had several frosts. Today we went shopping for more to plant, petunias, impatients and some coleus. They were put in front of the caladiums. I think they will look good. I planted the petunias in containers. All will be very showy this late spring and summer.

I guess I will have to get more creative about picture taking, Our yard is big!!! after the rain, we should have more warm weather, and I will atempt more.

Everyone have safe and blessed Easter.

A side benefit of the previous post!

Because of finally getting some of our kids together, was, being able to get them to actually pose (somewhat) for a picture. Taa Taa............... I actually got this picture just before my camera battery died! In case you don't know, Adam is on the left, Carol, our eldest in the middle and Sarah on the right. Handsome family, huh? ONE OF THESE DAYS , IF GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS, ALL OF OUR KIDS WILL GET TOGETHER FOR A FAMILY PORTRAIT............

Happy 30th Anniversary to Carol and Becky!!!

Yesterday, the 5th, our Grand children had a special party for their Dad and Mom. Many came to celebrate with them, including Sarah and her husband and Adam. Becky's Dad and Step Mother, and her brother Steve. Jessica did the most work getting everthing set up, since Jennifer is very pregnant and Justin lives farther away. It really was a great time for every one. The highlight of the party was a slide presentation of the 30 years of their marriage. Jessica did a wonderful job doing it. Check out the pictures. One of the nicest times we have had! Congrats to Jessica for a very nice celebration and to our BABY and his BRIDE!