Garden tours

I took a Saturday off and went with my friend Wanda to St. Louis to tour some private home gardens.  Oh my!  It was like gardens and homes you see in magazines!

this home would have been my hubby’s favorite and it’s a good thing he didn’t see it .. it’s going to be on the market in a year or so

wonderful garden, beautiful home with huge glass windows that view the entire garden

and of course the wooded area behind the house would be hubby’s favorite

close to all the city has to offer and woods to beat!  the bottom picture is of a hostice that is rare and the only one in the state of Missouri!

it was a great day and I rushed home and got ready and we went to carrollton to watch the demonalation derby that my nephew’s are in .. another great day!!

Happy Father’s Day!

Well it’s been a bit since I last posted on my blog.  We’ve been busy having way to much fun with the grand kids.

Here is Papa and Roo resting after a fun filled weekend

We’ve been to carnivals

We’ve been baking .. Hailey has found that she loves baking brownies as much as she enjoys eating them.  Of course Papa is her baking partner. 

playing yahtzee and Hailey finally got one. she was excited!

Toby loves playing with Roo and Roo loves playing with Toby.  When playing hide and seek, Roo barks and lets Toby know where ever the person is hiding at .. hmmmm .. little tag team there going on

Daddy enjoying father’s day in bed, the kids were excited to give daddy his presents and of course hubby’s best gift was spending it with family.

the kids enjoying the rain water while driving the golf cart through it

Hailey learning to drive!  Oh no .. look out!!

Even though we are not traveling .. we are still living in our home on wheels and enjoying our time with family.  Hope all you father’s out there had a great day!  

Passing of our beloved Dolly

Our beloved Dolly passed away this morning around 8.30 AM.  Her first  5 years of her life were ruff as she spent them living in a very small cage.  Once Dolly came to live with us it took her a bit to get used to not living in a cage.  Below is a picture of her a goat that we raised on a bottle.  We kept the goat in the cage until he was house broken and Dolly always insisted on being in there with him.

Dolly loved life and enjoyed seeing new places.  Dolly was 15 yrs old when she passed on .. so she had 10 good years with us.  I’m so happy that her good years out weighed her bad years.

We buried Dolly with her favorite cover (blue and white snow flakes in above picture) and next to our beloved Lulu, Duke and Dixie, now they all 4 rest in peace together. 

Dolly didn’t like baths as she was so cold natured, she just shivered.  She didn’t have much hair.

Dolly would use her nose to throw her sweeter in the air during the winter .. it was her way of saying “I’m cold, put my sweeter on me)

Dolly loved snuggling with the other dogs and so her final rest place had to be with those she loved.

Dolly you  will be missed and our hearts are sad.  May you rest in peace my sweet sweet Dolly.

update

Wow it’s been over 2 weeks since I’ve checked in with you all.  Where does the time go?  I’m still fighting this sickness and have saw a specialist since I’ve last posted and I still have lots of respiratory problems going on.  I’ve been on very strong antibiotics for almost a month.  It seems my hearing loss and the feeling of having water in my ears may be here to stay with me.  I had to have more testing done and see another specialist on June 4th.

On the grand kids end, we’ve been enjoying our time with them.  They are thrilled to have Papa and Grammy around all the time.  Now that school is out, we look to spend even more time with them.  We are also still dealing with some stressful family issues and not sure when that will be over.

We are at our home base and doing some volunteer work to keep us busy when were not being grandparents.  Lots of our friends have returned from their winter adventures.  Although I have to admit that the weather has been horrible.  It’s either cold, raining and storming or hot.  Hmmm what happened to those spring temps?

Happy Mother’s Day!

Were still sick with this crud and it seems I will be going back to the doctor tomorrow.  My head is still full and I think I have an inner ear infections as well.

I want to send this to all the mother’s out there!

Happy 30th Anniversary!

Today 30 years ago I married the most wonderful man.  Happy Anniversary Honey .. I love you!!  It’s amazing and doesn’t seem that long ago.  We’ve had good times and bad times through out our marriage but it’s still as strong as ever.  We had planned to celebrate our anniversary by taking a trip to Alaska but it just wasn’t meant to be.  Then we thought we’d spend the day together doing something and go out for a nice dinner.  Well that wasn’t meant to be either as we are both sick and we are no longer traveling and being here for our son and grand children.  Sometimes in life you have to make decisions of not what you want to do but what you need to do for your family.  We both agree the trade off is worth it.  Spending time with our family is the best.  We love being able to be close and spend more time with them and today is being spent in bed together as we are both sick .. hmmm

The weather has been horrible, we’ve had lots of rain and cold with a few nice days in between.  I have been sick since returning and just can’t seem get over it so yesterday I finally went to the doctor and got some much needed med’s.  We have been busy being parents, grand parents and just every day lives things.

We’ve been busy

I haven’t posted in a week!  We’ve been busy with many things and yes grand kids are one of them   The weather has been teasing me with a nice day here and there and now it’s back to being cold and raining!  Where O where did the warmth go?  It’s almost May and their calling for snow tonight!  Of course they say the ground is too warm and so it will not be staying but when it’s cold enough for snow .. it’s wayyy to cold for me!! 

Even though our home on wheels is parked we’ve been spending lots of time on the road running back and forth in the car.  Not the kind of miles I enjoy traveling but family comes first. 

A couple of the volunteers here at the campground have arrived and in May several more are due in.  Sure wish the warmth would come and stay with them.

Hope your all doing great and I’m sorry my blog is not entertaining but as you all know we have some issues we are dealing with and sometimes in life we have to stop what we enjoy and do things that we need to do and for us this is one of those times when life throws you a curve and you ride it out.  Of course spending time with family and friends isn’t a bad trade off ..esp .. grand kids!