Memorial Day

What a beautiful Memorial Day we had.  Warm sunny day.  We started out at the parade in our town which was a lot of fun. Laina and Cooper were both dressed up in their red, white and blue!  Then we came home for the rest of the day and enjoyed a cookout and relaxing in the backyard. Welcome summer!

Hydrangea For Grammy

We planted a beautiful hydrangea for Grammy Liza. There is a blue hydrangea at my parents house and this reminds me of her. Love and miss you Mom!

Mini Golf On Memorial Day Weekend

We started the Memorial Day weekend out with some miniature golfing. It was chilly today but we had a really fun time out there. Of course we enjoyed some ice cream too!

OOB Dance Show

Laina and her dance class were invited to perform in the OOB Dance Show tonight. The girls danced both their ballet and tap numbers which they will be performing next month in the recital. They all did a superb job. I love watching Laina dance. She's so comfortable out there performing in front of everyone. I just love it.

Grampy's Birthday

Grampy came to Maine to celebrate his birthday with us. We enjoyed ice cream pie and of course had a party balloon.  Happy 78th Birthday Grampy! We love you!

Patriotic

I love this picture. I found this piece of paper in Laina's backpack. This is the second time she's written out the Pledge and brought it home. It reminds me of Joe so much - very patriotic. I asked her if she sat and copied the Pledge that is hung up on the wall in her kindergarten room or if she wrote this from memory and she told me she did it from memory.  She said that she wanted to write it out and it was recess time so her teacher let her bring a clipboard and markers outside and she wrote it from memory during recess.  I think that's just awesome for a 5 year old!

A Very Happy Mother's Day!

 

 

Joe and Laina gave me a beautiful Mother's Day.  When Laina woke up, they headed downstairs to get things ready and then called me down where I was showered with gifts from Joe, Laina, Cooper and Max! Laina gave me a bird book so that I can identify all the birds at my feeders.  Cooper and Max gave me not one but two cardinal windchimes!  And that darling husband of mine knows me SO well and got me a whole terabyte of memory to back up all my pictures on! I am so very excited about this. My poor little computer is about to crash from all the large size picture files I have stored on it!  After gifts and relaxing with coffee we all got ready and headed out to Joe's Boathouse for brunch on the marina.  It was so nice! The food was delicious and the water view was wonderful. After that we walked around the marina for a bit then over to Bug Light to look at the lighthouse and enjoy the ocean a bit. Joe brought the tripod and we took a few family pictures for the first time with the new tripod!  Then we headed to Laurel Hill to take these beautiful daffodil pictures before the flowers started to turn for the season.  It was so pretty there. Then we headed home to get Cooper and out for an ice cream later that afternoon.  Then off to the park so Laina could run off the sugar!  Then home and Joe and I had a nice quiet take out dinner after Laina went to bed. What a wonderful day with my two favorite people.  And thank you to my sweet little Laina ~ without you I wouldn't be a Mommy. I love you so much and I'm so lucky to share my life with you!