Good Times

We have been working and playing hard the last few days.

The store where I work had strawberries on sale for
a couple of days so my daughter and I decided we
would make some freezer jam. 

As we worked together I couldn't help but recall the
summer I was married and spending time with my
mother canning and how much fun we had working
together.

Later we all got together to have FHE and
celebrate Cinco de Mayo at my son's home where he
fixed his famous "taco's".  After dinner we took the kids
outside where they added their hand prints to the
lid of the toy box he had restored for me.  I had
asked to have this done as my "Mother's Day" gift.
Ian's name and age (7 1/2) didn't show up very
good.  We may have to redo it.

After we cleaned off the craft paint, Brian surprised the
kids with sparklers.  It was still pretty light outside but
being a school night, we couldn't wait until dark.  The
kids didn't care whether it was light or dark!

It didn't take long for all the neighborhood kids to join
in the fun.  Thankfully, he is always prepared with
extra.

As I was downloading the pictures from my camera, I
thought again of this little saying I had  posted a while
back: "Treasure the moments.  If you don't treasure the
moments, you'll never be able to treasure the memories."

Well, I have certainly treasured these moments we have
shared as a family and I hope the grandkids will treasure
the memories we are making.

Take care,

Nola