Spring~Cottage~30th Anniversary~Mother's Day~Gardening

 Here are a few pics I took while we were at our cottage! 

The weather was beautiful, temps in the 60's and 70's. 

Tucker and Charlie

Dan and I celebrated our 30th anniversary while we were up there. Our anniversary was on Sunday, May 15.  Same day as Mother's Day! Since it was Mother's Day weekend, we went out for a nice dinner Friday evening at Antler's Fireside Grill . SO good! 

Fettuccini Alfredo
House made parmesan alfredo sauce with fettuccini noodles

 and shaved asparagus. With scallops.

Salmon Oscar
Grilled salmon, lump crab, bearnaise sauce, rice pilaf, and green beans.

Cherry Cobbler
Michigan sweet cherries infused with bourbon, topped with a sweet crust, 

and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Mother's Day I talked to all of my kids and a few of the grandkids. 

It was a nice, relaxing day. 

Of course, I was especially missing my mom on Mother's Day. 

This is the third Mother's Day without her. 

I am back home for a few days. 

 Babysitting for some of the grandkids a couple days this week. 

I plan on working in my rock garden on Saturday, sprucing it up a bit! 

Be blessed!

Cops & Doughnuts

If you ever get the chance to visit 

Cops & Doughnuts, you need to go! 

You are in for a treat! 

Well, you are in for lots of treats! 

Mom, Rosie and I took a drive there recently. 

We had the best time!

We each picked out a few doughnuts to bring home. 

These boxes were not full!

xo

pam

I'm back...with Christmas family pics

I have been thinking and thinking about getting back into blogging again. So, here I am at my old blog, my favorite, Splashes of  Joy. I haven't used this blog since early 2015.  The links to my other blogs are listed down on the right side of this page.  I will keep the links there for reference.
 I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a blessed and fun time with family.  Many of our family, including some of the kids and grandkids were out of town this year, but it was still very nice day!

Sharing some pics of our grandkids, taken during the Christmas holiday.

This is Finn! 

 Here is Everett! 

This is Rixci

And...

Colton and Braedon!

Our Florida family

So glad we were able to get some four generation pics.

Mom, me, Everett, Kelly and Rixci

Christmas Day pics 

my brothers and one of my nephews

Mom with some of her grandchildren

Mom with her children and spouses.  

 Just my sister Lori is missing, she lives in Texas now.

Guess who?  lol

I will blog again soon, I mean it this time! 

Happy Birthday To My Mom

Happy Birthday to my awesome Mom!

 

 Ten Things About My Mom

1. She loves the Lord

2. She loves my Dad

    3. She loves our family

      4 She loves her friends   

5. She is kind

6. She is funny

7. She is wise

8. She is friendly

9. She is generous

10. She makes the best homemade macaroni & cheese

And oh yes...She really loves the Detroit Tigers

Have a great weekend!

 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Here is Mom and I at the Mother's Day Dinner at church Thursday evening.

xoxox

That Time Again!

Almost time for our annual get away to Mackinac Island, staying at the Grand Hotel, for the Celebrate Your Marriage Conference!  We look foward to this every year and each year we have more friends and family coming as well!

I will tons of pics, as always when we return!

This afternoon I am going to a ladies lunch with my Mom and my sister, Lori. The lunch is at The Mainstreet Stable and Tavern. 

Really looking forward to it! They have great food and the atmosphere is very cozy.

I had a very nice Mother's Day.  After church we went for dinner with my parents and my brother Tim, his wife Jen and her mother, Betty.

Tim, me and Mom. He usually doesn't look this serious! lol

Ok, we should have moved the take out bag.

mother & daughter :)

We had a visitor, Avery, Sunday through Wednesday, while her parents were out of town.

She was so much fun!

All three of my sons called me on Mother's Day, that was lovely.

Youngest son, Chris came for a visit yesterday, spent the day, took us for lunch. He gave me some gorgeous jewelry for Mother's Day!

Take care everyone, have a joyful weekend!

~hugs~