The bees are busy and so are we!!!

Making Memories on Memorial Day

Joe and I went to Spencer so that we could get Mom out of the house for a while on a very beautiful Memorial Day.  Thankfully she was up to it.  Well, as up to it as possible these days.  We headed south on 111.  We dropped off some tomato plants at Glenn's.  Checked the Dumplin Mtn. Road property and were thankful that the county had removed a sofa that someone had dropped there.  (What's wrong with some people)?  After that we stopped at the cemetery where Grandma Moffitt is buried.  Then we drove through the quickly developing Mennonite community on the Brockdell Rd. and on down into the beautiful Sequatchie Valley.   From there, we turned north toward Pikeville.  Once there, we stopped and got lunch to take back to Mom's.  The outing wore her out and she even got a little nauseous on those curvy roads back through the mountains.  I got a little worried about it, but she let me know right quick that it was worth it!

I especially love the second picture.  Mom's eyesight is so bad, but Joe is a great tour guide.  He told her where we were all the time and whose old home place we were passing.  She would then share her memories of the people who used to live - and sometimes still does - in those places.

Kimber

Kimber spent Sunday afternoon with me.  I had to hurry and get these pics before she remembered once again that she was stuck with me.  She really missed her mommy and daddy and brother and sister! 

Graduation

"Mortar boards" I made for the graduates

in my 16-17 year old Sunday School class.

Harrison Hale (2 Associates Degrees from Motlow)

Bryce Caten (WCHS)

Garrett Adams (CCHS)

Graham Pennington (Home School)

Proof!

Joe likes to tell people that he never gets to sit on the back porch and watch the river roll by because his "Honey-Do" list is always too long.  Here is proof positive that that is not always the case :)

Samuel's Blessing Day

Plan A was to get a photo of Samuel in his white clothes.

I settled for this one.

He had to have a change of clothes.

You can guess why.

But oh, look at that sweet face :)

Afterward, back at the Jones house, they treated me to some yummy taco salad and some even yummier homemade coconut ice cream and I shared some wonderfully delicious brownies that I took ;-)

 And then I watched Patrick make two little boys very happy.

 (Joe helped with the blessing, but left after the meeting to get his truck that had been at Matthew's for several months and drive it home.  It was a miserably hot/humid day and there were several storms in the area and he wanted to get the old truck home as soon as possible).

Kyndal's Dance Recital

Mother's Day

Lori's fam came to spend the night on the Saturday before Mother's Day.  They went to church with us the next morning and then we all headed to Mom's to share our lunch with her.  Bryce and his fam met us there.  Don't know what happened, but I only ended up with one pic --

She is listening to the card that Darla sent her.

She could only hear it if she put it right up by her ear.

So sweet.

 What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

I see trees of green,
red roses too.
I see them bloom,
for me and you.
And I think to myself,
what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue,
And clouds of white.
The bright blessed day,
The dark sacred night.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow,
So pretty in the sky.
Are also on the faces,
Of people going by,
I see friends shaking hands.
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you".

I hear babies cry,
I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more,
Than I'll ever know.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.

Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.

Bryce, you're birthday dinner was late - but surely the fruit pizza was worth waiting for :)

Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Hartlages

And the winner is . . .

Orb!

Four Sisters Together

While Carolyn was in TN - she, Agnes, and I went to visit Kathy in Kingsport, TN.  We arrived around noon, and stayed until almost six.  We had a sweet reunion.  I took some old pictures and we spent some time looking at those - and sharing memories.  We did a little decorating in her room and visited and visited and visited.  It was hard to say goodbye.  Time and cancer and pneumonia have and are taking their toll.  We pray for better days, but are so thankful for a Wednesday on the first day of May in the year 2013 that all of us were together - strengthening our sisterhood and creating a very special memory.