A Sunday Afternoon with the Quads and a Monday Afternoon in the YARD!!

It has been a GLORIOUS day here in the DFW area of North Texas today!!!

I got with it and did my housework as quickly as possible before I put on my Shape Ups (thank you, Nita, for these shoes! I am STILL wearing them!) and snapped Lucy in her leash and we were off for a walk!

I have been walking along the 1.7 miles of sidewalk in our neighborhood for 48 years now.

This morning I could hear children laughing and birds singing. It is spring break here this week.

The mockingbird is the State Bird of Texas and my very favorite!!

I love to count the number of songs a bird sings!

Louis Dean worked on getting his truck in shape for this weekend. We are going down to his son's ranch and we can NOT wait!! Spring in the COUNTRY is an awesome experience and we hope to spend a lot of time down there before the summer heats up! While he did HIS work - I did mine! A lot of trimming shrubs and pulling up the Asian Jasmine that threatens to cover EVERYTHING around here!

My last 'chore' of the day was to cut Louis Dean down to size!

You can SEE just how happy he is about that!!

We spent Sunday afternoon with the GRAND quads!

We arrived just after they went down for their naps so we had a chance to rest ourselves before they got up.

That Trystan is someone SPECIAL!!

They nearly ALWAYS wake up HAPPY!

They are growing by leaps and bounds!

Logan looks like she is FIVE!

I LOVE Harrison's Texas twang when he says, "HI!!!"

And Logan has THE best laugh!!

Granddad is introducing them to the guitar - among other instruments!

Notice where Kailey is sitting! Her favorite spot! RIGHT by GRANDDAD!

They already know to treat even the case gently.

My FAVORITE moment of Sunday evening.......

listening to MY daughter read to HER children!

It doesn't get any better than this!!

A Satisfying Saturday!

I love this kind of Saturday! I didn't even open the bedroom door until after 11:00! AND I took a nap this afternoon!! Guess I am catching up on my sleep! We are having some major repairs done to our central heating and air. Our fellow was already in the attic working long before I got up and didn't quit until 8:00 this evening. It is NEARLY a done deal! God has a way of putting the right people in our lives at just the right time and we are so grateful for Joe! He's the neighbor who ended up being a distant cousin of mine!

Louis Dean put HIS work clothes on and started to level the lawn house. 

(Note - this is the side of the yard where Sanford and Son live!)

This was once Amber and Ben's playhouse and fort and now holds our lawn equipment and storage.

He finished it and we can now open and close the lawn house door!

Slowly but surely we are getting our act together and taking care of our property!

I spent some time fluffing the gazebo.

It's not 'decorated' but is more like a lake house where you use whatever you AREN'T using in the main house! It's like having another room actually. We have a beverage fridge where Louis Dean can reach over and get a Shiner Bock or a bottle of water. A microwave if he wants to heat something up and even a coffee pot which we use in the spring and early summer. The gazebo now sports new net screens and canopy and I hung strands of new white lights! The big checker cloth and huge checker pieces are out and ready to play!

We do love our gazebo and the time we get to spend in it!

In this my 65th year of life I am making a denim quilt - for ME!

Of the dozens and dozens of quilts I have made over the years I have never kept ONE!

I started this one back in September when I had my birthday and I hope to finish it this spring.

I want it to be an interesting eclectic quilt with a lot of charm. I'm using mostly my own recycled denim - skirts, vests, jumpers and lots of lace and trims.

It has been a satisfying Saturday and I have loved every minute of it!

Time With Mother and an Evening in the Gazebo.....

If it's FRIDAY then that means I am spending time with my Mother!

I take our picture every week because I just don't know how much time we have left to be together.

Mother is 87 years old (I think! I am always confused as to her age!) She's in good health but she IS getting up in years and with her recent fall she is using a walker.

This is a picture Deanie took this week after she fixed a basket for her walker.

Now Mother can carry things from room to room.

Good JOB, Deanie!!!

You do SO much for Mother!!!

Our restaurant of choice was once again IHOP - this time at Louis Dean's request!

Just a few weeks ago he pitched a fit about NOT wanting to eat there!! Go figure!

Mother wears magnetic jewelry and she tends to pick up flatware from time to time!!

Louis Dean let her wear his polarized sun glasses on the way home.

If you look through the tinted windows you can see rainbows!

This is all it takes to keep older people entertained!

When we get in the car and LD puts on his glasses he says, "Oh, here come those rainbows again!"

We stopped by to visit Deanie after we left Mother's.

Louis Dean gets the biggest kick out of her!!

They have been close ever since May 2 years ago when Amber gave birth to the quadruplets and Deanie drove down to Houston to see her and the babies the very day they were born!

Louis Dean rode home with Deanie a day or two later while I stayed on awhile to be with Amber as she recovered. They had a BLAST driving the 4 or 5 hours home! I think they like to push each other's buttons!

Deanie knows what kind of music Louis Dean likes and she played The Handsome Family's music from the series True Detectives. He LOVED it!!

When we got home this afternoon we each changed into our work clothes and started on our projects.

Louis Dean is working in the area that looks like Sanford and Son while I worked on the gazebo - hanging up the screens and cleaning it up in general.

Louis Dean made his own dinner. Sandwiches made with leftover meat loaf and scalloped potatoes with slices of red onion. I passed on that one!

We had our evening wine in the gazebo while huddled under warm blankets!

It is a little nippy out there but the curtains blocked some of the wind.

I can't count how many hours we have spent in the gazebo over the years.

We are coming up on our 9th wedding anniversary this June! That is so hard to believe.

I decided to write my blog post out here tonight.

It's been a GOOD Friday!