Mother's Day Weekend....

It's been such a good weekend!

I worked in the gardens and house and spent some time in the kitchen preparing a good meal for Saturday night. Ilene came down for drinks, dinner and a movie!

Our cocktail was really good.

I found a bottle of lemon wine --only 5% alcohol-- and added lemonade--which made the drink only 2.5% alcohol-- and it was delicious! I added mint sprigs and lemon slices for garnish and used two dainty stemmed glasses with flowers painted on them.

Ilene and I took our drinks out and sat at the driveway table and chatted.

Oh, the blessings of visiting with a friend.

I pray I never take my friends for granted and I thank God for each one of you.

Some are neighbors and some are ones I've gathered through life and some are family while others are like family and all my loved ones in our Blog community. 

Dinner was street tacos, beans, homemade Spanish rice, pepper poppers and homemade guacamole with chips. Dessert was Cinnamon Churros.

Ilene picked out our movie and it was such a GOOD one!

We had a lovely evening in the den while Louis Dean occupied himself in his music room.

At this point, he can't stay focused for a long period of time. Maybe 15-30 minutes?

However, he can entertain himself in his room or in his workshop area for hours and hours.

The key to our life right now is to keep him engaged with whatever he's interested in - music, projects, repairs....whatever! Louis Dean is still a happy and charming man! Sometimes he is brilliant and othetimes he doesn't have a clue about what is going on.

Right now he is focused on getting batteries for his pocket watch and his wrist watch.

I'm dragging my feet because I know the Battery Plus place we usually go to for things like that had a fire and I think it's closed to rebuild.

Things are changing and I must keep changing with them.

Sometimes I seem to be lost in grief over the 'disappearance' of the man I love.

And then I realize what a blessing it is to still have him in my life.

At night, I stretch my feet over to his side of the bed and give thanks that I can touch his leg with my foot and hug his back.

Then he turns over towards me and rubs my neck and shoulders as I drift back to sleep.

I admit that he is losing ground.

He needs a cane most of the time now.

He can't keep even two thoughts in his mind and is confused about what he is supposed to be doing.

That's where I come in - giving him direction, encouragemt and purpose.

God has a purpose for both Louis Dean and me.

We wobble now and then, stumble some but we keep going and will continue as long as God gives us life here on earth.

Mother's Day morning I took my first cup of coffee outside to pray, praise and meditate as I walked around the gardens.

The trumpet vines are blooming!!

This is the view under the trumpet vines.

Louis Dean built an arbor several years ago using vintage bedsprings from an old family home.

The arbor makes a shady place for plants.

This herb garden is in front of the arbor and is thriving..

Love having the asparagus! It's in its fourth year and has survived being stepped on numerous times by you know you! It is a survivor!

Our back pond and I love it and so do the birds.

English ivy from my son, Jesse's, first home.

Doesn't everyone decorate their faucets?? I do!

We watched Fellowship Church online this morning and Louis Dean said, "We need to GO to church!"

So next Sunday we will be there in person.

I'm trying to do the right thing in taking LD places and since he ASKED to go to church - that's what we will do! It's a huge church with lots of people and loud music so we usually go in late when the sermon is about to start. I need to keep some ear plugs in my purse for when we need them.

We went to Plano to see Harrison play a hockey game early this afternoon!

I absolutely LOVE watching my grands play!

It was his first high school hockey game and they won!!!

The girls were also playing their first high school game, as well.

Harrison and his granddad!

US!! So thankful for being able to do things together!

I dearly LOVE this photo of Harrison and Amber looking at the pics I took of them on her phone.

He is precious and she is so beautiful!

After the game, Amber and Harrison went to pick up fajitas for a late lunch and Mike was with the girls at their hockey game. We all met back at the Bells for lunch and a Stars game on TV!

It took some time for the kids to get out of their hockey gear and get home so LD and I stopped at Central Market. He stayed in the car while I went in and enjoyed walking up and down every single isle -- and returned to the car without buying a single thing.

I enjoyed the ambiance of the market but I wasn't really looking for anything inparticular.

The prices seemed high compared to Aldi so our next stop was Sam's Club where Louis Dean stocked up on boxes of wine.

We joined the Bells in a great lunch Amber and Harrison had picked up from Fajita Pete's!

Source

It was SO good!!

Then we all settled down to watch the Stars hockey game together!

It was a great game and we won!!

5-2!!

I heard from all four of my children today and am so proud of every one of them!

I always wanted to be a mother and am grateful for Summer and Jesse and Amber and Benjamin.

My daughter, Summer,  born in 1963 and my son, Jesse, Jr, born in 1966.

Then 19 years later, my daughter, Amber, born in 1985, and my son, Benjamin, born in 1988.

They are the biggest blessings of my life as are their children....

Sam, Faith, Levi. Raynie, Trystan, Kailey, Harrison and Logan.

God has been so good to me and redeemed so many areas in my life.

Thank you, Lord, for all Your blessings!

And now for past Mother's Day memories..... 

2024

Jesse took me to Kansas City to see my siblings, Rita and Buster, for a day trip.

2018

2014

2009

Jesse made this card for me.

Happy Mother's Day from me to you!