Angels Among Us -Today Was Her Birthday

July 20th is Mom's birthday. It's just past the middle of the summer months, June, July & August and easy to remember. When we were kids, we would make a freezer full of ice cream or she'd buy her favorite, Maple Nut. I had some a few weeks ago. It was more delicious than I remember. Mom would make a German Chocolate dripper cake, too and take it easy for the day.

She loved seeing her great-grand children. There are 59 or 60 in all now. The youngest two are Junie, Melody's baby and Russell, Alyson & Stephen's. We weren't ready when she left us, but I am sure she knows these two little ones and others that have come along in the past five years.

Mom was a friendly gal, one of a kind. She stopped folks in the store, but they didn't mind, Or someone in the check-out she stood behind, To talk about gardens or watermelon rind.

These two angels are the first children and the joy of their families and came at the perfect time, with love and comfort to all. Best wishes the new Moms & Dads and our parents in heaven. From all of us.

Greeting from Glacier National Park

Greetings from Glacier National Park, Where our family had a reunion as we did embark. We skipped rocks, hiked, saw waterfalls & stayed til dark. What a fun time to be together and a lark!

This was a place no one had been to before. We talked about it a year ago and made plans in the middle of winter. Not everyone could go, but fourteen of us made the trek. what fun to be together discovering this beautiful place and each other, too. Our first things to do was skip rocks on McDonald Lake. See the towering mountains in the distance.

There were waterfalls at every turn, garden walls, wild life, sharp drop-offs. At the top was Logan Pass, where hikers met the glaciers still melting. It was stormy on top, but that didn't deter anyone.

We couldn't resist going through it again and got stiff necks from looking up at the many summits over 10,000 feet. Be sure to go yourself one day.

Colleen's Cycle Spin

Who doesn't love a motorcycle ride? Feel the wind in your face & son by your side. Life is free, easy and you can abide. As long as you don't hit something and slide!

Years ago I imagined going cross country on motorcycles with my son. My hair would be bleached blonde and we would be free as the breeze. But that cant happen because a mother worries when her son has a motorcycle, especially when he is a father. The statistics are pretty good for being safe. When you hear about one bad accident, it seems to be a scare factor.

I had to take a spin on Jory's candy apple red bike, because he's decided to sell it. I'm glad, but oh how great it feels to take a ride.