It's been a little over a month since I posted anything... since before Mothers Day and Fathers Day is fast approaching. (Dad & I are a little jealous of people spending these days with their kids). We kept busy for Mothers day by working very hard in the yard. Don built a new bridge and I made a new dry river bed in the front yard. We are looking for a troll to go under the bridge and maybe a few billy goats to cross it (not real ones of course)

I wonder what Fathers day projects we will come up with. Dad is interested in a couple of tools that I will go and get to motivate him. I have been watching the HGTV channel and I AM MOTIVATED. I haven't talked too much about how ideas are materializing in my mind because I don't want to scare anyone. (LOL). We both agree that we are getting too old to start any big projects - but I get a lot of adrenaline pumping when I am trying to avoid missing our kids and grandkids.

Since last month - we had another family friendly game of Texas Hold Em (I am proud to say I was the first place winner!!) A Wilsie Family BBQ to say goodby to our niece Wendy, her husband Dave and their- 3 boys, Trevor, Dillon & Will who is moving to Arizon. We also celebrated my mom's 80th birthday with my family. It was a GREAT day!! I have to say that it has been a LONNNG time since I have got together with ALL of my family - I had a visit with Janice (with God's help getting me over to her house) to try to bridge the gap that we have had for the past 6 years and I hope that we can continue to progressively heal. I pray that my attempt to reconcile is taken positively and that Don & I are very heartfelt in our attempts. We really enjoyed seeing everyone.

I have a new cookie recipe I tried out a few months ago that Don absolutely loved - I made them again yesterday and decided to rename them "Fireside Cookies".