May 12, 13, 2012

Saturday May 12~~~~This morning we drove to Portland-Vancouver to visit our friends Charlie and Mary. Mary and I are old friends going back a lot of years when we were both married to a bread man. We are both remarried to wonderful men and have reconnected with each other. Mary spent thanksgiving with us this year and we had so much fun, so now we are going to meet Charlie and see their new house. We met at a neat restaurant  called "Billygans" where we had a great lunch before driving over to see their home. Their home is so lovely, I told Mary I was almost envious of her. LOL    After a nice long visit, we headed home, stopping to see our friend Gary  before he heads back to Mesquite, Nevada. We always have fun with Gary when we travel South and when he travels North. I have caught a cold and am miserable with my asthma and bronchitis, so I was very tired when we arrived back home. Sunday May 13~~~Today is Mothers Day and I get to spend the afternoon with my children and Kent. We have been on the road for 4 years, and I really missed this special day without my family around me. Due to just getting  home, I needed to do a lot of work on having my deck ready for my gang to have dinner on. Billy had cleaned the grill and cleaned the lower deck, so that made it easier. I set up tree tables and I put my pretty cloths on them that I made years ago, we got out our fan that hooks onto a water hose and blows mist across the deck to cool you while you are sitting around on a hot day!
I got out the wahoo board and set it up on another table where we took turns playing the game while others visited. I got out the game cards, but no one used them, they had a lot of visiting  to catch up on I guess. The food was great, Tress made two London broils, Pammy a rice dish, Lisa potato salad and hot bread, Jean Marie deviled eggs, Billy watermelon and a gallon of home made ice cream and myself a chocolate cake to eat with the ice cream. the girls helped clean up the dishes and the guys put away all the chairs and tables in the shed until another fun get together. Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's reading this!!!!