Mother's Day

It's Mother's Day! And...what a nice day we have had! Woody and I started the day out by going to Sunday School. Woody taught his 8th grade boy's class. Then we headed home. When we pulled into our driveway, Melany and her family pulled up in front of our house and Nathan and his family pulled into their driveway. We couldn't have made such a simultaneous "landing" if we had planned it! Melany, Wade, Erin and Alex's arrival was supposed to have been a surprise...but a little bird next door let the cat out of the bag yesterday! Surprise or not what a fun time we had. Melany and family piled out of their vehicle with all sorts of gardening equipment and plants...the hanging baskets in the picture are part of their Mother's Day treats. Not long after they got here, Nathan and Kathy were calling us to their house for homemade pizza! Yum! Yum! Then after pizza, we had two yummy desserts to choose from...banana pudding or strawberry cheesecake that Wade made. (Some couldn't choose so had some of both!) Mmmmmmmmmmm good!

Then everyone got to work. Alex mowed the lawn. Melany, Abigail, and Kathy weeded. Nathan pulled off debris that was clinging to the tops of our gutter helmets and also wiped off the gutters. Wade cut down a dead tree and also trimmed off some low hanging branches. Woody carried sticks, etc. down to the stick pile by the road and just generally kept busy the whole afternoon. Nathan also did some work on a dead branch at their house. Wade and I went shopping for bedding plants. Melany did most of the planting with Wade's and Kathy's help. Our oldest granddaughter, Erin, watched the two youngest grandchildren, Joy and Esther. Graham and I took pictures of the proceedings. After an afternoon spent mostly outdoors, our yard and gardens look great and everyone should sleep well tonight!

Tomorrow Nathan will be driving us to Vanderbilt. Woody will be having a C.T. scan, lab work, and seeing Dr. Sosman. The first appointment doesn't start till mid-afternoon...so we will probably be late getting home tomorrow evening. I'll report in after we get home.

(You can click on the picture and then scroll to the right to see all of us up close and personal!)