Happy Mother's Day!

Tomorrow is Mother Day's May 11, 2008. Cindy, I'm counting you as a MOTHER this year even though the baby's due date is later. And being such a loving Aunt to Tyler while his mother is away. And not to forget all you do for Payton and RyLee here in Charlotte. Thank you! AND to you Leigh, for taking care of Payton and RyLee everyday and every night. Even those days when it seems you're going to lose you mind. hehehehehehe Or did you do that already? hehehehe Just kidding. AND to you Christie. You have always been so thoughtful of your niece and nephew, and even for the nephew not born yet. Sorry you aren't with Tyler for Mother's Day this year. SO EVERYONE............ PLEASE HAVE A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

We went to Riverview Fish Camp tonight. Haven't been there in years and years. Naturally, I ate too much. But it was so good. I had some catfish too. Payton and RyLee wanted to touch the bones. Payton asked if it was fun. hahahahaha Strange kid. After that, we went to watch the planes land and take off from the airport. Every time a BIG plane would take off, RyLee wanted to know if that was my plane. I'd tell him yes, that was the plane I was on when I went to Germany.

So now, I'm tired and ready to go to sleep. hahhahaahah

Talk to you later.

Hair cut!

I finally got my hair cut yesterday. My car is the strangest car. It always heads for home in the afternoon after work, no matter where I need to go. I fooled it this time. I left work at 12:30 and surprised the car. It let me steer it all the way to the beauty shop. hehehehehe That was funny...........but true. hehhehehehe Anyway, my hair is short and a little lighter than before. I haven't dried it yet this morning, so I'm not sure what it will look like. I'll try to take a picture and put it on here this afternoon.

Hope everyone has a good week. Can't wait to see my family in Germany soon.

Trip coming up soon

RyLee had a birthday party on April 16. He was 5 years old. I'll try to put a few pictures on here. It was at the pizza place again, like Payton's party back in January. There was a clown there that night so all the kids had their faces painted. Since the theme of the party was Spiderman, naturally RyLee wanted his face like that. The clown really did a great job. Leigh baked the cake which was really cupcakes put together and decorated like Spiderman. She always does a great job with her cakes. Everyone had plenty to eat and had lots of fun. Of course, I was ready to get home. hahhaahahahah

Last Thursday, I went out to eat with people I went to high school with. We had such a good time. I'm just so glad they invited me. We laughed and laughed with each story that was told. It's really been exciting for me to spend time with these people. I've learned that we ALL have gotten older, gain some extra weight (me, I have gained another whole person), graying hair(me, I've colored mine), but you know what I mean. We're all in the same boat! hahahahaha So if you have the opportunity to go to your reunion, please go. You won't regret it. And don't wait until someone speaks to you. Go talk to them first. You'd be surprised!

This past Saturday we all went to a church that was having a Spring Fling type thing. They had a little petting zoo for the kids. There were rabbits and ponies and a donkey and goats and a few others. Payton really had fun running to each one trying to pet them. I was scared the ponies would start jumping with her running and yelling, but they must be use to kids. They didn't move. They had cotton candy, slushies, and BBQ, which was all free. There were lots of games for the kids plus face painting. Now the one thing I did, besides eat everything, was to give a $1 for the cake walk.........oh, did I say $1.00? It was more like $5 or $6, trying to win a cake. No luck. The last thing to win was a Pecan Pie. I thought surely I would win that. But no luck again. Oh well, it was for a good cause.

Sunday afternoon, Leigh fixed hot dogs and we ate outside. That was fun. After eating she went inside and brought dessert out. Mine was a little Pecan Pie. She bought it at Food Lion since I didn't win it on Saturday. She is so sweet.

I finally made reservations to Germany for May 26th through June 10th. Tyler's 3rd birthday is the 27th, the day I arrive over there. Then Gerhard and Roland's birthday's are June 1st. Then Cindy and Gerhard's baby is due June 2nd. Then my birthday is the 10th, the day I leave. Goodness, I'm already feeling sad. About my birthday, I'll be 59 this year. Goodness, I never thought I'd be that old. Ok, everyone reading this, especially my children, one day you will think the same thing. Where do the years go? I remember when I had all my girls, I really thought they would be young forever. But they grew up with children of their own. I just hope each one appreciate their children through their growing up years AS TIME GOES BY!