I Became A Mother

I became a mother for the first time thirty years ago today at eight fifty nine in the morning.

It was one of the four best things I've done in my life.

(marrying DZ, and being the mother of Peter and Adeline, are the other three)

Happy Birthday Sophie!

King For A Day

I think everyone deserves to be king for a day....

Especially on your birthday.

Happy birthday little Shoe.

Over Sixty-Four Years

My parents

These hands have been nurturing, caring for, helping, raising, serving, and loving our family
for over sixty-four years.

Me and my sisters and brother

A Starry Night

It was so much fun putting this video together.

Loud claps to Adeline's (and Matt's) artistic abilities and technical expertise.

Enjoy.

A Future Biker

There are some heavy duty bicyclists living with us.  They go on these amazing bike rides at 6 am.

Up very steep hills...and windy roads...and riding very fast...sometimes clocking over 100 miles in one week.

So it would not surprise you to see the beginnings of the indoctrination of the next generation

Starting with this:

Could this q-t-pie be a future contender for the Tour d' France?

Giving Thanks 2012

We started the day with our annual family hike.

I even included myself in the picture

Came back home and Adeline, Matt and I started cooking and baking the rest of the day.

Put together this arrangement ......

The family came ...

Filled our plates with....

Adeline the Baker

And ended the evening with relaxation and conversation.

Family is number one.