May's Tender Moments

Cailyn and her Aunt Alissa having fun playing in the sand!

Grandpa sharing a special moment with Landon, one week after surgery, bless his little heart!

Mimi put pigtails in Cailyn's hair, and she was very pleased!

Landon has great smiles and giggles, but Mimi has trouble catching them without a blur!

Cailyn loves being outside, and is helping Grandpa with the watering here!

Simple pleasures of a two year old:  "painting rocks" with water and paintbrushes, creating waterfalls, and watching the ants crawl and the birds fly!

Mother's Day weekend celebration at niece Amy's house...Landon and Cailyn helped make the days special for me!

All the cousins together for a picture at Amy's house, Left to Right: Aiden holding Bode, then Ethan, Garrett sitting behind Cailyn and Landon on the right!

Many special moments during May, and looking forward to make more memories in June!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE!!!

Best wishes to our son-in-law, Raffaele Giuseppe Gilardoni, aka "Joe"!!  This photo was snapped in 2007 when you were still in your 20's!!  How time flies when you're having fun!!

We hope you had a wonderful birthday!  Here is Joe with his beautiful wife, Jen and niece Cailyn in 2010 before they moved to Florida!

We hope the next year is full of happiness, good health and your favorite things!!  We miss you, and hope that our next webcam finds you in the room and on camera longer than two seconds! ;-)  Love you!!

Happy EASTER Season!!

Easter is one of my favorite holidays...It's a "hope-filled season"!  It's a time for growth and renewing our spirits, starting fresh, and "hoping for the best".  Thanks to our Lord, who died on the cross, so that we might be saved... Easter is a SEASON to celebrate, not just for a day!

We enjoyed family gathering together once again in our home!

Here are Alan's parents and grandmother who were able to join us.

Our dear friend, Susie, joined our potluck dinner celebration too!

 Here' s my Dad and brother-in-law, Ken, enjoying a chat together.  Also, this is a time for "great aunts" to hold babies and catch up with nieces and nephews! Here's my sister Terry holding Landon, who is almost 3 months old here, and course, his mommy, Corissa!

It's a chance for great-grandmothers to enjoy the special little ones too!

Easter is a time to enjoy nice weather and spring flowers.  Here Grandpa supervises Cailyn feeding the fish in our pond...there really are fish in that lily-pad covered fish pond!

Of course, Easter Bunnies are a part of Easter too, and Cailyn was an expert egg-finder this year in the backyard.  Great-grandma and great-grandpa filled a dozen eggs, Aunt Alissa & Uncle Alan hid them, and Cailyn had lots of fun finding them.  (By the way, in all the photos I took, I somehow missed our son, Mike...he was definitely at our celebration...but was a very busy guy snapping his own photos of our celebration together!)

Here's Cailyn digging into her Easter bucket from Mimi and Grandpa!

This beautiful potted plant was a gift from Alissa and Alan!!  Love the colors, don't you?

And, nothing says Easter more than tulips...These were our table centerpieces!!

My wish is that your Easter Season continues to give you renewed spirits and hope!