C is for Clouds...

Walk with me down memory lane...it is a beautiful sunny summer day. The sky is as blue as can be, the clouds are fluffy and billowing. Walking in the yard a young girl cranes her neck to watch the clouds float through the sky. She lays down and the green grass and watches the movie the clouds are a part of...there are animals and people shapes and places all in the clouds and in the little girl's imagination. That is the first time I remember the love affair I have had with clouds my whole life.  Here are some pictures of one of my very favorite things...clouds.

Thanks for all of the comments you have all been leaving me and thanks for visiting! You all brighten my days so much! As always...BE BLESSED!

B is for Backroads

Hello Friends....When thinking about what to write for my "b" day I had many thoughts...my first was Blessings but I figured that was so broad that I was going to break it down into other letters. The Next thing I thought about was bunnies...then Boyd's bears because I have so many of those but then I came up with Backroads.  I love to get into my car and travel around the backroads. I love seeing the surprises that these less traveled roads bring and I always have my camera along to capture the things that speak to me. I hope you enjoy my backroad pictures.

A sunrise on the way to my nephew's swim meet.

 This is right in my town ...a beautiful weeping willow with the river and bridge in the background

 A pretty sailboat on beautiful Lake Pepin.

 A barge going up river

 On a sideroad in Michigan...the beautiful great lake.

 Sunset in Mackinaw City

 At a park where Kendra's Stone House is located. I was Primitive shopping.

 The Mississippi Queen Riverboat.

Eagles in a tree

 Just thought this was a neat tree

 An old pick-up with flowers and a flag

 A beautiful doe was having a drink until I scared her away

 Cool old barn

 Amish plowing with their horses

 Amish farm and buggy

An old building  covered in snow....I almost got stuck getting this one.

Beautiful old barn

 A museum that used to be in our town

Oh yes I love the backroads and will continue to travel along them waiting for the surprises they bring me. 

A is for April Showers...

Betty from Through my Back Door  had a post that she was joining a challenge called the A to Z Challenge. I of course went to check it out and it is HUGE!  There are a lot of blogs signed up to write a post every day in April  except Sundays starting with a different letter each day. Wellll I am a type of blogger that needs encouragement but I am also a shy blogger so I decided to do it but not sign up. If my friends come and read that is great but I don't need to be a part of over 1200 bloggers doing it. So anyway that is the background of what I am going to TRY to do.

A is for April Showers. I love the rain. I love the sound of it pattering on my house and against my windows and I love the shine it gives to everything it clings to, I love the look of things after a shower. I even love storms, as long as they are not destructive. I love the dark clouds the billow in the sky, I love the sound of rolling thunder and the lightening that lights up the sky can be so beautiful.  One of my favorite things to do is walk in a nice warm summer shower. Yes I am a rain lover.

Here are some beautiful pictures of April showers.

Enjoy your day and come back tomorrow for my "B" post.

Spring Where are you??

Hello blogging friends. Well I guess we are suppose to have Spring tomorrow...at least for a day and then Monday some more snow. I have been sick again with an upper respiratory infection and bronchitis. I missed a whole week of work and babysitting.  I am finally starting to feel better although I am still coughing. I have to have a nebulizer treatment 4 times a day. I am going back to work on Monday...I am bored.  I did do a little bit of decorating for Easter and spring so I thought I would share those pictures. Not too much because I haven't felt well enough.

 My mom bought me this pretty yellow flower to brighten my day because I was sick. Love her!!

Hoping that everyone is having a good weekend. Enjoy and THINK SPRING!!

Some Notes....

Hello blogging friends...it has been awhile again since I have been here. The snow and cold got the best of me and I was sick for a month with a cold/flu. I am still coughing but am on the road to recovery.  I even had to miss some babysitting so you know how bad I felt.  Well it looks like spring may be on its way. The weather for the whole next week  is going to be above freezing and that is such a good thing. We have a lot of snow to get rid of so hopefully it will melt nice and slow so we don't have to worry about flooding.
The first thing I wanted to share with you all is a special 1st birthday we celebrated. It is hard to believe that it was a year ago that we were all blessed beyond imagination with our little Isaiah!  We celebrated at Grandpa and Grandma's house and it was great fun! I didn't get to stay very long because I just didn't feel well but I did get some pictures to share.

 The cake the mommy and daddy brought so cute and cupcakes just right size for a year old.

Nope not wearing the silly birthday hat!

 Got a little frosting before the actual cupcake, here he is clapping while we are singing Happy Birthday

Big Brother helping blow out the candle.

Oh that was good stuff!!

Presents.

Like I said it was a very special day and really made us all reflect how blessed we have been with this little guy bringing so much joy!

Last weekend we had our annual family winter get together at a hotel. We have been doing this for 25 years. We all meet at a hotel for the weekend and usually just eat, laugh talk and eat some more. This year Isaiah tried out the pool with his daddy and absolutely loved it...he didn't want to get out. 

 This is just a picture of  the suite that my sister and I stay in that everyone comes into. There were 30 of us and it was a blast. Here they are playing some sort of game. Boys will be boys.

Well that is about all I have to share right now. I hope all of you are enjoying the last days of winter (I hope). Be blessed!