Thursday, February 28, 2019

February is the border between winter and spring. ~Terri Guillemets

February 1
Granddaughters Shelby and Ella
Cousins
17 years apart
I hope they will be good buddies one day
February 2
My grand-nephew Finn blew out 3 candles this year
He celebrated a day early
Finn and my nephew Alex <who turned 30! this year> and I share a February 3 birthday
February 2
Lunch at Panda Garden
Grandson Elijah and his sister Shelby stayed with Neil and me while their parents jetted off to Cancun, Mexico, for an 18th wedding anniversary getaway
Never a dull moment
They are fun and funny
We enjoyed their stay with us
February 2
Daughter Kelly and grands Ella and Shelby
Enjoying some sunshine out on the porch swing
February 3
Daughter Holly sent me a birthday greeting Snapchat from the beaches of Cancun
What a view!
February 3
Enjoyed a steak at Outback with the fam on my birthday
Grandsons Knox and Elijah bridge that 5 year age gap with video games
Birthday Lunch Bunch
From Left: daughter Kelly, granddaughter Ella, son in law Kerry, the birthday girl, grandson Knox, hubby Neil, grandson Elijah, and granddaughter Shelby
MIA were Holly and Jerry <who had better things to do like lounge on a beach in Cancun>
Stole this pic from Kelly's Snapchat
February 3
Celebrating 66 Big Ones
Happy Birthday To Me!
Party People
From Left: grandson Knox, grandson Elijah, hubby Neil, daughter Kelly, bro in law Don, son in law Kerry, sister Jane, niece Sarah, niece Julia, and granddaughter Shelby
They make having birthdays a joy
Shelby gave me this beautiful bouquet of flowers for my birthday
I enjoyed looking at these every day for nearly three weeks before they finally said, That's it. We're done.
February 3
Ella was at the birthday part, too
Maybe next year she can have some cake
February 5
Not our usual winter
But I'll take it
In the car line at school, waiting for Elijah 
Taking advantage of some alone-time in the car to listen to my tunes while I wait
Fogelberg is one of my faves
February 5
A beautiful day in the neighborhood
Long may she wave
Art filter in the Prisma app
I love playing with photo filters
February 6
Our back yard
Flooding yet again this winter
February 6
Reflections
Caught my eye during supper at Fazoli's 
February 7
Ella and Grandpa
Enjoying a little front porch sitting at her house
She has discovered the joy of rice
February 7
Knox and his dad Kerry playing Wii baseball after school
February 9
One of the gorgeous day lilies in my birthday bouquet
February 12
Winter sunset<these were rare this month becausegray skies/rain>
February 14
Buttercups Jonquils Daffodils
Whatever you might call them
They're blooming
Love my Grandpeeps!
February 15
Neil working on our taxes
He retired in the middle of last year
So filling out the forms is a bit more complicated this time
February 16
Not only has Ella discovered the joys of rice, but she's also discovered the joys of toes
She's teething
Anything she can find to gnaw on is fair game right now
Wonder if her toes taste better than the rice?
February 17
Holly Snapchatting with Ella at lunch after church
Gotta love those Snapchat photo filters
Ella
5 months old this month
February 19
I can almost hear them saying, "Ta Da!"
February 20
We've had about 14 inches of rain this month
At this point, wondering if it will ever stop
February 21
Big Bro and Little Sis
February 21
Mood
February 25
Finally some sunshine!
Wonder if it will snow on the buttercups
Heavenly sunlight
Can't get enough of that blue


Blue sky is something to sing about

Winter sunsets are the best



February 27
Another beautiful blue sky day

February 28
Celebrating Neil's 68th birthday with the fam at Bobby Q's
From Left: daughter Holly, granddaughter Ella, son in law Jerry, grandson Elijah, granddaughter Shelby, moi, birthday boy Neil, grandson Knox, son in law Kerry, and daughter Kelly

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HONEY!


He hasn't changed all that much <5/19/73>

So long February!

"Keep your faith in beautiful things; 
in the sun when it is hidden, 
in the Spring when it is gone." 
-  Roy R. Gibson

"February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March."
-  Dr. J. R. Stockton