Visiting Grandma

As we have done for the past several years, we traveled to Soda Spring on Memorial weekend to spend some time with mom.  It gives us a chance to catch up with her and also for Jim to do the things for her that she always did in the Spring and Fall. She has a hard time just supervising but she seems to be getting more comfortable with her new role. 🙂 We also vist the cementary  and leave flowers on several graves and stop to “visit” several old friends of mom’s.

A Father’s Day Gift!

This year for Father’s Day the kids and I decided that it was time for Jim to get back to an old forgotten hobby.  Before we got married and in the early years of our marriage, he was really into photography.  He had a very creative eye for it.  As life got busy with work and family obligations, that level of photography was set aside and substituted with picture taking at special events, family gatherings and trips.  At some point, I became the picture taker. During a walk a few weeks ago, he took some interesting and beautiful pictures with our little point and shoot camera.  I could see how much he still enjoys taking good pictures.  It was time to reawaken that passion by giving him a nicer camera.  I am looking forward to the places close and far away that we will find for him to photograph.

   Thank you kids, for being so supportive and excited for dad.  As you can see, he loved his gift but most of all, he was very touched by how much it meant to all of you to give him this gift. Not just the camera but an outlet for his creaitivity and a place to go to relax and find peace in the beauty around us.