Vow-Newal ..... back after taking a breather....

Hello everyone!

I've missed chatting with all of you ... and would like to revamp my blog ... gotten bored with how it looks.

Life just got too complicated ... lots of things I wanted and needed to do (purge our home of some of the excess, college classes for a Finance degree, preparing for DH and my silver anniversary and vows renewal, family reunion and the list just kept going on and on .... and on!!)    Bet you have had some of those days....

Got much of what I wanted to do done ... silver anniversary celebration went wonderfully and so did the family reunion.  Great to see so many people we haven't seen in quite a while due to DH's work overseas ... 

DH and I had my rings re-sized ... I hadn't been able to wear either of them for years ... worked with electronic repair.  Wearing jewelry is just bad ju-ju when fixing stuff!!  

When we renewed our vows, DH put my rings on me again .... nice to have them back on again!

We also had a butterfly release that went amazingly well ... DH said he kept flashing on an old episode of "Two and A Half Men" where Charlie's mother gets remarried at the beach house and the butterflies are dead and serve as seagull food.   Even the photographer said the butterfly release was one of the best she had ever seen.

We're back home again ... and brought back two Siamese cats we adopted from a rescue in Southern California (more about them later this week).... trying to get back into the swing of normal life again.
Really enjoyed the celebration and family reunion ... but there were days that dealing and coordinating all the details long distance could be quite demanding. Being back home, taking care of day-to-day life details is such a relief!!  

Of course, now I am starting to work on details of the next family reunion in 2018... still have to pin down which of two places it wll be held ... 

Onward and upward ... 

What wonderful things have happened in your life since last we spoke?  
Please share one or two ...

Holly

"Mighty Mo" from the Arizona Memorial

DH and DS on the Arizona Memorial with the

"Mighty Mo" (USS Missouri)

behind them ~

 

DS arranged for us to go on the Arizona Memorial trip

that goes all around Ford Island

to see other memorials (such as the USS Utah grounding)

before stopping at the Arizona Memorial.

 

It was a really fun day ~

we had a great time !

 

 What treasured memory have you created recently?

Please share -

 

Holly

 

 



It's Spring!! Special Menu to Celebrate!

One of our family traditions is to have a special meal when the season changes ..

Today is the first day of Spring ...

 

So we enjoyed

 

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

 (with spiced apples and bacon)

Rosemary Potatoes

 

for dessert ... yogurt fruit bombe with apples, strawberries and bananas

 

 

... both are really easy to make ...

and I found the potatoes in the freezer section of a local grocery.

 

Even better ... DH was off

(normally he works evenings),

so no rush to make this for lunch!

 

Do you celebrate a  change of seasons?

I would love to hear of your traditions ~

Holly

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas letter 2012

This is one of the two versions of the Christmas letter DH and I sent out with our cards this year ... the family one had a few more personal items listed on it and the "Merry Christmas" and "into 2013" block were both smaller so I could add personal notes.

Not quite what I had originally envisioned , but I like how it came out.

Mother's Day card

This is the card my son sent for Mother's Day this year ...

said this card expressed his feelings better than the grown-up cards did ...

love the Singapore stamps he used! 

BIRTHDAY BRANDY

DH celebrated his birthday recently ... our landlords brought him a bottle of brandy and a tray of cookies.

Looks to be really good brandy ... but neither of us drinks. 

Guess it will be used in Christmas cookies.

DON'S BIRTHDAY

Don's birthday was the 25th ... gave him a golf themed gift ... practice balls, divot tool, stroke counter and game coupons for il Piccolo Golf Course up in Linguaglossa.

CHRIS AND HIS BIRTHDAY

Chris came down from Ridgecrest to spend his birthday week with us....sadly, I was working with a client and didn't get to spend as much time with him as I wanted. Here Don and Chris wrestle on the couch (run cats!)


We went over to see the car barns at Simpson Nursery in Jamul.......wonderful collection!

MOTHER'S DAY 2008

DH Don and I spent the morning at a U-pick in Carlsbad picking strawberries. We came back with nearly 12 pounds of them -- most were eaten within a few days. A few were frozen whole for use in smoothies. As soon as the desktop computer comes back from the repair shop I can post some pictures. The following week DH and I went to Kalamazoo to help DMIL-DFIL with repairs/upgrades to DH's grandmother's house to put it on the market.