These pictures were taken last summer at a really fun day (OK, it was my birthday, too)
I had with Mom, Brenda, Justine, Riley & Max.

See how happy Mom looks. She loves people.



It's hard to get old. It's hard to see your parents get old.





My mother had a stoke the first of January. She had a blackout visiting one of her granddaughters in Arizona. She was taken to a small hospital in Gilbert. It has taken a while to find out all that happened to her then.





My mom has a new doctor. He is running a lot of different tests on her. She isn't allowed to drive for six months. :( I feel very sad about that.





Mom gave up her job as a crossing guard. She has been able to do that for the last fifteen years, just on the corner of the street in front of her house. Mom loved the little kids.





I just found out that Mom gave up playing the piano at church, too. She always played for Primary or Relief Society.





My mom is very social, and always has loved to go and do things. She seems happy to just sit home now, curled up in a quilt, and to watch TV.





Here are a couple of pictures of Mom with one of my daughters and her kids at the party at the Legecy Senior Center. We met her there.

I love my mom. I wish she didn't have to get any older. I guess it's just life.

My youngest son gets engaged.



To celebrate, Sydney & Chad text all night -
all their friends.



The ring.



The happy couple.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !

funny pear - does this green make my b... look big!

This reminds me of a turkey.



The claw will get you . . .



Tie a string onto the bottom and it's a bunny balloon!

OK - this is silly stuff. I have laughed and laughed at these fruits & veggies. It might not be so funny to you - but after I blog these - I won't be saving them anymore. When's that next pot of stew cookin'?

I was surprised to come home from work and find this note!!

This is my sweetie, in the hospital. He had some problems with the small intestine.

Well, not just anyone gets a view from the 10th floor! This picture doesn't do it justice. It was so beautiful!