Happy birthday GG!

My mother-in-law, Priscilla, would have been 89 today, and has been gone for almost 13 years.  It doesn't seem possible.

She was such a fun person.  She used to tell me how much she liked the fact that her birthday was on April Fool's Day; that way she got to fool people on her birthday.

I'm so glad she got to see Marley for three years, although I wish she could have met Mason and Miriam too.  When Marley was born, Priscilla became GG (great-grandmother) to all of us.

Happy birthday GG!

Throwback (Monday) - Today would have been Priscilla's 85th birthday!

I have always loved this picture of my mother-in-law and my daughter.  It was taken in 2000.  Kris and Toby were home from Ohio for a visit. 

Priscilla has been gone now for almost nine years.  I still miss her.  A lot.  I could not have asked for a more wonderful mother-in-law.  She was the best!  I am so thankful for the relationship both of my children had with her. 

Happy birthday GG. 

Dyeing eggs

This afternoon Marley, Mason, Janelle and I dyed eggs. Kristen was sick and missed all the fun, LOL!

This was Mason's first time dyeing eggs, I think, at least with me. He really got into it.



He only wanted to paint blue eggs though. Look at those hands!



This year I bought a kit with a golden wash/paint for the eggs. Marley really seemed to like that one. I did too!





It was a pretty messy affair. The kids had a great time though, and the memories of these yearly traditions are well worth the mess!



I think they're beautiful, don't you?



On another note, today is my mother-in-law's birthday. She has been gone for almost 8 years now (June). It doesn't seem possible. She always loved that her birthday was on April Fool's Day. She loved to kid around!

This is her high school graduation picture in 1946.

Throwback Thursday - 1940's Bethany weddings

Today at church a friend of ours gave Paul a DVD; on it were videos of weddings in the 1940's from my church - not the whole wedding, just pictures of the bride and groom, the wedding party and whatever guests were milling about. Evidently the pastor's wife of our church at that time did the videotaping. There is no sound, just the movies. I didn't even know there were video cameras back then. Somehow this friend and her mother were in contact with the daughter of the pastor's wife and obtained them.

One of the couples was Paul's parents; they were married in 1949. I have seen this picture before, but to actually see them in a movie was so cool. You see them actually getting into the car and driving off.

Many of the couples were parents of our friends and we knew them well. Actually, one set of Toby's (my son-in-law) grandparents were on this too. It was so much fun to watch this. What a treasure to have.

When Marley saw Big Baba, she said "Oh my gosh!"

So sad.....

Tonight we went for a ride. It is really the first time that we have driven for any length of time in our new car. We drove all the way to Stafford Springs to have ice cream at the best place ever (although right now I can't remember the name :)!!)

Anyhow, we came home through Springfield and went by where the Christian bookstore "was" on Parker St. I couldn't believe it. The whole building was torn down, everything was gone!

Paul's mother was, at one time, the manager of the Christian Bookstore and I have so many good memories of that store. The last time I drove by, it was still there. So sad.

201/365 - Queen Anne's Lace

The Queen Anne's Lace are out in full force. This was one of my mother-in-law Priscilla's favorite flowers. Seeing them always reminds me of her.

195/365 - Priscilla's Daylilies

I have been wanting to weed and clean up around Priscilla's grave, and also see how the daylilies were doing. We went there today. I was so happy to see that the flowers were doing beautifully.

These daylilies originally came from Priscilla's grandmother's house in Plymouth, where she and her sister and brothers had spent their childhood summers. Priscilla always said that these daylilies were special because they had a double flower on each of them instead of the more common single flower daylily. She planted them at her house at 30 Kay St., and when they moved to Agawam, I planted some of them at her new house on Yale Ave. I also decided that I needed some of them at my own house. Now they have made it to her grave.

Such a long journey for these beautiful flowers!