Happy Birthday Donna!

Donna cringes when I post this photo - but I don't think anyone reads this blog anyway!

It captures the era, don't you think?

Happy day to a wonderful sister!

Happy Birthday Robbie!

Happy 33rd Birthday to Robbie!!

 

He's an important part of our family - wondering how we ever got along without him!

 

Hope it's a great day and a wonderful year ahead!!

Happy day to Frankie!!

Happy 3rd Birthday to our sweet Frankie!! He is a joy and a delight - and he's a reader too!

Birthday Month!!

Happy Birthday to me and RoseAnn - Long time birthday buddies!

 

And Happy 17th Birthday to Henry - our first grandson!!

Where do the years go??

Better late than never!!

It's been a busy week! Belated birthday greetings to Noah - the "baby" of the family who is now 31!

 

And Happy Birthday today to Dawn - the best thing that ever happened to Harry!

 

And Happy Mother's Day to Helen - first one without her.  Good memories abound however!

 

Second Mother's Day without my mom - miss her still!

There are 42 birthdays on my May birthday calendar - and Mother's Day, graduations, Memorial Day, end of school - such a busy month!!

Birthday Buddies!

It was just a year ago - yesterday - that I was in Redwood City for a fun stay to help when Ralph was born. And it seems like yesterday! Time always flies in the face of the growth of these wee ones!

 

And three years ago I was in Virginia, helping after Polly was born.  

I have so enjoyed retirement - which allows me to stay for longer visits with new babies. 

And I love that we have a couple of "birthday buddies" in the family!!

Polly and Ralph are wonderful additions to the grandchild roster!

Happy Birthday Eliza!

Eliza was 13 days late! The others had all been 11 days late, so I didn't get upset until day 12!

 

Dad had wanted to name her Anna Magdalena - but I prevailed - I thought she looked like an Eliza - and I still do!!

 

It was great to have a baby in the house again! 

 

Although Phoebe was fond of saying, "I was an only child til Eliza came!" But she loved having a baby sister too!

 

 We did have foster child, Bernie, for a year. So the family of 4 kids had 5 kids for a bit.

And now Eliza is a mom of 4! It is like one big circle!

Eliza is a blessing in our lives - we have felt that from the beginning!!  Have a great day - and a wonderful year!

Belated Birthday Greetings!

Browsing through the old blog - which doesn't get much attention from me or anyone else actually - and realized that I had missed posting on Keesa's birthday!!

She came for a birthday weekend and we had a great time. She is the best little guest! And fun to hang out with.

So grateful to have her in our lives!!

It's great to be eight!!

Happy Birthday David!

David tends to hide or be difficult when I try to snap a photo of him - so I don't have a whole lot of great photos of him.

This one is him putting away chairs at Harry and Dawn's wedding reception in 2000.  That's Aulvie Bourgeous helping him.  We all love Aulvie Bourgeous - and we love David too!

 

David and Phoebe are the perfect pair - we didn't know him until after they had decided to get married - but we trusted her judgment.

Over the years, we have had the chance to have our relationship grow and develop - and we are really glad Phoebe found David.

Happy Day David - may the force be with you!! lol

Happy Birthday Harry Dad!

Sorting through Helen's photos this year - and clearing out the shop and finding boxes with negatives in them - I have come across some new photos of Harry - new in the sense that I haven't used them on Social Media a lot!!

Happy 73rd Birthday Harry!!

It's been a great 50 years of celebrating them with you!!

Belated Birthdays!

In the crush of daily gratitude posts, I got behind in the birthday celebrations!! But happy days this month to my dad, who would have been 100 years old, to my wonderful sister Donna, to the ever irrepressible Deacon, the lovely Miss Isla - getting baptized on Saturday, and Harry W - 11 years old and growing up!!

It's tough to have a birthday at the holiday season of the year - you sometimes get neglected.  But we love all of you!!

Happy 13th to Calvin!

Happy 13th to this boy - a teenager - I remember when he looked like this!!

Love that boy - looking forward to our visit next month!!

Enjoy your day - and the year ahead!

Happy Birthday Ida!!

Ida is a special little girl - who is getting bigger and older all the time!! 

She is bright, quick, witty, compassionate, caring, helpful, diligent, and just about every other positive adjective you can think of!!

She devours books, swims, sings, plays the piano, and is the best little conversationalist I know!

Happy day to you, the lovely Miss Ida!!

40 and 13 - significant life events!!

Happy 40th to Phoebe - a nice alliterative ring to that!! My, this bright happy little girl is now a bright happy 40 year old!! She is just hitting her stride!! 

She was longed for - and didn't disappoint when she finally came into our lives!!

 

And now this little guy is a teenager!!

A couple of great birthday buddies!!

Happy Birthday Harry!!

One of the few photos in existence of the famous - or should I say - infamous - station wagon.  And there's the ever-resourceful Harry F. Terrill repairing his bike - something he still does with regularity!!

Harry was - and still is - a good son.  He was obedient and hard-working and we spent his early years together - when Bonny was off at school.  He was something of a "mama's boy" early on - would not go to the nursery at church until Sister Randall - the bishop's wife and mother of 6 sons - said, "I need a boy like you Harry, to come and help me."  And he was off - never to reject the nursery again!

Have a great day - a wonderful year - and remember, only 5 years til 50!!

Oh Joy, Annika Joy is 13 today!!

Spent a week in VA with Annika - she helped me take care of Matt and Eliza's children while they were in Europe - and she is just the best little baby-sitter!! And a fun traveling companion!!

 

And now she's a teen!!

Happy day to you Annika - you and Harry Potter that is!!

Have a great year!