I am a very lucky Mother, I have two wonderful, beautiful daughters, Julie and Mary. They are both awesome Moms. I am very blessed. We had a wonderful brunch at Julie and Nicholas home today. Nick made an awesome casserole, bacon, sausage, we had fruit and cinnamon toast, it was great. Here are my girls and me with my babies.
Our Leah made her First Communion on May 6th, 2012 at St. Gabriels the Archangel. Mary had Leah's dress made out of Mary's wedding dress, it turned out beautiful. I loved the idea and so did everyone else. A new tradition was born. Leah's veil was given to her by a very special lady, Mary Ann Quinlisk, Mary's Aunt affectionately known as Nanny, who is in heaven now. Leah looked beautiful.
Kylie made her First Communion on April 28th, 2012 at St. Joseph's in Imperial.
Kylie wore her mom's first communion dress, it fit her like a glove, my mom would have been so proud. I wonder how many generations we can pass this dress on. I made Kylie's veil using Julie'
s veil as a sample. She looked beautiful. We are so proud of her. As you can see in the two pictures, Kylie looks a lot like her beautiful mom.
We left on vacation June 7th for New Orleans with Brian and Mary caravaning. We arrived around 6pm to a homemade dinner of Jambalaya. It was delicious. We had the grand tour of the city and the flood areas. We also took a swamp ride on a boat and saw lots of alligators. We really enjoyed it. On June 11th we continued our trip to Destin, Florida where we met Julie, Nick and the kids. We found our condo which we loved. We lounged on the beach with the kids playing in the sand. First time seeing the ocean for Kylie, Dylan, Sissy and Charlie, they loved it. We really relaxed on this vacation and were treated to special dinner prepared by each family. We left on June 18th to return home which we did in one day taking 12 hours. Not a fun ride home but we did it. Overall it was a very successful family vacation.
I know this blog is for my Grandkids but yesterday was the 10th anniversary of my Mom's passing. My Mom was the greatest Mom, my best friend, my hero, my inspiration, my everything. I am so glad my kids got to know their Grandma. My regret is that my Grandkids have missed that awesome opportunity. Life was not easy for my Mom but she never complained. No matter what she endured it with a smile and a regret she was putting people out. My goal in life is to be just half the person she was and I struggle with that everyday. I wish everyone could have a Mom like her and the world would be a better place. I have missed her for 10 years and still cry for her often. Thank you Mom for all that you still are to me. I still love you bunches and miss you more.
