Last weekend we celebrated Memorial Day at Catherine's with a family BBQ. MeMaw wasn't able to come but she sent these air guns to the girls. They have had so much fun shooting each other with "harmless bursts of air" as quoted on the box.
MeMaw also sent English garden peas from her garden and the ladies all sat around shelling them at the end of the afternoon.
We had so much yummy food. This is a fruit with goat cheese salad that Aunt B brought. It was delicious!
Here are some pictures from Emma's end of the year picnic as well as Hannah's field day that we attended yesterday.
Hannah and Emma and Hannah's two friends, Sarah and Sarah.
Hannah and Emma and Hannah's two friends, Sarah and Sarah.
Carter was not amused by field day or getting his picture taken. He has a cold and he was not feeling well yesterday. He was hot and tired and snotty! Not a good combo!
The waterslide!
Hannah's teachers let Emma participate in Hannah's field day even though siblings are not supposed to! Emma wore her suit under her clothes just in case. She was shy at first and didn't want to participate but once we coaxed her into playing, there was no stopping her. She played all of the water games and went down the waterslide with boys she didn't know. She fit right in with the first graders. If it weren't for her baby face, you would have thought she was one of them. She was as tall or taller than some of them!
2 comments:
Those peas were delicious, too! Thank you Tommie! I cooked them and then made a salad with mayo, pickle relish, and spring onions.
Really great pics!
ENOUGH:
Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged, and the mother said, 'I love you, and I pray you enough.'
The daughter replied , 'Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I pray you enough, too, Mom.'
They kissed, and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'
Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'
'Well...I'm not as young as I once was, she lives so far away & has her own busy life. I have some challenges ahead, and the reality is - her next trip back will be for my funeral,' she said.
'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I pray you enough.' May I ask what that means?'
She began to smile. 'That's a prayer that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and she smiled even more.. 'When we said, 'I pray you enough,' we wanted the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.'
Then, turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.
I pray you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I pray you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I pray you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I pray you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I pray you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I pray you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I pray you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
Then, she began to cry, and walked away.
They say, it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.
Joe,Jennifer,Hannah,Emma,Carter and everyone else
I PRAY YOU ENOUGH.......
Joe E.
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