Catalina

Back in August (2009) my husband and I went to visit our son and his girl friend in CA for a quick four days. It was wonderful....we had such a great time. It was in the triple digits here in Texas 103, 105 gross hot Texas summer heat! When we got there it was the perfect weather in the mid 70's. Wonderful! Our first day the four of us went to Catalina Island. Beautiful place I hope to return and spend a few days there one day. Me and Jerry on a submarine ride near the island.

Jeremy and Jenette

I love this place, such a romantic place.

You can walk the entire town of Avalon, I can't wait to go and spend a few days there, just exploring the town and surrounding island of Catalina. One of my favorite Doris Day movies was filmed right there in Avalon. " The Glass Bottom Boat"

This is the boat we traveled on, we sat on the very top deck on the trip over. That night it was too chilly so we sat inside. It's about an hour trip each way. The round building in the back ground was a casino in the 40's later. A museum is in part of the building now. Below is another photo of the casino building. Isn't it such a unique looking building?

90th Birthday

The Saturday after Thanksgiving (2009) we helped my mother in-law celebrate her 90th Birthday. The photo below is Alice with her four children (l - r) Bob, Larry, Jerry and Betty.

The biggest surprise for Alice was her sister from Chicago came down to help her celebrate. Aunt Babe who just turned 90 herself in January 2009. These two ladies had a great time catching up.
Below is a picture of Alice and Babe (mid 1930's)

Thanksgiving Day 2009

I flew into St Louis on Thanksgiving day, my son Jeremy and his girl friend Jenette flew just a few hours after me. my daughter Kimmy and her boy friend Nick drove in from Kansas. We all met up in St Louis and even though it was cold we took some fun pictures at the Arch before continuing on to Flora, IL.........Here are just a few.

Jeremy and Jenette at the base of the Arch.

Kimmy and Nick at the top of the stairs, I love this one, it's just fun.

Kimmy at Nick at the base of the Arch.

I'm back.......

I have been gone from blogging for almost a year......I'm ready to get this part of my life back. I miss my camera and I miss how making pictures makes me feel. It wasn't the best year to begin with and then it ended with the loss of my mother. I hate that I can't pick up the phone and call her, I miss her so much at times I can barely breathe...........I will miss all the little things she done for me on our visits home. Mom alway made me feel special, but she did that for all of us. I'm so thankful we had such a good visit over Thanksgiving with her, but there was so much more I wanted to share with her.

This is the last picture I took of her. My son Jeremy and Jenette was in from California for the holiday.