Chocolate at Phipps

Friends. I have some pictures of a visit to the Phipps Botanical Garden and Conservatory which have been available for a while. Sorry it took so long for me to share them with you.

You can read more about it here.

I had so many mixed emotions that day...

Sisters (and brothers)

We have 10 years, and miles away in between, but nothing separates our hearts!

You can kid the world. But not your sister. ~Charlotte Gray

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb

Sister to sister we will always be, A couple of nuts off the family tree.~Author Unknown

There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. ~Astrid Alauda

A brother is a friend given by Nature. ~Jean Baptiste Legouve

After a girl is grown, her little brothers - now her protectors - seem like big brothers. ~Astrid Alauda

As we grew up, my brothers acted like they didn't care,but I always knew they looked out for me and were there!~Catherine Pulsifer

Pictures

Hello all, I received an email from my mom today full of cute pictures. Here are some, enjoy them!

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Best Things In Life Are Free

Hello my faithful friends, I am back from our weekend trip to D.C. My Tito and Tita (Uncle and Aunt) from Georgia drove to D.C. for a baby shower so we took the opportunity to meet up at my cousins.' It was a nice sweet little reunion.

Here are some pictures of the pretty sights...

We stopped to stretch our bodies for a few minutes, in a small town in West Virginia.

I just love this picture. Feel free to download it, it's my present for you!

A few hours later, we made it to the I-495, or the 'beltway' in D.C. and stopped at a mall at Tysons Corner. Of course I had to take pictures of flowers.

Free play for my little happy camper.

And a trip to Toys R Us for any toy he could grab, thanks to his Tito Adrian! Yay, more Thomas!

And how about some free laughs and rough-housing with his fellow Filipino-Irish cousin...

It really wasn't a sight-seeing trip, but we squeezed in a drive and a few minutes of walking around the U.S. National Arboretum.

Happy? There's more...

And so our visit to D.C. was over. My toddler and I drove home to our man waiting for us at home. He wasn't the only one waiting. For in our backyard, I could see these:
(a view of our neighbor's property )

And last but not least, imagine my surprise when I went to check out the hostas in the hedge... one iris among a bunch that are about to bloom!

Thank you Lord...

Wonderful

Thank you to all of you who dropped by and wished me well. I am happy to report that I am close to being up and about 100%. Today I was able to drive (yay!) to the chiropractor, then to the mall for Julian's 'exercise' in the indoor playground.

Aside from you wonderful friends, I am thankful for my sister in law and nieces who drove for me and watched Julian when I couldn't. My niece Lauren, even gladly took pictures of my growing hostas... :)

It is still crowded, but so much better than the wilderness that it was last year.

Next year, It will be better.

My new GFF Sarah called to schedule a going out day or some mom time with our other neighbor Judy. Yay, I have a life! I am hoping we can go to tea in this victorian tea room nearby. I will update you ...

It is great to feel good, to be healthy and able to do anything. This means that exercise has to be a part of my life now, to prevent that back flare-up in the future. May God help me with this resolution.