Mom's 80th Birthday Trip - Days 7-10

27th - People are leaving today and I'm holding onto each moment that I can.  Grandmother, Mother, Daughter/Granddaughter/Great Granddaughter talks are the BEST!  I love moments when this happens.  Four generations just being together.

Mom's 80th Birthday Trip - Day 6 - Party Time

Today is the celebration of my mother's 80th birthday, which technically doesn't take place until the 30th, but a Saturday event just works better.  Naturally, we have a bit of snow to help out.  As I go out to the living room, Mom is outside waiting for Bailey and I snap this picture.  It's dang cold out there and Bailey photo bombs (literally) my picture.

Mom's 80th Birthday Trip - Days 4-5

24th -  Since we are at the lake, I have the perfect backdrop setting for my mystery quilt reveal pictures.  A few minutes at my Sister's nets me this chance.  I take several more and am not sure which one I'll use, but doesn't it look pretty?

Mom's 80th Birthday Trip - Days 1-3

If you have been following this blog, you know that was at the airport saying good-bye to grands yesterday.  Well, I'm on the way back there today.  It's the start of my trip to Montana to spend time with my mother and sister along with celebrating my mother's 80th birthday.  Mister has to work today so I'm taking DART and standing here waiting.  My carry-on contains my mystery quilt so that I can finish the binding while up there -- in addition to about another 10 pounds.  It is HEAVY but necessary.  So many upcoming deadlines.    My flight is on time which is amazing as Dallas was hit with tornadoes last night and one would think that everything would be halted.  I am flying out of DFW instead of Love Field, which is the only reason all is going well.  It's so sad as many of our beloved places are totally wiped out.  I settle in and am soon saying farewell to Texas for a bit.  My flight is a bit odd --- the first stop is in El Paso.  That's a new one for me.  It's not a very long stay, but enough to switch to Alaska Airlines (from American) and find a set of ear buds that I have buried in my suitcase.  Movie time ahead.

Fall Time With Hyrum and Zyra - Days 3-5

With only a few days to play together, we are going to jam the days as best we can.  Today's request includes the Children's Garden/Arboretum so after making eggs with Grandpa, we are dressed and out of the house.  It's time for some beauty and fun.  Beauty first.  Simply lovely.

Fall Time With Hyrum and Zyra - Days 1-2

It's been a minute since two of our grandchildren have come to visit.  That means it's a happy day for Mister and I.  After a crazy busy morning trying to get everything ready, I am at the gate waiting . . .

Happy 9th Anniversary!!

Nine Years!!!  I can hardly believe it.  It just doesn't seem possible, but the calendar does not lie.  We have been married for one year shy of a decade.  Crazy.

It's just kind of another day.  My sweetie is working and I'm working feverishly on my annual quilt mystery along with the mundane stuff of life.  At some point, Mister tells me that we have dinner reservations for the evening.  Yay!!!  On the way, he shares that it is something new.  Even better.

Our stop is at Yoshi --- a Shabu-shabu restaurant.  If you are like me, you have no idea what that means, but let me tell you --- it's a blast.  Come along and feed your eyes.  Shabu-shabu is a Japanese hotpot dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled in water and served with dipping sauces.  The term in onomatopoeic, derived from the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the cooking pot (i.e. swish-swish).  The food is cooked piece by piece by the diner at the table.  As we are seated, this is what our table looks like.  The large square is a burner and the pot has water and a small piece of seaweed in it.