Happy Mother’s Day

We had a nice Mother’s Day gathering, well it was a combination luncheon to celebrate both Mother’s Day and my sister’s birthday. There were 7 of us present; Mom, Boni (my sis), Dave (her hubby), Sarah (my neice), Michael (my nephew) and Dave & I. We had a fun time and good visit. The weather was perfect so we were able to sit out on Mom’s deck for lunch.

Sarah and I had planned our afternoon soiree via email for the last couple months. We decided to have kabobs and bread. For dessert we had angel food cake with strawberries and ice cream. It all turned out quite tasty. A very pleasant day and visit.

Photos
Above: Mount Hood from Hwy 14
Below:
1. All of us on the deck
2. Dave and Dave
3. Standing: Sarah, Lori, Boni. Seated: Mom
4. Kabobs and some bread grilling
5. Dessert

Visiting Mom

The weather here in Vancouver has turned to wonderful sunshine! This area is really beautiful when the sun is out, of course it wouldn’t be so beautiful if it didn’t rain so much to make it green.

We are still visiting with Mom. Tomorrow we will have most of my sister’s family with us for a Mother’s Day barbecue. Should be fun!

While here at Mom’s we have some fabulous internet speeds which is needed to use the “instant movie” feature in Adobe Premiere, the video editing program I use. So of course I had to try it out! Kinda fun. FYI, the video is of Cheye (of course). The ball is a toy you can fill with food and there is a little hole that the food pops out of when she pushes it around….

Photo: Cheye waking up (tried to get her sleeping but she heard me)
Video: Cheye and her food ball at Mom's. Works better here than in the trailer...more floor space! :o)

Back in Vancouver, WA

Yep, we are back in Vancouver, WA at the Van Mall RV Park. Since it is Mother’s Day weekend we thought it only apropos to visit with Mom through Sunday.

Our drive down from Chehalis yesterday was extremely wet. We got in, set up and relaxed just a little before we went over to Mom’s. Today Mom and I did a little shopping and later the three of us went out to dinner at Spaghetti Factory. It was quite tasty. My sister (Boni) and her husband (Dave) were at Mom’s when we got back from dinner, but just for a couple minutes, they were on their way down to Salem so they couldn't stay long.

Boni and Dave have an interesting occupation, Dave is a potter and Boni does the artwork on the pottery. Here is a link to an article about them written in April.

photos
Top: one of Mom's neighbor's home with beautiful flowers
Below: Flowers in Mom's neighborhood

Van Mall RV Park

The park we are staying at, Van Mall RV Park, is a good park. It is very clean, as are the bathrooms and the people are friendly, but it is what we would refer to as a “parking lot“ park - just a nice place to park. In a very handy location for us, about 5 - 10 minutes from Mom’s so I’m sure we will stay here again.

A quieter day today…I took Mom grocery shopping. She is getting around pretty well but is still unable to drive. Later I used Mom’s sewing machine to take care of a couple little projects I had. We made a spaghetti dinner and that was about it for the day!

I had forgot that a couple days ago we found a Dog Park here in Vancouver, not far from Mom’s. We took Cheye there and she seemed to enjoy it…she was a little nervous but I think she got into it before we left. I took a little bit of video there so I’ve included it in my video below.



Photos:
Views of Van Mall RV Park, Vancouver, WA
Video:
Dog park and dog walk