-Author Unknown
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."
-Maya Angelou
"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."
-James M. Barrie
 |
| Here are my little rays of SUNSHINE under the double RAINBOW across the street seen on Saturday night! |
 |
| Last Monday the SUNSHINE was bright and warm for Mariah's Bike Rodeo at school. We were happy to go watch her in it too on her bright Sunshine yellow bicycle ! She did all the tricks and got a perfect score, too!!! |
 |
| Following the Bike rodeo… we enjoyed more SUNSHINE in my friend Ella's beautiful backyard. Ella had her dad in from NB for a Dr. appointment and we had a get together while Vern and Brian met Ella's 99 year old dad for their first time… fun visits, wonderful weather! |
 |
| Friday we did a little impromptu lunch outing with Brian's sister, Bev. We went to the Willows and there was a Beatles poster I noticed on way out of restaurant!!! BEV adds lots of sunshine to our lives and is always willing to help out in so many ways with us and our grandkids, so we enjoyed this little outing with her. |
 |
| Friday night Mariah was having some girlfriends for a little belated birthday sleepover… so we picked up Beau and took him to Dollarama, Boston Pizza and back to our house for a little Beau night and sleepover here. Mariah had a fun party and we enjoyed Beau, too… so it was a win-win all round! |
 |
| Beau loves cookies…and he couldn't get enough… in fact he ate 6 on Friday…and more on Saturday… maybe Shuffle got a hold of some of them, too!!! I love my little Cookie Monsters!!!!! |
 |
| Beau had fun with the smurfs… creating a pool party for them… He also ate cookies and had chocolate chips and fruit loops for breakfast! What a kid… he is our little RAIN-BEAU in life! |
 |
| Beau got 3 cars on route to Boston Pizza on Friday night… then for good behaviour he got 3 more right after supper… Saturday he convinced us he needed maybe 2 more cars… and he did get his way, so off to Dollarama one more time… he loved his little rainbow coloured array of cars out on the driveway! |
 |
| just across the street from us was this beautiful double rainbow on Saturday night I grabbed my camera right away to capture the beauty… Life really is special when there are rainbows in it! I had another week filled with all kinds of weather in it… along with many fun filled adventures, too! It seems summer just barely gets going and then the weather turns chilly again… I am sure hoping summer comes for real soon!!!! But along with the SUNSHINE we did get some RAINBOWS, too this past week. As always I am grateful to spend any time with our grandkids that I can and this past week we did share some special bonding moments with both of them. Mariah had a little bike rodeo last Monday and because her parents were both at work, we were able to go cheer her on. She did really well going through all the manoeuvres she had to do. She seemed so happy to have us there, as well and even blew us both a kiss as we pulled away in the car… so that added extra sunshine to our already sunny day! This last few years I have considered my self very lucky to have a good friend like Ella to hang out with. We do so much together… such as going to the gym and going shopping and for coffees, meal outings etc. We did share a special little impromptu backyard party on Monday with her and her dad along with our good friend, Vern who was in town for the day as well. Soon he will be back in town more once his farming is all looked after. We had other things going on this week as well and also enjoyed a visit with my inlaws, Blanche and Greg. I also stopped by my sister-in-law, Arleen's for a brief visit last week, too. I was able to connect with my nephew Brad as well that day, as he was nursing a sore back… hope he is better soon. My Sister-in-law, Bev, has been so helpful to us this past year with many things including babysitting Jana's kids on many occasions. We have always wanted to do something special for her too… so we took her for a little lunch outing on Friday to The Willows. We enjoyed the food and the visit there. It is always nice to spend some quality time with family whenever we get the chance to. We are always happy to help out with Jana's kids as well… and this past Friday night we had Beau here for a little one on one time! It was his first time of having a sleepover here without his big sister… so he did feel special for sure! Mariah was having a little sleepover party with some of her little girlfriends for her belated 8th birthday party. I know the party went much smoother without the little brother in the way… and we enjoyed him, too. He certainly had fun and lots to eat and in spite of a little tumble out of our bed, he actually slept pretty good otherwise!!! I am reflecting on this time of year a year ago when our son, Colin was home. It was nice to have him here for Father's day last year. What a difference a year has made in our lives. We now look forward to our trip to Montreal later this month for more visits with Colin and his girlfriend, Caro. We have been researching the Montreal Jazz Festival and looks like some good stuff there, even though many concerts are already sold out. They do have an amazing FREE VENUE as well and this year I am more than excited about one of those being with DIANA KRALL… she has been a long time favourite of mine, and I have seen her in at least 6 concerts before… but will certainly attend this FREE one, too! Last night I really enjoyed the TONY AWARDS on TV… and was happy to see so many shows including TAP in them! TAP always adds SUNSHINE to my RAINBOWS in life!!! I love NY and hope to go back there one day… but until I get that chance, watching the Tony Awards is my way of getting a glimpse of some of the special stuff Broadway has to offer! WE have sure enjoyed our sunny backyard once again and often just sit outside there as if on our own personal little get away. I do look up to the skies and remember all our loved ones as well. This weekend I will sure be thinking of my dad who has been gone since 2000, but still dances on in my heart. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD… love you forever! I will be sharing Father's Day wishes with the dads still here with us… Brian, who is the most amazing dad to our kids and grandpa to our grandkids. And my father-in-law, Greg… who is such a loving dad, father-in-law, grandpa, and great grandpa. On that note … here is my rhyme of the day… Summers are filled with some sunshine and some rain. Also with fun times... again and again! I hope the warmer weather comes soon for real, And that the cooler outdoors quit that sun steal! But so long as there's rainbows after the storm, And the sunshine comes out to help us feel warm, We just learn to dance through all kinds of weather, And keep sharing love and fun times together! |
No comments:
Post a Comment