Mother's Day Tea

My niece Rachel gave us a wonderful gift.

She set up a Mother's Day Tea for Mary Jo, Mom, and myself.

 

 
                    This is the view from my seat.  Sweet!!

 

Lemon curd is lovely.

Sandwiches and cakes.  Mary likes!!!

We shared with our feathered friends. 

Wonderful place for tea.

Rachel, it was a sweet gift.  Lovely, lovely memory.

Breakfast, Hawaii Style

Every morning at the hotel we were staying at they had a pretty basic breakfast: cereal, lots of doughnuts, yogurt, and fruit.  Nothing to shout home about.

BUT they provided entertainment every morning by the pool.  Loved it!

I avoided the doughnuts except for one morning: there was one type that looked interesting.

I'm not sure what type it was, but it was good, and it was purple.  I do like purple.....

As we sat and had breakfast the view was the best.

This young lady danced every morning we were at breakfast, and she was so very nice and danced very well.  An enjoyable way to spend a morning.

People watching was fun.

Nice way to spend a day.

Hawaii, here we come!

We flew into Hawaii, very excited to begin our vacation.  Excited!

Airports are part of the fun, right?

Mark had arranged for me to get a lei when we arrived.

I think I'll keep this guy.  He's not only cute, but thoughtful.  A keeper.

                                     
                                               The view from our hotel room was the BEST!

We took a walk and check out this tree.  Crazy!

 

I came to Hawaii when I was 19, with the Yuba City HS music department,

and we stayed in this hotel.  Wow, the memories came flooding back.

We had so much fun, and we were good kids.  Those were good days.

                                               We walked the beach: looked like a postcard!
                                               

                                                          Diamond Head.  Wow.
                                                          

Japanese tour buses: so colorful, and they were everywhere!

We ended our first night on our balcony, having a drink, and listening to the band playing in the bar directly below us.  It was a lovely way to start a vacation.

Dinner, Hawaii style

So I realized I haven't posted any Hawaii pictures here.

One night Mark and I went looking for somewhere different to have dinner.

We ended up at a hotel, sitting outside by their pool, listening to some of the best Hawaiian music we heard all week, and a cold beer.  It was a wonderful way to spend an evening.

Our waiter looked like he was around 12, was adorable, and he recommended the catfish: Mark took him up on it and loved it!

Me?  I figured since we were in Hawaii I needed to have some spam.  Yes.  Spam.

So, they had a noodle dish with spam, I got it, and I LOVED it.

Mark loved it too: he ate half of it.

Oh Hawaii, you and your spam ways......

Library

Yesterday, before going to the city meeting, I went to the library by work.

They just opened up the upstairs and here is the view one way.

And this is the view from the other side.

Amazing.  Love it!  Families out feeding the ducks.

Folks out walking, enjoying the scenery and the sunshine.

I took a little walk myself.

I didn't feed any ducks.

Oh my.  I can see the cranes from work.

Oh joy......

Relay For Life Days of Hillsboro, Oregon

Today Mayor Jerry Willey of Hillsboro,Oregon proclaimed June 22nd and 23rd as Relay For Life Days in Hillsboro.  My co-chair Steve and I accepted the honor.

I was very proud to be able to invite one and all to join us,

 to celebrate the fact that Steve was there in his Survivor shirt,

and that we Relay for our Survivors.

 

P.F. Chang's, you rock!

Today we had a Relay For Life fundraiser with P.F. Chang's.

When I got there Anne was dolling up the big ole horses out front.

She did an amazing job!

Amber, Dana, Anne, and I manned the table out front.

Viv and Charlie did some fishing. 

It was perfect weather for fishing!

I got a kick out of this picture!

She didn't want to pose at all: she just wanted to eat her sucker.

And don't you love the dress her Aunt made her from Relay shirts???

Loved the horses in all their glory.

Especially as it began to get dark.

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You know, it sure looks like the horse is laughing at me here.....

just saying......

All good things must come to an end.

"Ya'all come back now, ya hear?"