Sunday, April 15, 2012

Happy Birthday, Mom!

What an amazing month we have had.  My mom turned 90 on March 10th, so we rented two houses in Rancho Mirage and gathered to celebrate.  Everyone overlapped for just 4 nights, but it was wonderful and I think Mom loved it.

Craig and I were there by ourselves for five days, then Nicole and her 3 children arrived, then Mom came.  Next Whitney and Ryan and their two boys came for five days then left for a week and came back for another four days.  Steve and Vicki, Heather, Wesley, Laurel (from London), Cami, and John came during the last week.  Holly was the only one not able to leave her brand new job and she was greatly missed.  I almost forgot my son-in-law Chris who let Nicole come early while he worked, and then he came the last week.  Sorry, Chris.


We golfed, shopped, ate, laughed, swam, walked, and talked.  It's getting difficult to get us all together at the same time, but when it works it is great.  Mom is amazing and had a baby on her lap 12 hours a day.  It's all about family.

We found a photographer to capture our family and these are a few of the photos.  The first one is the whole group.  The next is my favorite--Mom with her 6 great grandchildren.
From the left, Truman and William, Isabel, Claire, Mom, Emmett, and Wesley.
Isabel in the spa.

Mom with Claire and Emmett.

Isabel with Easter eggs.

Truman and William

Claire and Emmett

William and Truman 



Wesley