Celebrating Mom!
We decided that small was OK and this year ten of us celebrated the most wonderful day. We kept up on our side of the deal. More calls are made on Mother's Day than any other day of the year. Reportedly there are approximately 122 million calls are made on the second Sunday of May every year.
We had a "get-gather" at our home at 11:00 am with the Z's, Chartier's, Duda's, Irene, and us celebrating the day.
Did You Know? - According to a survey by the National Restaurant Association, as much as 48% of people make plans to go to a restaurant for Mother's Day.
Everyone was right on time!
We had plenty of room!
Woodrow Wilson signed Mother's Day into law in 1914.
Did You Know? - After Anna Jarvis created the Mother's Day International Association in order to streamline the intimate day of observance to the second Sunday in May, Woodrow Wilson legitimized the celebration as a nationwide holiday.
Bob pours the bubbly which continued until 2:00 pm.
There are more than 100 countries around the world that celebrate or recognize Mother's Day on their respective dates.
We head for the garden, a popular meeting place.
They chased each other until they both dropped!
"If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way your mom told you to do it from the start." — Anonymous
Donna loves the garden tour.
We went through every bed explaining what was going on!
Food everywhere; OMG, invite the local militia! We had quiche, strawberries, jalapeno poppers, bagels, donuts, fruit cocktail, and more. Robin brought beautiful home-made cheese plate. Irene and Donna brought the important stuff, booze!
The island was full.
Pete and Nick made it through the line first!
Toby was worried about Scout since Scout outweighed him by ten times.
Several passes were needed to make sure we got a little of everything.
The fruit salad, courtesy of Robin, made a big hit.
"The most expensive part of having kids is all the wine you have to drink." — Anonymous
To pretty to eat!
Roses for M'Lady!
Robin is convinced if she closes her eyes, the camera will not work!
"If evolution really works, how come Mothers only have two hands?" — Milton Berle
Bottomless Mimosas!
Mother stories are shared!
"Mom was so busy raising us, she had not time to do funny things"
"Well, maybe there was this once when....."
"Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age." — William Feather
Mary inspects her present from Robin!
The frog purse will now go with us everywhere!
Someone is a happy girl.
We are missing Colleen! CP, Come Home!
Matching purses, now we can go cruising.!
Put these two together and watch out!
"My mother told me a million times not to exaggerate." — Anonymous
Same goes for these two!!
We match, Mary dresses Paul well!!
Toby says goodbye to Scout... See you next time!
The bags are full of goodies form the garden!
Bye Miss Robin, see you soon!
Love that girl!!