2 Strong Women

 

This time together was too short, but was much needed. I enjoyed doing not much with my parents when they were here, while bonding and eating some good food and enjoying Christmas together. 

I miss them already!

Fun times...

 

My parents and I

 

You know what... I get all my genes honestly. The strong ones, the funny ones, the caring ones, all of them. And I have these 2 amazing humans to thank for the woman I have become....

They raised me on a strong foundation and gave me so many wonderful tools, where I could grow into a wonderful young woman... 

I think I turned out pretty great!

Our Family Tree

When I was growing up, my PawPaw and MawMaw had a family tree in their house on the wall that is right by their bathroom. It didn't have all of us on there, but it had them and my dad and his siblings and their spouses and I believe it had one or 2 of the grandkids on there...

Well, for Christmas I found this really cool family tree and I had to get it for my parents. It is perfect and it has all of us on there. It is something I hope they cherish as I will when I see it. 

I love my family to pieces!

Thanksgiving Fun

 For Thanksgiving this year, my parents were in Washington State.
We decided to have Thanksgiving dinner with my ex-husband and his family. 
We headed over after lunch time and started getting the food ready.
Lots of memories and lots of laughs were had today. 

Funny story... 

A few months ago my ex asked me to make his dad a T-shirt. It was so funny... it said straight out of the shire. His dad is shorter than him, so I made it. He gave it to him and then on Halloween weekend when we made cookies, his dad came up to me and said, I want you to make shirts for ALL of us to wear on Thanksgiving. His dad has always picked on him growing up saying he has short arms, so he always called him T-Rex. Well, I was happy to make shirts for EVERYONE. It was so hilarious. Not only did we all have them here, but my parents participated as well. You can see the shirts below... and also some pictures from our nice day.

Monkey Butt Tree

 So, we call these trees Monkey Tail trees.

but when my parents were here visiting, my dad called it a monkey butt tree and i will never call it anything else from here on out. It makes me smile when I say it. well, smile... or laugh. depends on my mood.

A PawPaw and his granddaughter...

 SHE LOVES THIS MAN SO MUCH!

A MawMaw and her granddaughter

These 2 had so much fun together when they were here visiting. MY heart loved it. 

 

Reunited... and it feels so good...

After not seeing my momma in just 1 month shy of 2 years, the waiting seemed to take forever. We were at the airport at baggage claim... they were on the plane waiting to get off the plane.

WAITING WAS SO LONG...

BUT the hug I received from my parents was well worth the wait. I didn't want to let them go, but we had to go get their luggage and get our time together started!