Hey, there friends!
I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day with your families. Mother’s Day is special and a time to cherish our moms if we still have them. We are so grateful that our dear mama just turned 90 years old on May 4th, so Mother’s Day is extra special to us. We always celebrate both but do extra on Mother’s Day and celebrate at my sister’s house with food and family.
This year for mom’s special 90th birthday, Lauren was home for the weekend with the girls and we planned an outing last Friday at the local tea room in Woodstock, Tea Leaves and Thyme. It’s a girly place for special occasions and is always packed with ladies celebrating special events. A 90th birthday is cause for a big celebration and we were happy to treat mom to this!
Mom and her namesake, Iris. Iris loves her Nana!
This isn’t the best pic, but here we all are at the tea room. The girls did pretty well during our time here and lasted a long while before getting fidgety. Parker especially likes the teas and most especially they both like the sugar cubes.
Happy 90th to Iris!
It’s all about the presentation at a tea room, with finger sandwiches, scones, and tea.
I got a chicken salad plate and it was really good. You know the thing I’ve noticed about tea rooms, it’s not the quantity of food, it’s all about presentation and ambience. The food is good, but not exactly filling if you know what I mean.
They brought Mom a piece of chocolate cake and Parker was all about helping her blow out the candle.
Mom and Iris enjoying the shade on a bench outside.
Mom and dad came over one day to sit by the pool and watch the girls play. They found a shady spot under trees and umbrella and it was a pleasant temperature out there.
Those girls love the pool and playing in the water.
Iris loves containers of any kind and especially if they stack together.
Parker and her Papa Bruce having fun in the pool.
Enjoying a beautiful day in Georgia!
Dad and Parker, she loves him too.
On Mother’s Day, we gathered at my sister and BIL’s house, Renee and Bruce, to celebrate Mother’s Day. Bruce’s mom was there too along with his brother and sister-in-law and grandkids.
We ordered BBQ this year to make it easier on all of us and my sis bought a homemade pound cake and I made homemade vanilla ice cream. She added fresh fruit and homemade whipped cream and boy, was it good!
We were very proud of our Mother’s Day picture this year, all of us were looking at the camera! And yes, we do color coordinate our outfits for the pictures, it just looks so much better if we do that. We need to frame this one!
Mom got a new outfit from my sister for her birthday so wore it for Mother’s Day. We shop for her at Steinmart and she loves new clothes. Doesn’t she look pretty?
Lauren got her a refurbished iphone for her birthday and she’s giving her lessons on how to use it. Maybe we can get her to text now, won’t that be fun? We also have text messages going sharing pics of the girls, so now she can be on that too.
Lauren gave mom a cute photo collage of Iris from birth to 1 year old. So cute!
Mom is a dear lady and we are happy to celebrate her every year. She truly is the best mama I could ever have asked for and I’m so grateful that God gave me my parents. I wouldn’t trade them for anyone else in the world!
Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great week!
Beautiful! You are very blessed.
Your mama did look beautiful and that picture is definitely frame worthy of all of you gals. You are truly blessed.
You are TRUELY blessed
Rhoda,
I love seeing pictures of your family. Happy Birthday to your Mother. She looks amazing and so pretty in her new outfit. Do cherish the memories of being together. These moments are precious!
God Bless Your Family. I love them too!
Happy Birthday to your beautiful mom! Happy Mother’s Day to all of you! Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures with us.
Baby Iris is the spitting image of your mama!! I love it…and so happy she now has an iPhone…my 85 year old MIL has one and she loves being able to see “family group text messages” from her 3 sons, 3 DIL’s, 7 grandchildren and the great grands too. It’s a great way to keep in touch with everyone in different states. She also loves following her children plus the grands on twitter. I love technology that connects families together.
It’s so funny to hear what everyone thinks about who looks like who. I think it can go both ways and baby Iris looks a little like both sides of her family. Mom is going to enjoy getting those picstures now, I know!
Loved the tea party photos=-everyone dressed up in such fun, animated colors and prints!!! AND so nice to see your father in these photos—it’s a miracle to see him so healthy after that awful stint with hospitals and doctors and medicines…..praise God!
❤️❤️LOVE❤️❤️ Thank you for sharing all your special people with us!!! You are all beautiful!
Great people and pictures. Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful picture of all you ladies and Happy Birthday to your mom on her 90th Birthday! You are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family.
Happy belated Bday to your Mom – good to see your Dad is well also – and those little girls – so cute; I know they must feel their life is full and that the Lord has been good to them! And what a snappy dresser your Mom is at 90, hope I’m the same at her age!!!
Hey, Sandy, I know they are grateful they got to live long enough to see Lauren have babies and to get to see them. My sister bought those clothes for mom and did a good job picking them out, Mom loves clothes too.
Your mom has been a Proverbs 31 wife and mother for sure – and of course grandmother and GREAT grandmother. Just wow. I got all teary-eyed reading this post and looking at those sweet innocent baby faces. Life just speeds by and we have to grab the memorable times and hang on tight when the not so bright days drag us down. Happy Summer and look forward to your future posts.
Hi, Becky, if anyone is a Proverbs 31 wife and mama, this one definitely is! She’s a role model with big shoes to fill and I don’t think any of us would ever feel like we could follow in her footsteps. She’s a treasure!
Please give your mom my belated Happy Birthday wishes Rhoda! Yes, we are so lucky to have our parents still with us. My mama will be 98 on June 22nd.
By the way, that chicken salad plate reminded me of the chicken salad we got at that restaurant in Sylacauga many years ago. We had fun on that outing! I think that place is closed now and is named something else.
Hey, Judy, so glad you stopped by and I’m always amazed when I see your mama and that she is almost 98. That’s truly a long, long life and I know you are thankful to still have her too. I have fond memories of our outings in Birmingham and beyond, so if you ever get over this way, I’d love to meet up and have lunch again and catch up. I remember that place in Sylacauga, I still like Birmingham so much.
What sweet pictures. I love seeing the generations come together!! Such a blessing.
Beautiful picture of all you all yes fame it your mom would love it
Please give your Mother and Father a big hug from one of your followers, you have a beautiful family, love to see post of family events. You are so blessed to still have both of your parents with you. This looks like a perfect day with the girls, enjoy all the photos. Your niece looks so much like you, I have a niece that I enjoy spending time with and treasure her. The closeness of your family is an inspiration and wonderful role model for all of us. God bless your family, and thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you, Theresa, I’m happy to share them with all of you. I really thought growing up that all families are like ours, but I quickly found out that is not the case. I have too many friends with dysfunctional families growing up and I always feel sad for them. I didn’t know what a treasure we had until I grew up.
I so enjoyed reading your post. Might be one of the best ever! You are so blessed to still have those sweet parents with you. I lost my mom when she was 89 and we lost my hubby’s mom last month, also at 89. Treasure those memories!!!!
Thank you for sharing family events with us. The Mother’s Day picture is stunning and definitely needs to be framed.
I really love your posts about family, Rhoda. It’s just wonderful to see 4 generations of beautiful ladies together. Belated birthday wishes to your Mom. And it looks as if your Dad is feeling much better…good to see.
I am so glad you shared these photos. Nothing like family!