celebrations!

my brother-in-law is now officially retired. his last day of work was april 27th. 

they had a bottle of champagne they wanted to share with us.

it was a twist off opener, rather than a pop off . . so it caused a bit of trouble at first . . 

cheers! to a new adventure in life!

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that evening we had a nice dinner together, and then sunday morning we went to my mom's assisted living apartment to celebrate her 94th birthday.

 

they were discussing differences in age in couples. my mom happened to say that she didn't remember my sister and brother-in-law being a year apart. she remembered them as being the same age.

pastor bob called to sing happy birthday.

picking out her tea . . 

to have with the delicious lemon cupcakes from magnolia bakery.

writing nana's note that we leave on the dresser after our visit.

that evening we played several rounds of "may i" which my sister won, and then we left for home monday morning. during the drive i kept commenting on how beautiful the different shades of green were on the trees, until finally chanda took a photo for me.