Mother's Day fun with the Family!

Because my Anniversary is so close to Mother's Day, I tend to end up behind in my Blogging this time of the year! 

I love that I get to spend so much time with my Family and my blogging suffers. 

Thankfully I can catch up after things slow down again!  

Stephen is such an Awesome Son! I love that he is so helpful! 

For Mother's Day I went out to Dinner with my parents after Detto got home from his drill. 

We went out to the Copa Cabana in Mount Dora! 

I love Cuban Food! 

Thankfully, we got to spend some time with Johnny too! 

I love this stuff!

Isn't she lovely?

Johnny ordered a Cuban "hamburger".It was your basic hamburger, but it was on Cuban bread instead of a bun! 

After Dinner we swung by Nana's to say Happy Mother's Day! 

I am so blessed!

Hugs, 

Lisa 

A song from Stephen to ME!! ~ JAY-Z - Anything

This is not my "typical" music, however all parents must put away our pre-judgments sometimes and hear the heart of our children. 

On the morning of Mother's Day, Stephen came to me and said he wanted to share a song with me. 

When the rap music started I had to tell myself to listen to his heart! 

I must say what I heard made me proud! 

I love my son! 

He is my favorite son in the whole world! 

Hugs, 

Lisa 

Mother's Day Fun With Nana at Bob Evans!

For Mother's Day this year I had lots of fun! 

I am so blessed to have a wonderful family who lives close by. 

On Friday before Mother's Day I got to go to breakfast with my wonderful Mother-In-Law! 

Nana invited me, Marge, & Lisa to go to a Special Pre-Grand Opening of our new 

Bob Evans Restaurant in Mount Dora! 

I ordered a Vanilla Cappuccino. 

I could not believe how good it was! 

This thing did not even need sweetener. 

&&&&& 

They have FREE REFILLS! 

Can you believe that??

Here is a picture of Nana, Lisa, & Marge!

Nana and I had to get our picture together! 

I'm know how much she loves it when I make faces, so I had to indulge her. 

(twist my arm.... LOL)

 I am so blessed to have such a sweet Mother-In-Law! I thank God that we have grown closer over the years and now we know how to "deal" with each other. Can I get an "AMEN" Ora??

I ordered an egg omelet biscuit bowl.

I must be honest and say that I was not thrilled with it. 

The biscuit was as hard as a ceramic bowl!

Oh Well!

Marge ordered a meal that seemed to come with EVERYTHING.I could not believe how many sides were included! 

This is what Ora ordered. She was not too thrilled with the hash browns. They were under-cooked and more like chopped (soft) potato's. 

But we had a great time together and the service was GREAT! 

We had 3 people stop by in a matter of minutes because they noticed we were low on drinks. 

They all brought us more! It was amazing how attentive the servers were.  

Our servers name was Lisa! Poor Marge was just surrounded by Lisa's! LOL

It was so nice to enjoy a nice hot meal with family!

I really enjoyed the food and the time spent with loved ones! 

I will be posting about my Mother's Day with MY Mom soon! 

Hugs, 

Lisa 

Happy Mommy's Day ~ 2012

First I want to say, MOM, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY 

I LOVE YOU!! 

Then to everyone else... 

I pray that everyone enjoys their time with their families this Mother's Day! 

I pray that you are able to RELAX and that all of the Mom's are treated like the 

Queens that they are! 

My hubby is away at drill for Mother's Day, but thankfully he will be home at night! 

Then I am making him take me out to dinner! 

Happy Mother's Day! 

Hugs, 

Lisa 

My Mother's Day!!

This last weekend was a WONDERFUL weekend for me! I celebrated Mother's Day & My 12th Wedding Anniversary! It was GREAT!

We started off the weekend by taking Ora out for Mother's Day... We went to the Mount Dora History Museum & Old Jail, we went out for ICE CREAM, and then we walked around downtown Mount Dora... 

Ora was overwhelmed when she saw this stove. She said her mother had the "EXACT SAME ONE"!! She was so pleased to see it!

Her Grandmother had an Almost identical stove. It was really neat to hear her tell us about her memories of visiting her Grandparents in Savannaha, Ga. Watching Grandma cook on the stove, wash clothes and hand them on the line and.... She told ALL about the gardens they had. Even the museum guide was captivated by Nana's Stories. It was really neat!!

Stephen went inside the Jail cell to check out the "dummy"!

The Docent took the QUILT out of a cabinet so I could see the details! It was so AMAZING!! I was in HEAVEN!!

When we went to the Ice Cream Parlor the Man behind the counter made a HUGE mistake... He asked, "Would you like to try some samples of any of our ice creams?" Nana picked up the "PLURAL.. SAMPLES"! She took him up on it and had a mini-sampler ice cream before she picked her two scoop (NY Cherry top scoop and Moose Tracks bottom scoop) Cone!! I was crackin' up watching her ask for ANOTHER sample!!

 Then on Sunday we went to church and then had a picnic with the kids! We went to the boat pier and found a spot on the shore and watched the boats come and go! We even took mini-naps! It was such a beautiful day!! 

 and then we took the kids on a DRIVING TOUR of the Historic Buildings and Homes of Mount Dora... on Sunday evening Detto and I did a WALKING tour of the historic homes in Mt Dora and then we went to dinner! I found the Driving and Walking Tour Guide at the Library and it was a GREAT activity to do on Mother's Day!! We learned lots about our AREA!!

This year instead of Long-stemmed Roses the kids and Detto bought me Potted Roses! I have been talking about starting a Rose Garden and they bought me several GREAT Starter plants! I cant wait to have Detto help me plant them!!

They also bought me CHOCOLATE and a Cd that I have been wanting!! They are so cute!! Stephen and Alyssa's card was so cute! It had a tear out bookmark. They said "We liked what it said about you Mom... AND IT HAS A BOOKMARK!! We know how much you LOVE to read!" It was SOOO adorable!

Overall it was one of the BEST!! I Thank God for such a WONDERFUL Family!!