May 14, 2006

  • A lovely, lovely Mother's Day!  This evening we went to Mom's for our May celebration, encompassing birthdays as well as M/D.  Mom kindly provided barbeque and a delicious hash brown potato casserole, fruit salad, cole slaw, and two cakes.  Yum!

    Here's my eldest daughter, Kirstin, greeting Cole who's held by his mother, my niece, Jill.

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    Mom surrounded by grandkids and greatgrandkids, opening her cards and gifts:

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    The weather was marvelous, so many took advantage to enjoy the patio, including my sister, Jeanne, son-in-law Matt (Kirstin's husband) and assorted children:

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    As you can see, Dad believes in catchin' 'em young:

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    Dad, Kirstin, and her brother, Jonathan:

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    Don with little Bryson, Kirstin and Matt's youngest, with Dmitry:

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    BTW, to my horror, Dmitry has somehow grown taller than I am!  It was bad enough when Charles did so (actually, he's now one of the tallest of the Ivy men, if not THE tallest), but I'll be doggoned if I'm taking this sort of thing from Dmitry.

    Speaking of Charles, he's not coming home next weekend after all, as it would have been only for a weekend, and his next class lasts only three weeks.  Instead he'll come home in mid-June for a couple of weeks.  Isn't that stellar?  He'll be here for Father's Day and my birthday!

Comments (3)

  • You truly have a lovely family Anne. Robert passed me up a while back, several months ago he passed his dad up (my husband is 5'11", Robert is a little over 6', Robert's best friend who is a month shy of 15 years old is already 6'2"!!) Looking at the pictures you've posted of Dmitry since he joined your family it seems that he's grown a couple of feet! They grow too fast.

    How neat that Charles will be home for Father's Day and your birthday. It will be a wonderful visit I'm sure.

  • IIRC when we adopted him he was 4'9"; now he's at minimum 5'5" (my height) or perhaps 5'6". Grown 8-9" in a little over 2 1/2 years! =8^o

  • All the pictures are lovely, Anne, but I especially liked the one of your mom with a group of grandchildren and  great-grandchildren.  There's nothing like someone opening gifts to draw a crowd of children.

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