Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Father's Day Weekend 2010

Sofia and I arrived in California the Monday before Father's Day weekend and enjoyed every minute we spent with Mom/Mimi. We talked about Mom's various on-going craft projects, her 'to do' list for us to work on, reminisced about past fun times, and just enjoyed our time together.

CK flew out for a visit over Father's Day weekend as did Aunt Cathy, Uncle Eric, Uncle Steve and Aunt Shirl. It was a bittersweet weekend filled with stories of Mom's growing up and life changes that were fun and tinged with sadness at the same time. Sofia enjoyed spending time with all of her Aunts and Uncles again. As usual, she loved her Mimi time and enjoyed sharing milkshakes with Mimi, being pushed in the swing, playing together with Green Beup Beup, dressing up her new doll, and playing tea party. Several times throughout the weekend, Sofia and Mimi set up her little tea set and played tea party (with real water from the fish pond). Sofia and Mimi also picked blackberries off the bushes in the backyard, checked how the heirloom tomatoes were growing, and played with Mimi's fabric scraps in her hobby room. When Mimi needed to lay down and rest, Sofia loved cuddling up with her or they would read "Sew Beautiful" magazines together.

Sofia's Mimi....


Mimi, Grandpa Joe and Marrieta


Mimi playing with Sofia in the swing


I love this picture of them horsing around...


Sofia and I swam in the fish pond - she was more eager to do so than I was....other than the slight fishy taste and smell to the water, it was fun.


Picking blackberries! We picked two big bowls then made blackberry cobbler - it was delicious! Sofia actually took this picture of Mimi.

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