Monday, May 11, 2009

Mother's Day Weekend

Pond
Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We had company Friday evening and then had a very relaxing Mother's Day celebration on Sunday. We went to Nana and Papa's house where my Father-in-law grilled a delicious lunch, along with baked sweet potatoes, green beans and an ice cream cake.

Waterfall
They have a beautiful backyard with a koi pond...

Waterlilies

Water Lily

Fish
Benjamin watching the fish swim by.

Fish

Magnolia
Soon there will be plenty of Magnolia blooms.

Flowers
And Hydrangeas. My favorite thing about Mother's Day are the three special someones who make this celebration possible...

Benjamin

Emily

Grace
They are growing up too fast! Thank you for stopping by for a visit and I hope you have a wonderful start to your week!

38 comments:

Love Bears All Things said...

They do have a beautiful backyard. Thanks for sharing.
Mama Bear

Cindy said...

What pretty pictures! Nice.

Marty@A Stroll Thru Life said...

What a gorgeous backyard. It is truly beautiful. YOur children are also beautiful. They are such a blessing and yes they do grow up way too fast. Glad your day was great. Hugs, Marty

The Bliss Journey said...

What a beautiful day you had. Have a fab week.
Kathleen

Sarah said...

Amen about the three special someones are your favorite part of Mother's Day! I kept hugging my little fellows yesterday, and thinking "this is my favorite part of being a Mother."

Barbara H. said...

What a beautiful, peaceful bridge and pond area!

Wow, your kids look so much older than the last time their pictures were here! They grow so fast!

American Homemaker said...

I'm glad you had a good day :)

Sometimes It's Good said...

What a lovely garden they have! I would love to have a pond like that!

Linda C said...

What a lovely backyard and beautiful setting for pictures of your kids!

So glad you had a nice weekend! Me too:)

Linda C

Ms. Tee said...

Your yard is beautiful! Glad you had a great Mother's Day :)

Carol said...

Beautiful garden!!

Heather said...

glad you had a nice mother's day! what a pretty backyard!

Ashley ~ said...

I love your pond*! _Ashley*

Nancy M. said...

I am so glad you had such a wonderful day! Thank you again for sharing...

Quinne said...

Hi Kelli :) Happy Mother's Day to you, too! Your beautiful sweeties are really growing up. Love & hugs, Q

Joy said...

Sounds like a wonderful Mother's Day and what a pretty back yard.
Cute kids too!

Joy

Ribbonwood Cottage said...

Hi Kelli, so glad you had a good Mother's day. what a great backyard! I love those pictures!
Debbie

Kathy said...

Thanks for the beautiful pictures Kelli. I am glad you had a nice Mother's Day. I hope you have a good week too. Your kids are beautiful too.

Tina Leigh said...

Wow what a beautiful place Kelli! I want to go there!

You know I cant get over how your kids and Revee's have grown. I am so thankful for the blogs!

Jackie said...

What a beautiful pond, and the koi are magnificent. Gorgeous pictures to show it all to us.

Yes our babies do grow up quickly.

God bless.

Divamom said...

I love the pond! So tranquil looking! Thanks for sharing! Three beautiful Mother's Day gifts too!

Be Blessed!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous! So's the miniature Japanese garden your in-laws have! Happy Mother's Day!

Ali

Jen said...

Love the back yard...so beautiful.

Chloe m said...

Your water lilies are to die for!

Just Mom said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous pond!

Anonymous said...

I love their pond...has Daisy seen it? I'll bet she'd love it, too! LOL
Susan

NanaNor's said...

Hi there, Your yard is just beautiful Kelli. I wish I could come by and take notes of your design. I have grown to love Hydrangeas but haven't tried growing them here in Colorado. I love visiting your blog and reading your posts...I'll be back.
Have a great day!

Jules said...

Love the backyard! Beautiful and relaxing!

Dianne said...

Great photos of your trio-they are getting big!
Love the koi pond too.

GARAGE SALE GAL said...

That is a very beautiful pond and backyard.
Thanks for sharing it along with the photos of your children.
LOVE the blue canisters that you found as well as the blue tea set. LOVE blue..
Deb :)

nancy said...

Oh my, Kelli! They really ARE growing up fast. I'm glad you had a nice Mother's Day. I did, too. And mine ARE all grown up. They are still such a blessing to me.
The photos are great.

Farrah said...

Happy belated Mother's Day!! Are those pond flowers real??? They are beautiful!

Nancy @ Live love laugh said...

Kelli,
Your pictures are beautiful as always! My 3 are 24,20 and 15...I don't know how that happened!
It seems like yesterday...I mean that!
Glad you had a nice day...I did, too!
~Nancy

Carole Burant said...

Happy belated Mother's Day to you, dear Kelli:-) Sounds like you had a lovely time and oh my, that pond your in laws have in their backyard is simply delightful!! I'd love to have one in my backyard...one day:-) xoxo

Miss M said...

Your pond photos are so nice.

marie said...

What a beautiful backyard ~ would you mind if I "saved" the photos for inspiration?

Looks like you had a lovely day!

Heather said...

What an amazing backyard. I wish I could make a yard look like that! Your children are beautiful!

Tracy said...

Beautiful pics! Haven't been here in a while, nice to see you again!