Mother's Day 2015

For Mother's Day, Philip and I headed south to see Grandma and Mom.  As we typically do, we left very early Saturday morning.  We got to Grandma's by about 11.  We decided to take Grandma out to lunch for a treat.  She was so excited.  She loves Applebee's so that is what we did.  Chuck joined us too which was great.

Grandma doesn't talk  much anymore and she hasn't been eating much.  That is okay for a 98 year old.  But when she saw Philip, she wanted to make sure we knew she graduated from East High school.  That was so cute that she wanted to share and that she was thinking about Philip's graduation coming up soon.  She ordered a chicken breast and she really enjoyed that which was nice to see her eat so well and enjoy herself.

After lunch, we took her back to her room and opened gifts and visited.   Grandma loves gifts!!  We also took photos.  Our last selfie worked out so well we did it again.  This time Grandma was all over it and understood what we were doing.  She is so dang cute!

We thought Grandma would take a nap but I think we was having too much fun so she read for a bit before her nap.  While she was reading and resting, we played a round of "Hand and Foot".  It was almost as good as playing on our cruises.

For the evening, we met Mom and Chuck's friends, Dorothy and Ken.  We went to the Cliff Inn Restaurant.  This was the old hotel by the old airport.  It has been completely remodeled and revamped.  It was very nice and certainly a huge upgrade.  It has a commanding view of St. George and the best food I think I've found in St. George!  I was completely wrapped up by the deliciousness.  And we had great conversation.  While we were there, it rained like no tomorrow.  But soon the sunshine came out and we even enjoyed a beautiful rainbow over the city (not captured with a photo).

View from our table.

On Sunday, we met Mom and Chuck at Oscars by Zions.  I thought I was introducing Philip to Oscars but he realized he had already been once we got there.  We had a great breakfast sitting on the patio.  We joked that brunch at Oscars was our religious practice but I'm not kidding.  The food it yummy and you just....can't....get....over....the beauty.

 

Philip has  a new trick that makes  me laugh so hard.  Because I am a proud Mom, I asked him to do it for me so I could take a photo.  Like most kids, he wouldn't.....unless I paid him.  So for $2, I got these little gems below.  By far the very best thing I've ever got for $2 and it topped off my Mother's Day just right.

The angry version

After breakfast, we headed back home.  We had a great time and really enjoyed visiting with the fabulous women in our lives.  It's things like this that fill my soul to the brim! 

 

Happy Mother's Day!