Monday, May 11, 2009

Reflections of a Mother's Day past...

This past weekend we headed to Roslyn (what's up 'Northern Exposure'!) to meet up with my sister, her husband, my niece, and my mom at a rented cabin. This is what I learned:

1) When it comes to family, neutral territory is a good thing.
2) Fries dipped in mashed potatoes and gravy and Baked Cheddar Lays dipped in Melanie's mom's homemade mustard are TO DIE FOR.
3) When you lay in grass by a river, ticks will find you but you won't know it until...
4) ...the Croatian man at the town's only gift shop shouts "Don't move!" so he can remove the tick that is crawling on your sister's chest. No joke.
5) Hot tubs not filled with water do not work.
6) Swinging on swings never stops being fun.

7) Wading in lakes is usually made possible by uncles who don't mind getting dirty.

8) Mountain peaks with snow make fantastic backdrops for pictures.

9) Sword fights with sticks can inspire fantastic imaginings of Water Wizards. Just ask Ana. She'll tell you all about it.

10) Moms are ten times happier with gifts of time than with any other type of gift.


3 comments:

PRP said...

I'm glad you had a great trip. I think that part of our state is so beautiful!

And yes, all a mom really wants is time.

Melanie said...

Oh my, just look at Miss Ana! She is such a beauty!!! I can not believe that story about Lisa/tick/chest! Ewwww! I am so glad you guys had a good time!

Dianna said...

Jealous! That is all I have to say. Oh, and I was wondering about the neutral territory thing... good to know it worked.