The Queen Celebrates It Right !

My birthday weekend started with some sweet time with my friend Suzanne sharing some of what I do :

  (Suzie with “Creative is a Verb”)  

And some of what she does. (Suzie’s hand dyed silk ready for making felted scarves).

My plan was to see my friend Kim, the Bodhi Chicklet, too but Montreal fall bridge construction and parking lot traffic prevented that…

 

Chica didn’t mind – she was quite enamored of Suzie’s couch…

Sunday was off to my sister Nat’s house to so all three sisters and their gangs could be together for Canadian Thanksgiving.

Not sure if my sisters were feeling quite themselves…(Kristina)

I may be the oldest but they are looking a little worse for wear, don’t ya think ?

(Natalie) Hee, hee !

Natalie organized a little treasure hunt for the kiddos in the back yard.

The littlest kiddo, Miss Katie, got some help from her Uncle Dave. My heart melts to see her hold his hand,or really just one finger, like this !

I’ll bet she like it a whole lot better than holding her brother Tom’s hand that is just a little scary….plus who nose where it has been !  ;-)

    

We did some visiting in the old family graveyard…

and made friends with a ghost or two.

The three sisters left their marks on three pumpkins…

Guess which one was mine !

 

My Mom and I made a Gourd-geous center piece with things from the backyard and some funny looking produce.

But most of all, what we did  at our gathering was LOVE,

something my family does BEST !

Kristina and Lise…

Mom and her bro, Nicholas…  

My dad’s brother, sweet Uncle Charlie, his three boys, Mathieu, Simon and Nicholas, and my darling Auntie Lise… 

Mom and her tag partner/grandson, Nathan…

 

Kristina and Nick…

Uncle Nick and his beautiful daughter, Lindsay…

So much good loving…

Oh and there was even cake ! Home made luscious carrot cake made by Lise. She loving makes my birthday cake every year!

 

Here’s me laughing when I saw how many candles there were on it…

Laughing to keep from crying…

Not really !

What does this birthday girl have to cry about ?

Forty-five years old and living a fine, super loving life, surrounded by incredible peeps, an abundance of beauty and possessing the wisdom to be so very thankful for it all.

Now that’s worth celebrating, Beautiful Ones !

And believe me, I did a fine job at it !

Happy Tuesday !