Another Birthday Party

To round off the month of April birthdays, I went to my uncle's 90th birthday party.

While Uncle Mickey said he knew who I was (he has memory issues) but then he said he knew who everyone was.

But I did get to see my cousins from my Mom's sister's side of the family. It was great catching up. 

Lincoln Plays at Arrowhead

I didn't know flag football was such an up and coming spectator sport.

Lincoln's team played a scrimmage game at Arrowhead Stadium. Now that's a classy place to play a flag football game.

Violet Volleyball and Lincoln Flag Football

I thought my days of attending multiple sporting events was done when my kids graduated from high school.

Violet is following in her mother's footsteps and plays volleyball. She's actually really good at it.

After the second day of her tournament, we hurried off to the football fields to watch Lincoln's flag football game. He mostly plays defense but also plays a little offense and is the center. Look out Jason Kelce!

Then it was back to the volleyball courts to finish the tournament. Violet's team didn't win and it was a long 3 day tournament. If she keeps up with the sport, I'm pretty sure she'll be even better than her mother. Sorry Mis!

Teresa's Birthday

We had a little Cains chicken dinner with the Taylors for Teresa's birthday but what she really wanted was to go to Ameristar Casino and have their prime rib Wednesday special.

The prime rib wasn't the best (sure is a good thing the casino paid for it) and we didn't have much luck at the slot machines. But Teresa got to celebrate her birthday the way she wanted. Happy Birthday Teresa! 

Orchid Recovery

I have lots of plants and do very well with them but I've never been able to keep an orchid alive. I think it was last Mother's Day, Michael gave me a beautiful orchid.

After a few weeks with me, the orchid began to die off. The leaves were still green but the vines had turned a very light green. I was tempted to just throw it away. Then my nail tech told me I needed to water it from the bottom. Soon dark green vines began to grow and the orchid started budding.

Now it looks like this. Either the orchid likes the way I water it and sitting in the office window (which faces south) or I've finally figured out orchids.