A Visit to Mombie’s {Part 1}

I am sitting in my humble country abode, typing this, while eating the "natural" version of cheerios (thank you ML), with no milk.  Why?  I have no idea.  The fridge was cleaned out while I was gone.  You see, that is what happens when Mr. Mom stays home alone.  Things get all Willi Wonkified.

       

I bet you didn’t even notice I was gone, with all that partying you did.  Oh the neighbors already told me.  They heard girls laughing, clanking glasses, shouting names like, Phyllis, Tiffany, Michelle, Melissa, Nancy, Jenn, Sadira, Christine, Sandra, Marjorie, Donna, Monica, Cassandra, Tara… Oh the list goes on and on.  But those are just the first batch to be in trouble 🙂  I want details of who is responsible for what 😉

      

   

As for me, I had a more than a lovely time on my wee voyage.  Too many things to bottle them all up in one blog post.  So, I am going to give you the R&R version in this post, Part 1.  And then, the fairytale, visit granny, witches, dances, etc. in Part 2.

My wee voyage was in the name of a Mother’s Day visit.  But, I dare say, it turned out to be more like, a relaxing lovely visit for one long haired half spoiled girl 🙂  My parents are more than good hosts, and they really know how to make things fun and lovely…  So, here is a bit of what it was like…

      

I began the voyage South, to my parents home, which is about 2 hours from my country abode and 1 hour from my city abode.  Our part of Arizona is very strange.  There are some very desert like areas, and then some very green areas, as you can see above…  I took that from the car, hence the quality…

As you get closer to your destination, you cross some railroad tracks, and the sky turns pink and lovely 🙂

      

You have to follow an extra twisty extra vertigoey road as you get even closer…

      

And, when you look out your car window, this is what you might see.  Nothing  for miles…

      

My parents have a very long driveway with a gate at the bottom… In we go…  Ready for some fun??

      

Grab some ice and a nice cold drink, because, Dad is up to some wonderful business…

      

Yumm Yummm!

      

I arrived to platters full of shrimp and flakey bread with balsamic and olive oil…  While Dad made skewers for our evening out on the patio.  Oh the nights were divine.  Warm with a gentle cool breeze…

      

I went outside to watch the city lights begin to twinkle.  I have loved that ever since I was a little girl.  Watching the city lights come to life…  I think I shared some of this in my Christmas blog post though…

      

Mombie and Dad are so cute…  They were putting up lights and getting ready to have a lovely dinner for my sister and I.  My brother wouldn’t arrive until the following day.  He was shooting a movie and or editing all night…

      

I took so many photos, I didn’t know which ones to share.  I don’t want to bore you to death…  But, I wish, I could have had a wild tea party for all of us on that very evening…  The weather was astounding.  And the way the sun set and the sky glowed in blue was picture perfect…

      

When monsoon season comes with the outrageous rains in summer, it is wonderful to be at my parents house, watching the down pour…  I can’t wait…  Oh rain, please come soon!! 

As Dad cooked…

      

I couldn’t help but savor every little morsel of the night…  Oh, how I would love to have a swimming pool at the country house…  Can we start a campaign to convice Mr. Lovee??  Will you help me? 

      

I have a ball and claw old fashioned bath tub in the yard at the country house… And, one summer, it was so hot, I filled it up with water and bags of ice, and just sat in there for hours…  It was marvelous, but a pool could be even better?

Oh, okay, back to one of the lovely evenings visiting my parents…  So, we had a lovely dinner in that magnificent weather… Lights glowing everywhere…

      

Trees intertwining above head, with lights. I just love stringing lights all about… It makes everything so dreamy at night…

      

      

Such a magical evening…  Sitting with my parents and sister… Chatting, laughing…  Beautiful music playing…

      

Oh, I also did Mammie’s hair.  I am not a hairdresser.  But I do know how to cut and color and streak hair (with foils).  I have been playing dress ups since birth 🙂  and, at around 10, started with the more serious dress ups…  With scissors and such 😉  Mammie let me take a photo of her treasures, while her hair processed (it turned out so lovely)…

      

She is the funnest lady you will ever meet, that Mombie of mine.  She is so hilarious and fun and knowledgable and interesting…

So, there was tea & coffee and treats too…  But, we forgot to have a full blown tea party with her wonderful silver tea sets and such…  But we had this…

      

With this…

      

      

My beautiful and really amazing baker cousin, Marcela, made the phenomenal berry galette…  We enjoyed it in the garden… 

      

My sister made waffles for Mother’s Day, they were delicious…

      

Mombie opened gifts…

      

We then scurried to get ready to go to my Grandma & Grandpa’s house (Mammie’s parents).  When I then realized, AHHH!!  I didn’t have enough gifts…  So, my cousin Marcela and I raided Mombie’s pantry, which is a whole other story in itself.. And found some lovely things…

      

To make lovely things…

      

And voila…  Lovely gifts indeed…

      

And guess what?  Mombie sewed up some little strawberries she saw on Martha, and attached my little Mother’s Day cardlettes, which she printed off from a post down below…  Wasn’t she a sweetie for doing that?  Love it!!

      

 

So, that was a bit of that…  Annnnnnd, there is more to come about the fairytale adventures at Grannies + treasures Grandpa Pedro had for me!!  I can’t waiiiit, to share… Back with that in a few days. For now here are some teeny tiny treats…

      

Hope you had a little fun and I didn’t bore you silly!!! I am so tired, I don’t even know if I made sense…  See you soooooon!!  xoxo, V

Oh, Also, I spent hours indulging in family albums.  We have so many photos and home movies and such…  I took some photos of some photos.  Here I am, blissfully indulging 😉

      

And, being my silly self  (Looove Mombie’s outfit, and that wallpaper! haha)…