Happy Birthday Mother!

My mom, Nina Frances Robinson, was born today-October 22, 1917.  She is 91 earth life's old, but was only 62 when she left us.  She was a wonderful lady, a wonderful mother.  She was fun, spunky, loved to play games-and win,-loved her children and her grandchildren, the gospel, riding her horses and traveling the world.  I loved to hear her sing, to watch her as she arranged flowers, and sewed our clothes.  She was a hard worker, a good cook, a good wife and mother, and I knew she loved me.  She loved it when I became a nurse, something she had wanted to do.  She expected me to live up to the good name of Fielding that my father had given me.  She expected that I would always keep our family close, and do the things that I had been taught.  I regret that my younger children do not remember the times she loved them and held them on her lap.  I do want them to know that like me, she loved them.

A summer full of Grow Boxes, Drip Systems and Archways!

Dad (Steven) was kept busy this summer helping Doug and Tarali with their grow boxes and drip systems.  He loves his family, and he loves to garden, so there was nothing he would rathur have spent his time doing.   

This is Dougs back yard.  The back yard was totally torn up at the beginning of the summer so he had to start from scratch. It became so beautiful.  

Here are part of the grow boxes.  A neighbor told him that he was wasting his time putting in grow boxes - that nothing would grow in them.  Hmmm-seems like he had quite a bit of growth in them! 

 He made a bubbler fountain in the center.

Dad and Tarali worked on getting her grow boxes in.  She wanted an herb garden, so they built it out of rocks. 

 
It turned out beautiful!

Pretty enough for a wedding!

I had always wanted an archway by the back sidewalk so since all of the grow boxes were finished, Steven  decided to do it for me.

It turned out so pretty.  I love it.  We are starting a rose that we hope will grow up over it.

Thanks Steven!  You are so awesome!