Today is a special day because it is my daughter-in-law, Carina's birthday. She is married to my son Joel and they live out in Vancouver. I will not get to see her today because I live on the opposite side of the country but she is close in my heart. Carina is a nurse and one of the sweetest people I know. If I could have hand-picked anyone for my son, it would have been Carina.
Here she is with a big smile and dressed in blue. She is a little Dutch girl who not only won the heart of my son but the hearts of my whole family. She is beautiful inside and out.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJvF7jFUXfHABLayWT1Bp-il8a223KliJFqXM03-aRyyZ8okVpIf_0PZT7sHv5atmseybpEvzI2B22VzR1mG30tOunak5NxerP82h5w8adCWEUDx-GWbOLEsvhg-_YMuch6xKhhGhTag/s320/Carina+%26+friends-+Christmas+%2707.jpg)
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This is her with her son, my youngest grandchild, Zachary.
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Carina with Joel, Zachary, and their doggie Skye last Christmas.
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Happy Birthday Carina ~ I love you!
Today I would also like to show you this blue planter that was outside the Tea Room where Hubby and I and friends had breakfast one morning.
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will go pay a visit to our smiling hostess Sally and the other blue participants by clicking on the link http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ or the Blue Monday button on my sidebar. Enjoy your day everybody.
Sharing from my heart~ Sandi