Mother's Day, Take 2

This morning, it was special to have both my mother and grandmother here at church on Mother's Day! It made the day extra special. I'm so glad that Lindsey and Trista got to come too! We got some great pictures of all the ladies this morning. Here are me and my girls. I love being their mother! I told Maryella this morning that I love being her mom. She said, "I love being your little kid. But sometimes I still want to go live with Abby." Gotta love the honesty of a child! Here are all the ladies of the family. We're a good looking bunch if I do say so myself! All the moms of the morning, me, Ma-don and Mama. Mama and her girls. All the "big girls", haha. Kaylin, looking beautiful. And one last picture I just had to take as we were walking to the car after church and all of our family had driven away to go home. Jeff had Elianna on his shoulders and I looked up and saw this ladybug on her cheek.

Mother's Day Celebrations

We had my grandmother, mom, sister and sister-in-law here this weekend to celebrate Mother's Day with us. We had such a great time! It was a very special weekend. On Saturday, we celebrated with gifts, cake, playing outside and having fun together. I've got lots of pictures from the day! We opened gifts before lunch and all of us moms were spoiled! Ma-don got a tea kettle and frying pan that she had been wanting, Mama got a Pandora style bracelet with several beads and charms, and I got a Belk gift card, a new Francine Rivers book, and new charms for my own bracelet to represent each of my girls. We also each got lots of pretty cards, both store bought and handmade. Those handmade cards are pretty special! Here is a picture of all of my treasures! After that, it was time for a picnic lunch outside in the shade. As long as we stayed out of the sun, it was really very pleasant! We finished off lunch with a slice of yummy cake. Then it was time for some fun in the sun! The girls had a blast playing in the water all afternoon! They played with tupperware buckets. They played in the sprinkler. They ate popsicles. It was really lots of fun. Before heading inside, we took advantage of our time together to take a few more pictures.

A Sweet Visit

We had a wonderful weekend with Marmie and Ma-don visiting for a few days. It was the first time Madon had met Elianna. Here are a few pictures from our special weekend.

Marmie and Aunt Linny visit

My mom and sister came to visit for a week and we had a great time! I meant to put these pictures on here earlier, but forgot. We've had quite a week this past week with a wisdom tooth removal gone wrong for Jeff - long story, but he seems to be on the mend now. Anyway, here are a few pictures from our week with Marmie and Aunt Linny...
We hung eggs on our trees outside to decorate for Easter, we went to the park for a picnic and playtime, we enjoyed Aunt Linny's dog, Sophie, we cooked out and made smores in the backyard, and we enjoyed going to church on Sunday morning. What a fun week we had!