Tea Party

I went to a tea party today given by Amy and honoring Amber's 50th birthday. A lovely time was had by all & the food was delicious! Because Amber has sworn off Facebook I'm posting the pics on here so she can see them. :) Here's Amber with her newest grandbaby Eve Amy made the most delicious chocolate cake & the best scones! And of course we had tea! :) All of the ladies that attended the tea party. :) Amber opening her gifts Here are a few shots of the youngest attendee to the tea party, Baby Eve. I couldn't resist taking a picture of those sweet little baby lips! :) Eve was stretching sooooo big when she woke up from her nap!

Mothers Day

Mothers Day was so relaxing! The men of the family (and some of the younger unmarried & no-children members of the family) took it upon themselves to do all the cooking, setting up, and cleaning up for Sunday dinner. All of the mothers even got to go first in line, which hardly ever happens. Why does food taste so much better when you don't have to cook it yourself? haha It was a very relaxing day & made me realize again how much I love my family! And of course if it wasn't for my beautiful daughter I wouldn't be a mother! Here's a pic of us taken at church. Here are some of the hard workers in the kitchen. I don't have a picture of Mike, but he was cooking the chicken outside on the grill. It was amazing as usual :) And of course when our family gets together there are lots of little guys!! So here are some of the pictures from the day. :) Hope all of you mothers had a wonderful day!! I know I did! :)

Easter

Easter Sunday was a wonderful time spent with our church family at an Easter Sunrise service & breakfast, then Easter lunch at our house after church. We also had an easter egg hunt for the little guys. Our family is growing so fast with all the new little ones. We have so many little boys in our family right now! Baby Eve is about to make her entrance into the world & we are really excited to have a little girl in the family! :) Here are a few pics from the day. Jonah, Caleb, & Jack playing together. I keep lots of toys at my house for all the little ones. :) Jack & Caleb eating their Easter lunch :) What a cute face!! Some of the family just hanging out after lunch. Caiden :) Jonah getting ready for the easter egg hunt. Molly helping Caleb with his eggs :) Caiden & Jonah Popi helping Jack look for eggs. Caiden, Kyle & Caleb Caiden Uncle Ethan & Jonah

Gatlinburg

This past weekend Mike & I took a mini vacation & went to Gatlinburg. We invited Emily & Danny to go too & we had such a good time together. These are the condominiums that we stayed in & they were super nice! There was a little brook that ran along side of the condos & you could hear it all the time. It was very relaxing. The condo was not far from the main street so we were able to walk to everything. It had a nice balcony & the weather was gorgeous so we sat out there alot. Here's a nice shot of the sunlight. The first morning we were there we ate at the Pancake Pantry. Mike & I shared this plate of food. Nice pound of butter on the pancakes, huh? We all went to The Old Mill on Sunday & that is always a nice experience. We sat at a table along the river & watched the ducks while we ate. This morning as a last "hurrah" we ate breakfast at the Apple Barn. :) When I read back over this post I realize that I've only blogged about the eating! But the four of us had a really good time just being together & I'm very thankful that Emily married someone like Danny that doesn't mind hanging out with the In-laws sometimes! :)

I thought these were really cool icicles hanging from our porch so I braved the nine degrees cold this morning & stepped outside to take a pic. I worked from home today because the roads were treacherous & now it's 5:00 in the afternoon & our road STILL has ice on it! ugh!! I guess my sweet & loyal husband will be driving me to work tomorrow. :) Anyhows... I loved seeing the snow falling yesterday! Of course, I left work when the first snow flake fell from the sky. And I wasn't stuck in traffic for 5,000,000 hours like some people were. All in all its been a good day. :)

Sunset

I was driving Mom home tonight, after going to the Food Lion that I loathe, & couldn't help but notice the sunset! It was absolutely amazing! I actually drove around Mom's neighborhood until I found a hill that you could see the sunset perfectly. The only problem was I only had my stinky phone camera! I've been carrying around my decent camera for days just waiting to get the perfect picture & today of all days I didn't have it with me. :( This picture doesn't do it justice but I still wanted to share it

Happy Birthday to my baby brother!

Isn't he the cutest thing you've ever seen? This was many years ago but as you can see from the 2nd picture below Steve hasn't changed much in all these years. He still has the cutest baby face... he just has a beard now. :) This is Steve with his little namesake Stevie. Happy birthday to my precious brother who I love bunches!!!