Pelican's Game

So talented...

For my first Mother’s Day, my very talented mom drew this picture of Jackson for me. I love, love, love it!!!

Mother's Day

American Saturday Night

Saturday night, we all got together for a good ol’ cookout at Aunt Trudy’s house to celebrate the moms and my cousin Melanie’s birthday. The food was fantastic and the company was great.

Maggie, Amy, and Jackson

Matt and Landon

Dad

Granny and Jackson

Ray and Dad... manning the grill

Aunt Onie and Amy

Laura and Katheryn

Time to eat!

Yum!

The birthday girl

Yard Work = Hard Work

Saturday morning, the family all gathered at Granny’s house to surprise her for Mother’s Day by working in her yard. She was so surprised when she came to the door to see us all standing there ready to get started. We were able to get a lot accomplished in only a few hours and the best part was spending time with everyone, talking and laughing.

Before the big surprise

Matt, Jake, and Jordan working hard

Dad and Steven trimming back the tree

Aunt Onie, Aunt Trudy, and Dad

Katheryn

One happy Granny

Dad

Matt and Granny

Katheryn was a BIG help with Jackson

Melanie after she found a snake

The snake

Laura watering the new flowers

The finished product

Granny and her 2 little girls

Jackson, Laura, and me

Jackson and his Papa

Jackson getting his first taste of a fried apple pie from Aunt Onie at Tucker's

Yum yum!

Fun Friday

Thursday night after work, Jackson and I packed up and made the drive to High Point for the weekend. We had a great time visiting with all of the family and friends that we were fortunate enough to see while we were there. From the moment we “landed” in the driveway of my parents’ house, we went full throttle until we headed home on Sunday, blissfully exhausted.

High Point has one of the most amazing farmers markets and I try to make a point of visiting when I am in town. Friday morning, Mom, Jackson, and I woke up way too early and met my sister, Laura, out there for breakfast and a little shopping. It was a beautiful morning and we bought lots of yummy veggies and some pretty plants for Granny’s yard (more on that later).

Laura and Jackson outside of the Moose Cafe

Mom, Jackson, and Laura enjoying the sunshine

Sweet Jackson

After the farmers market, we stopped by Bank of America so that Laura could show off her nephew to her coworkers. They were all so sweet and loved meeting Jackson in person (they are regular readers of the blog – shout out!). Then, we met my Dad and had lunch at Prissy Polly’s. It is imperative that you have BBQ when in High Point… YUM! From there, we went to Granny’s house and she piled in the car to go with us for the rest of the afternoon.

The best looking Granny around

Jackson and his Gigi

The day continued at the same breakneck speed with which it started. We did some shopping (love, love, love Friendly Center), visited my Aunt Onie at work, stopped by Wally World and the grocery store… you name it and we did it. Jackson was a trooper.

Whew! What a day!