Jacques at the River

Here is Jacques playing in the river!!

Pig Pickin' and River

Saturday morning Katie, mom, and I headed to Kinston to search for a chair for Katie's nursery. You know since we went to Kinston we went to eat at our favorite...Pizza Villa. Katie was able to find a chair that she wanted for Anna Kate's nursery. She is going to be one lucky little girl.

Brad and Bryant have been talking about having a Pig Pickin' for a few weeks. Well, it finally happened Saturday afternoon. We had a lot of fun hanging out with all of our friends. Here are some pictures from the Pig Pickin'!

Bryant and Brad checking on the pig. Jackson wanting to ride the lawn mower!

Connor enjoying his cup cake!!
Elizabeth and Katie

Brad after a long day of entertaining! Sunday afternoon we went to the river to spend Mother's Day with Brad's mom. We had so much fun. These days, wherever Brad and I go, look who goes with us!! This is him resting on the way to the river. Jacques has never been swimming before, so we were excited to see how he would do. He absolutely loved it. I believe we have a little fish in the family!!

After supper, Brad decided he wanted to try out Brittany's kayak. This was funny to me, especially when he was trying to get started. He did well, and now considers himself a pro!!The SunsetHope you all had a great Mother's Day weekend!!

Aunt Nancy and Beach

This weekend we had the 2nd Annual "Run The Yellow Brick Road." This is a 5K that is held in New Bern, in honor of my Aunt Nancy. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. As I have probably said before one of Aunt Nancy's favorite things was the Wizard of Oz, that is why this event is called "Run The Yellow Brick Road."

Here is everyone as they were waiting for the awards ceremony.

Another favorite of Aunt Nancy's was butterflies.

Here is the butterfly garden that her school created in memory of her.
Allyson Lake and Me.

After we left New Bern we headed down to the beach. It was a perfect weekend to be down there. Saturday afternoon we went out on the boat and then ate supper with Mom, Joe, Aunt Al, Uncle Ray, and their friends. On Sunday, Allyson Lake and I laid out on the beach. It felt great...the wind was blowing just enough to keep you from getting too hot.

Our view on Sunday...LOVE IT!

I just had to write my name in the sand.

What a great weekend we had.

Here is Mr. Jacques...He sure has grown a lot!

Hope ya'll are having a great week!

Luncheon and Flowers

I finally got out of the house today, after being cooped up since last Wednesday. One of my co-workers, Stephanie, just finished her undergrad in Early Childhood Education, so today we met at The Pizza Villa to celebrate. She was totally surprised, and a little embarrassed because their was a picture of her on the front door of the restaurant. After getting over the initial shock of the entire restaurant knowing she was there, we had a great time. She received a lot of fun stuff that she can use during her spare time, since she will not be doing school work all the time! Congratulations Stephanie...we are so proud of you!!

Here is the picture of her cake...it was soo good!

The girls and some others from our Kinston office went in together and gave me a geranium plant. It is sooo pretty. Thanks for thinking of me during my recovery time. Can't wait to be back to work on Monday!!

Here is my plant!
I put it in front of my house...here is how it looks!
What a great Friday I had. Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Snail and The Blind Side

Last Friday my Mema and Big, my mom's parents, came to spend the day with me. With me just having my appendix taken out that Wednesday, I couldn't do much for myself, so my family was always here to take care of me. At lunch time Allyson Lake and Brad came over, so Mema and Big went out for lunch. They went to eat at Parker's BBQ and then took a quick stop to Lowes. When they came back, Mema had gotten me a snail for only $1.00. I put him in my front flower bed.

Here is what he looked like before.

With him being black, he was very hard to see, so I spray painted him yellow!!

Here he is now!
Now it's a lot easier to see him...he stands out!

Tonight Brad and I watched...

Oh my goodness....such a good movie.

I know we are a couple of months behind schedule, but neither one of us are much of movie watchers. I have a hard time sitting down for a couple of hours to watch a movie, but this one definitely kept my attention. After the movie was over, I asked Brad if he liked it...he said it was alright. I was like oh gosh, I thought it was sooo good. Come to find out, he liked the movie, but said it was sad that there are still other children out there who are having to deal with such a hard home life. I think those of us who are very fortunate to have a great home life, take so much for granted. This is a great movie to make you appreciate what you do have, because there are so many people out there who are less fortunate than we are!!

So What Have I Been Up To?!?

Well, last Wednesday morning about 4:00 I woke up with a terrible pain on my left side. I didn't know what was going on. Finally at 6:00, I called my mom and told her something was wrong. After going to Urgent Care and then to have a CT Scan, it was confirmed that I had appendicitis. This is definitely far from what I thought was going on. Soon after my results were read, I was shipped to the ER for Emergency Surgery to have my appendix removed.

I had to stay in the hospital Wednesday night, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and then I was able to come home early Thursday morning. I have been home ever since. I am not able to drive, so I have been stuck inside for almost a week. I have gotten out just a couple of times, but not much! Hopefully I will be back to work soon. Thanks to all of you who have taken care of me, and come by to visit...ya'll have made my stay at home much easier than what I thought it would be like.

Hope you all are having a great week!!

The Masters

Well, I am sure that most of you know that The Masters was on this weekend. I normally do not get into golf, but Brad has talked so much about Phil Mickelson that I wanted to see if he would win today... and he did!!! I was so excited. I knew that over the past year he has had a lot going on at home with his wife and mom being diagnosed with breast cancer, so that just made me want him to win even more.

Him hugging his caddy after his win. Giving his wife a hug!

I was on the phone with Brad when this part was showing on tv, and I had the biggest lump in my throat and tear filled eyes.

Phil in his 3rd Green Jacket!!

Did any of you watch The Masters? If so, who were you cheering for?!?