*Mothers Day 2010*

Mothers Day was so special for me this year! My little brother was here from Oregon and i was able to have brunch with some of our closest friends out here, as well. Here's the day in pictures!
Kell and lil Muffin


Lil Muffin LOVES southern food, and some day will kill me for taking this picture!
Notice the tervais tumbler sitting next to her at the table- that was one of her gifts to me that she insisted on using @ brunch-

Aw... my mini me- i'm pretty sure we paid over 25 dollars for her to eat biscuits and a pound of butter!

For all of you that have seen family pictures of us growing up, you would know that my brother ALWAYS wrecked the pictures doing stupid things.. some things NEVER change! ps- since when did mini me start posing it up so hard?! LOL-

This picture is so my brother- if you've seen any of Jim Carr**s movies, you've

basically met my brother. SAME sense of humor!

This ugly blue thing is the best invention.. EVER! and one of my gifts- its one of those HUGE beach towels that

drapes over the lounge chair and has pockets to put all of your stuff in.. then rolls up into

a bag when you're done. GENIUS! BB& B has them.. watch for coupons to get them 20% off!

You all know how i LOVE to cook!!!! I saw this cookbook in a magazine a few months back and KNEW i had to have it! ... GOT IT ;) Many neighbors, teachers and bus drivers have ALREADY reaped the benefits of this cookbook - i made them a fun candy that tastes like toffee, but is made with butter, brown sugar , chocolate chips and saltine crackers. Its crack!

Kelly gave me this cookbook- another fave- they are made by the Junior league and have GREAT southern recipes in them.. See, my nieghbors are SMART! they know if they buy me cook books, they get fed ;)

Yet, ANOTHER one ;) - Stacey gave this one to me.. just found a chicken appetizer that i have bought ingredients for. Baking is so soothing for me.. i love to have a ton of desserts made and then give it all away. Its the best feeling ever!

THIS plate below has to be my FAVE gift this year! We have some very special neighbors that the girls just adore! They garden with them, go swimming, he takes mini me around to find turkey tracks, explains science things to her, they do all the outdoorsy stuff. They took her to their church one night for "Dinner" and she made this special plate - one of those i'll have for years to come and i am obsessed with the green she used in it! She knows her mama well!

We finished the day off with pool time- i love that lil muffin is more independant. ! our pool has a kiddie section, she she just plays in there, and i dont have to get wet, its great! Add the cell phone with some tunes and you have a lil retreat ;)

A Special Mothers Day

..I know, i know, i'm SO behind on blogging.. i'm sorry i really am. Lets jump into it- Mothers Day weekend was SLAMMED with wedding stuff, and my family being here from out of town. Our church had a baby dedication on Mothers Day so believe it or not, we woke up SUPER early on Sunday and drove 2.5 hours back home to make church on time and can i say we were even EARLY! ( maybe cause i was totally putting the petal to the metal due to my zombie state from lack of sleep)

Quin Being dedicated in Church ( being dedicated is a public statement that we as parents will raise her and LEAD her towards Christ)- our church meets in a theater so the lighting is TERRIBLE for pictures- and every pic we were behind a microphone or the pastor was in front of us.. So this is the best shot, and at least we HAVE one decent one ;)

All the babies being dedicated during that service

After Church, the husband was responsible for planning a brunch- due to waiting too long we ended up at a different location than originally planned. Once again, lighting was jacked, so were the pics- but still got some goodies!! ( notice the 7 yr old has swiped my pearls - those were REAL pearls from China and were my gift from my BFF in Greenville)

Lil Muffin loves her Uncle

Family pic after brunch- once again notice who has the pearls - lol

This was the first Mothers Day in 3 Or 4 YEARS that all of us kids have been together, so that was SUPER special and on top of it Lil Muffin was Dedicated- what could be any better?!
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