May

May ended with a trip to Mountain Home for Seth's graduation! Mark and I had a very relaxing trip away from the dogs. We spent Thursday night in Memphis and drove to Mountain Home on Friday. Sister had a few people over for dinner before the ceremony, then off to the school we went! It was hot, but lots of fun! The next morning we drove to Branson, MO...the guys ( Mark, John, Seth and Ryan)played golf and the girls ( Me, Sister and Lauren) shopped! When we arrived in Branson I saw this HUGE KING KONG in the sky...Amazing! The next day we spent in Mountain Home...scrapping...cooking out and swimming...at least Mark and John did, it started raining so Sister and I never swam!

The Hydrangeas are blooming and they are BEAUTIFUL this year...It's hard for me to believe something this wonderful came out of my yard!

Ashton's birthday always falls close to the May Canton Flea Market, this year since she was home from school and it was ON her Birthday we decided to go. Austin even drove home early that morning so he could go with us!!! It was hot, but we had a great time! Later that day Renee came by with Landry and they gave her a beautiful pair of engraved earrings, on the front were Ashton's initials and on the back were Landrys and Cohens names!! How cute it that!? Landry and Cohen are the children she's babysitting for this summer...she ADORES them! After they left we had Birthday Cake, opened presents and dinner.

I know I've said it before, but I'm saying it again, I LOVE Mother's Day!
We spent the weekend in Port Gibson my favorite Place! We were blessed with beautiful weather and all of our kids being there...that includes Ellen! The fist night Austin and Ellen cooked and we ate on the upstairs veranda...it was beautiful! Ashton cooked lunch the next day....wonderful! We cut grass, watched movies, laid around and relaxed!

April

I had Welcome Home Cupcakes ready for Ashton when she arrived home from College for the summer! I was so excited to have her home....I didn't realize how much STUFF came with her! haha. She spent the first several days at home ASLEEP!

Ellen told us a while back that she had NEVER had a Dipped Cone!!!! So, when we saw a Dairy Queen in Jasper we stopped and got her one!!!! She loved it!

For Austins Birthday and Easter we spent the weekend in Jasper with Mi Mi and Paw Paw! Imagine their surprise when we showed up with FOUR DOGS!!! Bless their hearts! We had a great relaxing weekend.

April started with a new addition to our family...Brown Sugar, we call her Sug! She was a birthday present for Austin, but we later found out she was really for Ellen! haha...