BamaJam Weekend

Wes and I left on Thursday afternoon to spend the weekend with the Williams. Ashley and Walker live about 1/4 mile from the field where they had BamaJam and we are all big country music fans - we had such a great time!! We had so much fun hanging out and got to see Jon Anderson, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, Randy Owen, Alan Jackson, Pat Green and Jason Aldean. It was the first time we've left Caleb with a babysitter and I felt like I was 18 years old just hanging out with my friends at a concert (but was so glad he was there when we got home :)). It was one of my favorite weekends in a long time (hanging out with Wes, Caleb and the Williams during the day and good music at night)! Thanks Williams for having us. We'll be back next year to see Kenny Chesney for sure! Some pictures...

Alan Jackson

Taylor Swift

Ashley & Walker with their friends Summer and Kyle

Blake Shelton

Caleb & Eli

Sawyer giving Caleb kisses - He's SO SWEET!

Baby Caroline is here!

We have a new niece! Precious baby Caroline Scott Braddock made her appearance in the world late Friday night. She is BEAUTIFUL and is already surprising the doctors by how well she is doing medically. You can read more on Katie's blog. We love her SO MUCH and cannot wait to meet her!

Caroline Scott Braddock 7 lbs. 12 oz. 21 1/2"

Grace & Shelby with their newest baby sister

Julia is in L-O-V-E! Now she is a big sister, too!
The proud parents

Three years ago today I married the man of my dreams - seriously. The Lord truly blessed me when He gave me Wesley Harper. He's not perfect, but he is perfect for me! I genuinely enjoy spending my life with him. He makes me laugh, takes good care of me, supports me, LOVES our little boy and he prays for me. Happy Anniversary Wes! I love you!


(Sorry for the poor quality of pictures. I don't have a scanner for this computer yet)

So...Caleb and I were not doing much of anything yesterday afternoon so we decided to go meet the boat when they came in and we got this picture

For those of you interested they caught a ton of fish, the weather was beautiful and the water was flat.

It's A Great Day to Be Alive

Wes is fishing with Travis Tritt today. I have to admit I'm a little jealous- I love Travis Tritt. They're fishing with Wes's boss, George. I'm not sure what the connection is with George and Travis. Actually Wes is probably just along for the boat ride while the others fish. (He was really sick this weekend and his muscles are too weak to move very much). I asked that he take some pictures. If he does, I'll post them soon. Happy Monday!

Week Recap

I mentioned before that my mom is retiring this year. Well, Monday morning Ashley and I loaded up our boys in her backseat for another trip to Hartselle for my mom's retirement tea. It's a challenge to try to leave when Eli and Caleb will both take a nap and keep Sawyer happy. We did pretty well and made it in time for the celebration with no major problems. It was a really nice party. Here's a picture of the whole group (minus Eli who was sleeping)

She has been the school librarian at Somerville Road Elementary for 20 years. I asked her to pose behind the computer and act like she was checking out books. This is what she did...

"You better give me my book you little kid!"

She was kidding (sort of). I think this is more like it.
After the tea, mama had packed a picnic for us to go to the park. Decatur has concerts in the park on Monday nights in the summer. It was unseasonably cool that night, but it didn't matter. It is so pretty out there...

The next day these little rascals played in the water hose (that's Shelby with Sawyer)
and this little guy just watched Wes has been working A LOT this week with late nights so after our Hartselle trip Caleb and I decided we would spend a couple more days with the Williams. Ashley and I dressed our play pretties up and took their picture (I know you're surprised)

We had such a great week and are thankful to be home for the long weekend. Happy Memorial Day!!

I LOVE spring and summer! I love to be in the sunshine and I love to go to the pool - always have. It's great to live at the beach this time of year for a lot of reasons but most of all because people will come visit us. Today has been about the perfect day because the Williams (minus Walker) joined us!! I love these three more than I could ever explain!

I made a banana pudding this afternoon. I usually don't post recipes, but I always enjoy it when other people do. So I thought someone might enjoy a new recipe (especially after Darby and Erika have recently posted about fudge pie. I've been good friends with those girls for a long time now, and I didn't realize I was holding back telling them about fudge pie (one of Betty Brown's staples)) so here's an EASY recipe for banana pudding that's always a crowd pleaser...

2 packages vanilla pudding
1 can Eagle Brand Milk (I use the fat free - it works fine)
1 package cool whip
1 package vanilla wafers
bananas

Make pudding as directed. Then, combine pudding with cool whip, Eagle Brand milk, wafers and bananas. Make one day ahead for best results. Enjoy!