Spring

I get behind on blogging and then I don't ever want to catch up so here is a spring-so-far recap, and hopefully I'll be a better blogger :)

Easter weekend was great. We celebrated our Lord's resurrection in Dothan with Wes's family. We took Caleb to an Easter egg drop on Saturday. Heather and Harrison went with us. The little guys didn't last long enough to be there for the egg drop, but they were very entertained by all the people, the puppets and the music.
Here are some pictures of the cousins checking things out and from Easter Sunday...




We've been enjoying the pretty weather and have been to the beach and the pool several days. Caleb LOVES the dirt and the water, and I spend a lot of my time looking at this face asking to turn the water on. How can I resist?


We have been outside almost all day everyday. We have one patch in our front yard that doesn't have grass, just dirt, and it's his favorite spot. He is a mess.

We also went to Mexico Beach for a weekend for the C. W. Roberts golf tournament. It was my favorite year yet, but I didn't take a single picture :(. The weather was beautiful and it was so nice to have a little vacation.

Last week, Caleb and I went to Ashley's for a 24 hour visit, and we picked strawberries last Friday morning before coming home. We all loved it.

Caleb might have loved it the most and ended up looking like this by the time we were finished. Hello country bumpkin! He is A MESS, I'm telling you! We went to Dothan because Wes had a doctor's appointment in Dothan . We found out he will have his tonsils removed June 30th. I hate that he has to go through that, but he really thinks it will be worth it. That's the recap for now. Have a great weekend!

On The Road Again

We've been spending our weekends on the road. We went to Hartselle the weekend before last. It was a quick trip. We got there after midnight on Friday and left right after church on Sunday. Wes went to a golf expo with my dad and I got to play with my sweet nieces, my mom and Katie. I didn't take any pictures while we were there, but it was a lovely time.
We went to Dothan this weekend for Wes's good friend's wedding. Justin Barfield married a sweet, beautful girl on Saturday, and we were happy to get to be there with them. It was a BEAUTIFUL wedding. Thank you Nana & Poppy for babysitting so we could celebrate!

The Herrings came over Sunday afternoon for lunch and we spent the afternoon outside.



The weather is supposed to be beautiful all week, and I'm so thankful it's SPRING!

What Is Easter?

Caleb is getting a new book for Easter that Ashley's boys already have. It's a cute little book that teaches what Easter is really about. It rhymes and has sweet pictures. I am excited about it so I just thought I'd share. I found it for $1.98 on Amazon about a week ago. Looks like the price is about $5 now, but I imagine it's a book we will read for years. If you're interested, click here for the link on Amazon.

Pink Eyes and Ear Infection

So the diagnosis from the doc today was pink eye in both eyes and the beginning of an ear infection. Glad we went so we could get some medicine. He should be feeling 100% in a few days - Thank you, Lord! In the meantime, it hasn't slowed him down much...

When I last updated, I was a young gal in my 20s. Now I am officially 30 years old, and I had a great weekend celebrating. It was the most beautiful weather we've had all year - thank you God!

Sweet Wes planned a birthday dinner with friends at a little Mexican restaurant for Friday night. I didn't take any pictures, but I sure had a good time and felt so loved that everyone came to celebrate with me.

Our birthday was on Saturday, and the Williams came so we could spend it together. It was such a good day. Ashley recapped it all here. She said a whole lot of nice things about me in that post. If you know her, you know that she is the 'better twin'. Ashley is about as good as they come. To know her is to love her :). I am the oldest (by four minutes), but I have always looked up to her and wanted to be like her. As far as I am concerned she is the coolest! I didn't take but a couple of pictures, but here is our happy little family before we went out to eat.

In other news...We are going to see Caleb's doctor this afternoon. His eyes are so red and swollen, and he has woken up the last two mornings with them matted together. I am afraid he has inherited the Brown's bad allergies (when I was in high school taking a final exam in the dusty old gym, my eyes swelled together so badly that I couldn't see the paper by the end of the test), but maybe it's pink eye. Kind of pitiful, huh?

I'm sure it's nothing a little Allegra or eye drops can't fix. I'll keep you posted.

Dancing

Caleb has REALLY been dancing lately. He dances all day long and it makes him so happy. We went to Baytowne with some friends on Sunday afternoon, and I got a quick clip of his moves. He loved all the people, the dogs, the music and being outside. He would have stayed all day!

Caleb, Ashley, Sawyer, Eli and I went to Hartselle last week to celebrate my daddy's birthday. We spent the night at Ashley's house (a.k.a. toyland) on Monday. Caleb gets SO EXCITED to be around his cousins. It's sweet. Sawyer took him for a ride They played in their house had a snack and made Valentines with Eli
I didn't get any pictures from the birthday party, but my mom cooked a big meal and the Braddock girls were there. It was a good time.
We met Katie and Caroline at Cook's Museum the next morning. It turned out to be a great idea for a cold Wednesday morning. Ashley (a former Cook's museum employee :)) gave us the tour...
They really liked all the (dead) animals


and then it turned into a photo shoot

We had a great trip and were even able to enjoy a little bit of this on the way home.