A weekend in May!

Our "Pounding"

Timothy loved the Bubbles!

Isaac is holding on!!

Sarah was our first brave zip-liner!

Elijah loved the zip-line!!

I am a week late in posting...better late than never, right? Last Thursday my mother came up for a visit and actually came all by herself, my dad had to work and couldn't make the trip. It is always an exciting time when family arrives! We were all so excited to see her and was looking forward to the weekend with her. It was late when she arrived so we visited for awhile and then headed to bed. On Friday mom, I and the kids went and did a couple of "looking" (shopping but not too much) stops. Then we all hung out here at the house together. On Saturday morning Sarah & I attended a Bridal Shower. It is always fun to do girl stuff, just mommy and daughter. Sarah is such a sweet heart and so friendly. She did really well at the shower, she was Ms. Social Butterfly! Then right after the shower we all took my mom to the Bell Buckle Cafe. Bell Buckle is a small town about 25 minutes from where we live and we actually have some families that go to our church that live in Bell Buckle. It is a cute little train town. The Cafe is a great place to eat! Little did we know when we went that it was Motorcycle Day in Bell Buckle. There was not one parking spot because all the motorcycles had them taken up. I don't think I have ever seen so many motorcycles at one time. Thankfully I had called ahead of time and made reservations. We had a very nice meal and then Bryan, Elijah and Timothy enjoyed a Peanut Butter Moon Pie! Yes, Bell Buckle has this big thing every year called the RC & Moon Pie Festival!! Just a neat little town. Then it was back home for some R&R....but not for too long. We were up and headed out the door at around 4 to go to a Fish Fry that the 1st choice Pregnancy Center holds. We were thinking that this would be a nice "little" event. Were we EVER wrong....it was HUGE!! The kids had a blast. There was a petting zoo, zip line, moon bounce, bubbles and face painting. Then the food was....so much and so good! We had been invited to a Sunday School Party that night too and had we of known how big and how much the fish fry would be we would not have done both....but we were off again. My dear mother offered to watch the two small boys while we went to the Party. So we took mom, Elijah, Timothy and our to go boxes (of food from the fish fry) back to our house. Then we headed to the party with Isaac and Sarah. WOW!! There were so many people at the Sunday School Party. There were some games that the adults and kids could play and then there places just to sit and socialize. When it was time to eat they just dumped it out on the table...really just right on the table top. Help yourself!! I have never seen it done that way, but that's what made it so fun. Isaac and Sarah's look on their faces was "So this is how you serve food in Tennessee"! We got to meet and know some people that we had not yet been able to. It was such a nice time and loved the fellowship! After a very restful night we woke to go and worship our Lord and Savior!! It is because of Him that we had such a wonderful Saturday! Then after Sunday Morning services the church collected food, paper products and cleaning supplies for us (a pounding) as a welcome thing. The picture above is just what fit on that one counter. We were so blessed!! What a weekend and what a Savior!!