Edgefield Fun

About a week and a half ago, my mom's family got together for my cousin's wedding. It was one of the best weekends ever!! My aunt and uncle from South Florida drove up and my cousins and great-aunt from Alabama came. We all stayed at a place called Turkey Ridge, which is in Edgefield County. The place was amazing!! The house was beautiful and the scenery was to die for!! It was so quiet...I definitely enjoyed hearing birds, geese, crickets, and frogs as opposed to airplanes, motorcycles, and cars. We arrived on Friday a little after suppertime to find everyone sitting on the porch enjoying the nice weather. Caroline and Henry were waiting on Ava Grace so they could play! That is really all we did....sit on the porch, enjoy cocktails and all the yummy food that was made, and watch the children play.

On Saturday morning, everyone went to tour my great-grandmother's house. This is a house that I have heard about my entire life. My great-grandmother died the year before I was born, so not knowing her, I never got to experience the house my mom talked about. The couple who own it now opened their house up graciously for us to see the renovations. It was beautiful!! I could tell that the memories overwhelmed my mom and her sisters. I really can't put into words how neat the house is and how well preserved it is. It is so wonderful to think that the owners are taking such good care of a place that means so much to other people.

Thomas and Casey got married on Saturday afternoon. It was a beautiful wedding and they are so happy!! Congrats again to them!! I, on the other hand, was stressed out since I had Ava Grace in the church with us the WHOLE time. Now, I understand why children are not usually invited to weddings. She really behaved very well and thank goodness we are Methodist, I couldn't have made it through a longer ceremony!!

The weekend was so much fun!! I am so happy that our family far away were able to come for the weekend. I wish we could have stayed longer, but of course we all had to get back to work and reality.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to Cece, Meme, Great Grandma, all of our aunts, cousins, and friends!! We hope that you had a very special day with your loved ones!!

On this Mother's Day (or day after Mother's Day), I wanted to share the talents of Cece. I have always thought she was one of the most creative people I knew. When it came to school projects, she always new the cool things you could use, she is a wonderful cook, and very crafty. Cece always has a "project" that she is working on and these projects vary in nature. One of her particular "projects" was making Ava Grace 2 outfits. I only have pictures of 1 of them, but the other one is just as cute. Check out the top that she made for her while knitting. Adorable!! I just hope that I inherit some of this talent!!

Let me add just one more picture. Being a mother is really indescribable to me. How can you not love something so miraculous and wonderful!! Although Ava Grace is good at trying me, I am so blessed to be a mother and blessed to have her as a daughter!! Now I know how my mom has felt all of these years!! :)

She loves picking dandelions!! The neighbors like it too!! :)

May Birthdays (June too)

This past weekend was a busy one with many birthdays to celebrate. Ava Grace and I went to Davis' and Fisher's birthday party on Saturday afternoon. They are our twins cousins who just turned 2 years old. It was a fun time with pizza, cupcakes, and playing in the backyard. Ava Grace is looking forward to playing with Fisher and Davis at the beach this summer!!

On Saturday night, Tim and I went out for sushi!! His parents watched Ava Grace (I think that is one of their favorite things to do) while we celebrated my upcoming birthday. Wasabi's has become a favorite place of ours (thanks to Deb and Evan). They have the best sushi around (at least in Spartanburg...although it would be hard to beat it elsewhere)!! We had planned to go to a movie too, but we really were not that interested in anything that was playing. So, we met up with Deb and Evan after eating dinner for a bit. We had a nice time out and Meme and Pop Pop had a great time playing with Ava Grace!!

On Sunday, we celebrated 4 Perry birthdays!! Meme, Brittany, Pop Pop, and myself were celebrated at a park in Duncan. Everyone was there, even Uncle Steve who had to travel the furthers to celebrate! We had a great time eating lunch and watching Ava Grace and Rebecca play all over the park. Brittany and Drew were so great to play too!! Ava Grace loves them all and has the best time when they are around. This was one of the nicest parks I have been too. It is next to the new water park in Duncan. I know to some of you that might sound funny....a water park in Duncan? Yes, there is a water park. It is nothing big or fancy, but it is a water park nonetheless. The weather was beautiful and it was a great time hanging out with family!!