Other Weekend Happenings...

What were the boys doing while I was living it up at the beach? On Saturday they went fishing at Graem's parents land in Edgefield. Mason has been carrying his fishing rod around all week, talking about fishing at Grandaddy's pond!

I'm amazed at how well he can cast his rod!

The Future Mrs. DeBerry

Jessica, one of my college roommates, is getting married in 2 weeks. Her fiance's family was kind enough to let us use their fabulous beach house for a girl's weekend before she & Steven tie the knot!

As you can tell from the pictures, we really enjoyed ourselves!

Jessica with her future sister-in-law...


Out to dinner...






Me & Laura


Picturesque Murrells Inlet sunset


Best Wishes, Jessica!!!

Melt My Heart...

Not only is Mason's vocabulary increasing by the day, but he can communicate so much more effectively lately. Last night when I put him to bed and told him I loved him, very clearly he replied, "I love you too, Mommy." So sweet. I was not prepared for the effect of hearing those four words for the first time, completely un-prompted. I will do my best to recall that feeling during his next tantrum!

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was very fulfilling in every sense of the word...food, fellowship, family, and most important, reflecting on the sacrifice that God made for us.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

We started the morning with Easter baskets.




Aunt Ruth gave Mason these bunny ears for his first Easter and I pull them back out each year because they are so stinkin cute! Roper is giving them a thumbs up.




The requisite chocolate bunny...


After church, we headed up to the farm for a delicious lunch at Mama & Daddy's followed by dessert and an Easter egg hunt at Aunt Beth's house. More baskets, courtesy of Bebe...


Easter would not be complete without a few of these:


My sweet nephew, Baby Robert...






Roper is such a snuggly baby...you just can't help but whisper in his ear...


See, I told you...




We enjoyed spending time with Gigi...she was feeling good and was having a "good" day for which we were so grateful.






Mason's favorite treat from his basket was not the chocolate or other candy...it was his bubbles. The yo-yo was a close second. Bebe helped him with his bubbles.


Group shot of Gigi's great-grandchildren:


Caroline is going to be a great help when her new baby sibling gets here this summer!


Sydney has been trying to teach Roper to crawl...I'm not sure I'm ready for him to be mobile!


Whistle!

Take Me Out...

On Saturday afternoon we took the boys to the Carolina baseball game. It was a beautiful day and we all really enjoyed ourselves.

Mason took it all in while munching on popcorn.


His favorite part? Riding the shuttle "school" bus to and from the game while singing The Wheels on the Bus.


Roper's preferred method of transportation:

Easter Eggs

My cousin Kate, or Kate-Kate as Mason calls her, came down to visit last Friday because she was out of school. Sydney hung out with us also. We had fun dyeing Easter eggs together, although I didn't get many pictures because my camera battery needed charging.



Mason loved dyeing eggs...he was definitely a fan of the yellow dye...I think he likes saying the word "yellow." It does sound really cute. And since it was impossible to keep his fingers out of the dyes, at least the yellow didn't stain his fingertips as badly as the other colors!

The Zoo

Mason & Roper's grandparents (Graem's parents) came up for a visit on Saturday and we took advantage of the beautiful weather (and our zoo membership, which we don't use often enough) to go see the animals. Since we had reinforcements to help watch the children, I was able to get some great pictures.



The Lorikeet Exhibit is one of our favorites. Mason wanted so badly to hold one of the birds, but they didn't quite trust him.








I love the elephants.


This looks relaxing...


Mason fed the giraffes.




More feeding of animals...


Roper chilled in his stroller the entire time, and napped on & off.




Other pictures...