Mother's Day

This year instead of cooking, we took my mom  and Rick's mom out to dinner.  PLUS, we decided to do this on  Saturday instead of doing the crazy Sunday afternoon after church.  This was very smart on our parts, if I do say so myself.  Then I was able to enjoy my Sunday with my family.

We took our mom's to Mike's Farm in Beaulaville, NC.  This place is really more exciting at Christmas time due to the Christmas Light Hay ride.  But - the food is to die for ALL YEAR long.  It's family style of fried chicken, pork tenderloin, green beans, mashed potatoes, corn, and of course the mac & cheese (YUMMY!!!!)  Plus, a choice of dessert - this time it was cheese cake, strawberry shortcake, or banana pudding. 

The weather was really nice so after we ate, we hung out on the front porch.  While we were waiting, we found out that they were doing hayrides around the grounds.  It was really cheap - $2 a person so Deana, Caroline and I took a ride.  Caroline loved it and we enjoyed watching her enjoy it!

Proud of my Sister-in-Law

Just a little over 2 years ago, my sister-in-law started on a journey to get her associates degree in nursing.  This year, she graduated from Edgecombe Community College.  How exciting!  She is officially done with school - for now - until she goes back for her bachelors.  She also graduated with having a job at Pitt Memorial Hospital in the NICU.  This is exciting and pretty much where she wanted to be.  Congrats Kristen!!!!  These pictures are from her pinning ceremony that I attended.

Put on you Easter Bonnet....

Please forgive the side views - I haven't figured out how to fix those :(

or something like that.  Easter often brings new clothes - well at least for some it does.  This year, we decided to "splurge" and buy a brand new dress for Caroline.  In years past, I have often gone to the consignment store and bought a couple of outfits.  My mom, Caroline, and I went shopping for Caroline's dress and decided to go to Target.  They had some very cute dresses and weren't the typical pink, flowery, frilly dresses.  An additional bonus was that I was able to purchase a dress for our little girl that we're expecting in June so that the two would have matching dresses.  Take a look at Caroline and her dress:

Easter Weekend

This year, Caroline understood more of the events that take place around the Easter Holiday.  Even though we are Christian and don't do the Easter Bunny thing, we do participate in the egg hunts and egg coloring activities.  She was SO excited about coloring eggs that as soon as she got up from her nap she was - "Let's color eggs!!!!"  So, on Friday afternoon, Rick, my mom, Caroline and I colored eggs.  She had a lot of fun deciding which color she wanted her eggs to be: