A Race and Flowers!!

Randy and I joined some friends to go to the Darlington Nascar Race. This was my first race! Here we are waiting for the race to begin.

Billy Currington show before the race.......he is actually from right here in our town! His mama and my mama worked together for years and were good friends!

The pre-race stuff....here is Richard Petty.

....and there they go!

This car was so beat up but kept on going!!! We were sitting right in front of the start finish line and pit row!

The race was Mother's Day weekend. Before we left to go, these flowers were delivered to me from Randy and the kids......I love roses and daisies!! They were soooo pretty!

Randy getting some Jacey snuggles!

Roses, Saying Good Bye and a Family Day!

Remember a few posts back I posted pictures of the buds on my rose bush? Well, here are some of the blooms!!! There were 4 HUGE blooms that were so pretty!

Thursday, we just hung out with Alison and her family while they packed up and prepared to leave Friday morning. I couldn't help but snap this picture of Jadziah and Momo....kinda look like their mamas, huh?

Alison, Eric, Noah, Declan, Jadziah and Taejan left Friday morning. We had so much fun with them and really enjoyed the week. It was really neat to finally meet in person after talking for all these years!! As soon as they left, we began to get ready for more company!! My sister, brother in law and two nieces arrived Friday night for the weekend!! Saturday, Johnny, Erin and Jacey joined us for a cook out. I didn't take many pictures but I did have to sneak a few of Jacey!! Momo and Jacey!

Here is my niece, Miss Nicole, also known as Coco!! Isn't she just a doll?

Erin and Johnny needed to run an errand so they let us babysit Jacey for a little bit. Kristen was thrilled!!

I just love this picture of John John, Jacey, Ian and Kristen. It is so sweet, Ian was rubbing Jacey's little head and softly saying " sweet Jacey, sweet Jacey". I think this captures the sweetness of the moment....

My newest hobby is baking bread using my new bread machine and my whole wheat flour which I am milling myself!! I bought a bucket of whole wheat kernels and am using my friend's mill to mill the wheat into flour. I have had a lot of fun experimenting with different recipes and the bread is so yummy!! This is the first wheat loaf I made this past Monday night!! Kristen and I stayed up late waiting for it to come out of the machine so we could try it out!!

Kristen says "MMMMMMMMMMMM"!!!!

We have also gotten back into our school lessons this week and we went to coop on Monday. We only have one more coop day for this year and about 3 weeks of school lessons left until we take a summer break!

Our Easter

After getting the garden planted, we cleaned up and started dyeing Easter eggs. Momo and Ian were very excited.

Kristen was getting the dyes ready.

Papa joined in on the fun!

Our finished eggs!

We were up bright and early Easter morning so the kids could look at their baskets. I think Momo was still half asleep!

Kristen was happy to get some banana chips in her basket.

After baskets, it was time to get dressed for church.

We just hung out at home after church. That evening we finally got around to hunting Easter eggs.

One of my rose bushes had some buds on it. I will share pics of the blooms shortly!

This one azalea bush was still in bloom too. All of the others have finished blooming but this one lasted a long time.

Oh, remember a few weeks back when the kids wanted to plant some old potatoes? Well, check out what has become of those potatoes now!!