The Rest of the Weekend

Since Ed and Jamie’s wedding was Friday night, we still had all of Saturday and Sunday left of our weekend. 

GrandBob and Suzette came over to the house on Saturday.  We ate lunch and headed out to what I thought was going to be a pumpkin patch.  There were some pumpkins but it definitely wasn’t a pumpkin patch.  The major attraction was a 7 acre corn maze.  It was pretty neat but it was SO hot outside that we only did half of the maze.  The kids seemed to enjoy the half we did do.  Will loved finding each new post and calling out the number on it.  They had lots of other fun things to do as well.  They had a hayride, a cow-train ride, a corn launcher, water balloon sling shots, a playground, duck races, and tetherball.  We did most of the stuff there.  We played tetherball and were all laughing so hard. 

We got home from our afternoon activities around 3:30pm and rested for a few minutes and then Janice arrived to watch the kids.  Drew, Bob, Suzette and I headed to the Wake game that started at 6:30pm.  Another sad night for the Deacs. 

Sunday we went to church and then to Drew’s grandmother’s 87th birthday party.  It was a nice little party for her.  It was nice to see some of the family and the kids got to play with their 2nd cousin, J.J. 

That was an action-packed weekend and we are all still trying to recover.  The kids seem to do better on less sleep than Drew and I.  We must be getting old! 

So here are more pictures from the weekend!

Lindy eating cereal for the first time on Saturday. More Halloween shirts! In the corn maze!  The corn launcher.  Aiming for the bull’s-eye.  He hit the bull's-eye at least once. GrandBob and the sling slots. His water balloons kept falling out of the sling shot when pulling it back :) Yeah baby!  I hit the bull’s-eye! Riding the cow train with the kids.  I am so glad I rode with Lindy.  The guy driving the tractor took off and was swerving all over the place and was going pretty darn fast.   Lindy never would have been able to hold on by herself.  I kept yelling at Will to hold on!  Will LOVED this slide.  He did it over and over and over again. On they hayride. Duck races.  The girls won!! Drew and Bob playing tetherball! Our little pumpkins! Sunday morning we were getting ready for church and I walked out of the nursery.  I came back to this……she’d pulled her own little bloomers up high and then crossed her arms all modestly when I took the picture! Will laid on the ground listening to music while I was dressing Lindy.  Of course she wanted to join him.  I think they were kind of tired from the weekend! At Nanny’s birthday party.  This little stool was a big hit with the kids!Lindy with her second cousin, J.J.  We posed them like a church directory picture.  Too funny!!  A few of Nanny’s great-grandkids. The birthday girl! Lindy and her buddy, Uncle Curtis. Nanny and her kids: Mike, Bob, and Joan Nanny and some family: J.J, Candace, Mike, Joan, and Abby Our family with Nanny.

That wraps up our jam packed weekend.  It was a great weekend!  Celebrating marriage, fall, and birthdays.  All good things! 

Uncle Ed and Aunt Jamie’s Wedding!!

We celebrated the marriage of Uncle Ed and Aunt Jamie this weekend!  We are so excited that Jamie is an ‘official’ member of the Southern family.  Which also means there are officially two Jamie Southerns in our family now.  What are the odds.  There is still debate on how we will be differentiated but I’m not digging the ‘old Jamie’ suggestion I keep hearing! 

We had a fabulous time celebrating their wedding this weekend.  The rehearsal and rehearsal dinner were Thursday evening. Drew actually married them which is pretty neat and Lindy and Will were the flower girl and ring bearer.  I was telling Lindy and Will at lunch on Thursday that they would be the flower girl and ring bearer and Will looked at me as serious as can be and said, “But mama, I don’t have a ring.'”  I tried explaining it but then he eventually said “Lindy will dress up as a flower and I’ll dress up as a bearer.”   I think he was getting a little confused as we’ve been talking about dressing up for Halloween. 

We had the bridegroom, Ed, and Corbyn spend the night with us Thursday night.  Unfortunately Ed woke up at 4am Friday morning. 

Friday, the day of the wedding, we let Lindy skip school.  We also cancelled speech for Will so we wouldn’t be so hurried.  Lindy and I went to the bridesmaids’ luncheon and Will and Drew had lunch with all the boys.  We both had nice lunches and got home to put the kids down for a nap.  We both got ready while they napped and got them up.  We dressed them once we got there.  They did pictures beforehand and then the wedding at 6pm.  Jamie was a beautiful bride and Ed looked very handsome. 

Will walked in with Aunt Anna and Lindy walked in with her cousin Molly.  They came and sat with me and Mimo.  Will did awesome during the wedding and Lindy did not do so awesome.  She did not want to sit still and be quiet.  I finally ended up singing directly into her ear and that made her sit still and quiet.  I was thankful that it was a short and sweet wedding.

The reception was a lot of fun.  They had a bluegrass band which was a lot of fun.  Our kids were WIDE OPEN.  I’ve never seen Will so open and wild.  He danced all night!  Lindy made her way around the room meeting and greeting everyone.  They had a blast.  It was a really nice wedding and reception.  Everything was decorated with fall things, mums and pumpkins.  It was so pretty.  I hope Jamie and Ed had as good a time as we all had! 

Now for the pictures of the wedding festivities.  I didn’t take pictures during the wedding so here are some rehearsal pictures!

At the rehearsal.  Not the best picture of Drew since he was talking, but it’s funny of Lindy and Will.  They obviously thought they needed to be front and center! Checking out the golfers with GrandBob. Practicing! Jamie’s parents, Richard and Lorrie Molly and Corbyn. At the rehearsal dinner. Will’s newest trick.  GrandBob started giving him a mean look and shaking his fist at him.  Will started doing it back. 

Riding to the wedding on Friday and holding the bags Uncle Ed and Aunt Jamie got them. The kids in their outfits!  Are they not awesome.  My most awesome, and super talented mother MADE them for the kids!  It’s so cool to have a mother who is an amazing seamstress.  It comes in handy!Will congratulating the bridegroom!   Brothers, Drew and Ed Siblings:  Anna, Drew and Ed Mimo and her grandkids Our family! The happy couple!  Ed and Jamie!

Lindy had a blast dancing with Suzette.  She would imitate everything Suzette did. Will dancing with Mimo! Great picture of my boys! Lindy loved Uncle Curtis and his beard!  They both had fun with Uncle Mike and his tie too. Funny picture of Brotherly love! Can you tell Drew loves to terrorize his brother? My kids had a good night.  I could tell because they passed out in the car on the way home! 

Congratulations Ed and Jamie!  We’re so happy for you!