Introducing Terry and Sara Iles

At the end of May we traveled to Louisiana to attend Clay's brother's wedding. We had a great time visiting our families and welcoming Sara as the newest Iles!

While traveling we stopped at a Walmart for me to get a few things. When I was inside Clay took this great picture of Jude sitting in Noah's lap. Hey, they have to be entertained somehow on the 6+ hour drive.
Jude enjoyed his first popsicle with Dee.

He likes it!

I think...

Yes, he does! And he wants more!

Terry graciously let Noah "help" him clean out his car.

I'm not sure what the paintbrush was for (?)

On Thursday I helped Mrs. DeDe and Mrs. Claudia decorate for the rehearsal dinner. On Friday we made these wonderful waffle bowls with chocolate moose, strawberries, and almonds for the rehearsal dinner dessert. Friday night we attended the rehearsal and ate a fried catfish supper. Yummy! On Saturday morning we attended the wedding of Terry and Sara Iles.

(photo courtesy of Amanda Iles)

We are so happy for the new couple!

After enjoying a lovely wedding reception with yummy cheesecake we went to visit the Mitchell family for the day.

In May we celebrate Carson's birthday, Landon's birthday, my birthday, and Mother's Day. This year the guys cooked us fried fish, fried shrimp, fries, and hush puppies. We had cookie cake for dessert!

We spent a lot of time outside. Noah had so much fun pushing Jude around in this car that my mom decided to get a car like this for Jude for his birthday. It's really fun because since Jude can't walk yet, he has a place to sit and play when we're all outside.

Landon and I have birthdays 2 days apart. On this particular Saturday it was his 13th birthday! We were so glad to get to spend his actual birthday with him and have such a big and fun celebration.

My daddy with his girls

Pops and Jude

Uncle Jake with sweet baby Jude

Jake's getting ready to have a newborn again. Yes, that's right. My sister KK is expecting their 2nd baby in December! We can't wait to find out if this 4th Mitchell grandbaby will make boy #4 or girl #1!

Mine and Landon's birthday cookie cake- my favorite kind of birthday cake!

the birthday boy

the fam

4-wheeler riding with Pops

We used this picture for his birthday invitations. Doesn't he look so cute and happy?

4-wheeler riding with daddy

Even Clay and I got to enjoy a leisurely 4-wheeler ride. I always consider it a date when it's kid-free!

Nana and her great-grandson Noah

Grammie playing pat-a-cake with Jude

We left my parent's house Saturday night and drove to Alexandria to spend the night with our sweet friends Jason and Melissa. We enjoyed visiting until late and then going to church with them Sunday morning. Noah loved seeing MeMe and JJ and of course, Moses, their black lab. We miss our friends in Fort Worth, but are thankful that they don't live too far away so that we can still visit each other.

It was a crazy busy and fun weekend. We went home to enjoy a few days together before Clay flew out to Africa for a 2 week mission trip. More posts to come...