A New 'Do

Someone got quite the haircut last week

Although Labs don't typically get haircuts, we went ahead and got Harper shaven for the summer. He's outside so much, and at the beach, so we figured this would be much cooler for him. Other added bonuses are that he sheds less and dries off faster when he gets wet! It looks kinda goofy on him, but I think he's really glad we did it!



he kinda looks sad in these pics, and its probably because i made him stop playing so that i could do this photo shoot. i'd be sad too! haha

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Memorial Moments

We had a fantastic Memorial weekend at the beach. The entire family was there and the weather held up quite nicely despite original reports of it raining every day! Per usual family beach weekends, time seemed to be told based on when it was time for the next fantastic meal. In addition, Bennett, his Baby Einstein DVD, the pool, and a 1,000 piece puzzle that I got at AL's (& we actually finished it, too) seemed to keep us all nice and entertained!
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Momma's beautiful flowers

lovely

crawfish boil on saturday

best friends

rachel & hollis

natalie & stephen

"crawfish cook" Ben & I

Mr. B & his shovel

our delicious spread

my "girly food" contribution to the meal

time for a swim

wine time sunday night

Bennett telling us goodbye on Monday, wearing the shirt we got made just for him (by smitten&co. )for Easter... isn't it adorable!?!?

I hope that all of you had a wonderful long weekend with family and/or friends and are having a great week!

Beach Pics

We had a nice relaxing weekend at the beach. We really didn't do much, so here's just a few pictures from Saturday!

Harper keeping cool out of the sun by the pool

we watched the parachutists fly down before landing at the FloraBama
no, they didn't know I was taking this... HOW CUTE!
yes, they did know I was taking this... HOW CORNY!! haha
look familiar? rachel suggested i do copycat pictures and substitute bennett with harper, which would have been hilarious, but i didn't put forth the effort to stage all the pictures... haha

please excuse our really purple teeth

ooo i learned how to make pictures bigger

well, maybe a little TOO big! haha

A weekend spent with Mothers

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. We sure did, making sure to spend time with each of the special mommy's in our lives.

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My Friday started with our annual "Girls Weekend" that my sisters, momma, and I do every year. We used to go places like Atlanta or Birmingham for the weekend, but now we spend 1 night on the good ole Eastern Shore shopping, playing, visiting, dining, wining (as in drinking wine), and just enjoying our girl time together. We didn't take any pictures this year, but here are some from years past...

Birmingham Restaurant Ocean 2006

Fairhope Inn 2007

Eastern Shore Center 2008

(rachel took the picture) bennett was about 5 months oldBennett got to come along again this year too, and we all spent the night at my house... B's bath in the jacuzzi tub

Momma was so selfless to take her girls shopping on mother's day weekend, and really the goal is always to spend time together, catching up on life and having a good time. After lunch Saturday, we all went our separate ways. Later that evening, Ben and I headed down to his parents' beach house to see his family, visit, and spend time with his mommy. Sunday, Ben boiled shrimp with his mommy, I laid out on the dock and soaked up the sun on such a BEAUTIFUL day, & then we all got lunch together and enjoyed a great meal before heading back home.

I enjoyed spending time with my only baby on Mother's Day as well.

watching seagulls

my sweet baby

giving me sweet mother's day kisses

Ben and I both love and appreciate our mommy's for all that they have done for us, for raising us and our brothers and sisters, and for being such wonderful role models for the good parents we hope to be one day! I hope all you had a wonderful Mother's day out there (even if you are only the mother to, say, a rambunctious 16 month old puppy, like me)!