One Last Mother's Day Shot with Sarah!

Mom said "Rock can stand in for Bethany and then I'll have all my girl's here." I'm not sure how that works, but regardless, here we are!

Happy (day before) Mother's Day!

A few pictures of the day before Mother's day -- taken right before Aunt Zuni and Aunt Sarah made us an AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS steak dinner.

I know we are overexposed in the shot above, but I thought Rock's face looked really cute.
Okay, so to everyone else his face probably doesn't look that much different here, but as his mom I can see the difference!!!
Here's an adorable family shot. Oh wait... not so much.Much better. Happy Day Before Mother's Day to me!

Aunt Sarah

Rock was so excited that his Aunt Sarah surprised Grandma Cokie with a Mother's Day weekend visit.
He had a lot of fun trying to eat her nose.
Meanwhile, Aunt Susanna was just glad that the man in the crazy hat was on the other side of the glass.
No time to smile for pictures when Aunt Sarah's holding a spoon. Fascinating.

Remote

Rock is already obsessed with technology. If he sees a computer, a telephone, a cell phone, a remote, or anything else with buttons -- he wants it.

Needless to say, he was overjoyed when I suggested that my parents give him their old remote from a TV they no longer use.
He takes it with him everywhere and it's his favorite toy.
That is, except for his Papa John toy.
He loves playing with him more than any toy.

Girlfriend

Rock loves Becky. Enough to fall asleep in her arms.

Reunion

If you know my friend Beth , you have probably already read here about this get together. It all started when Beth, Annie, and I were young and we all grew up together at Wallace Presbyterian Church. Then Beth's mom got married and they moved to South Carolina. Although it's been years since we've all seen each other, we've kept in touch recently via our blogs. So, when Beth came to town, she made sure to set up a playdate with all our families. Here are the three of us. I wish I had a picture of us when we were little to show you all. We all gathered at the Hathaways and started the day by exploring their new swing set.

Isaac shows off his climbing skills.

Aiden, Kristin, and Lauralyn give the swings a run for their money!Well, Rock started the day by playing in the exersaucer...But when he got bored, we tried the swing, and he LOVED it. Back inside Aiden and Sophie played with their Nana. And Clip shared his toys with Rock.As usual, it didn't take them long to stop playing with the toys and start pestering each other.Kristin wisely stayed away. Man, other kids toys are SO MUCH FUN!

No More Serving!

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of going to Sonoma Grill downtown for Jason's (Fix's older brother) last night in the restaurant industry. Jason has racked up about 15 years in the restaurant biz but now he's leaving to tackle the crazy world of nine to five. Dan organized everyone to surprise him at his restaurant so we could send him off right -- by serving us!

Pictured above, from left to right, Papa John, Auntie H (Jason's lovely wife Heather), Nana Kerry, Rachel, The Man of the Hour Jason, Fix, Samantha, and Dan.

Here he is clocking out of his last restaurant shift!
Hello desk job!
p.s. The title of this blog is again, my attempt at being cheeky. Anyone who knows Jason (and Auntie H for that matter) knows that he truly has a servant's heart and no matter where he goes or what he does, I am sure he will continue to serve those he loves with a generous heart and a big smile. Best of luck J-dogg!