Day 127 - Squeeeeeeze

Friday evening I made Owens dinner and took a beach sheet out to the yard where we sat with his dad and had a little picnic. Chris had been working on mulching the yard...with his little helper of course. Here's a pic of Owen giving him a big squeeeze. I love to just squeeze this little boy. I always say, "The more you squeeze, the more you love." I'm happy I caught this squeeze on camera.

Day 126 - Thanks, Owen

On Thursday, Owens class had a Mother's Day breakfast and they gave out the gifts the kids had made for us. Here is O with the flower pot he painted for me. Its one of the best gifts ever. I never realized how much homemade gifts from your children can mean to you...until of course I had my own child. I love it. I will love it forever. Thank you, Owen.

Day 125 - Ponder

O was lounging in his little adirondack chair this morning and I grabbed my camera. In typical fashion he got up before I could get out there, but I convinced him to sit back down for a little bit. I got a few cute snaps of him, but this one I thought is so cute. He looks like he's really pondering something. Probably not the case and just coincidence. We are hosting our Church small group at our house tonight. Its naptime now and I'm taking a little break from cleaning. Now on to conquer the kitchen floors. Yuck. Then I have to make a lasagna. Busy day! We were at the grocery this morning at 10...its Senior Discount day. There's a table with food and juice & they save 10%! What the heck, Kroger? Where's the stay-at-home mom discount day? I say they install a free cocktail bar for the moms and a play area for the kids and us moms would be there for a while then spend a lot after hitting up that cocktail bar! ha!

Day 124 - Yardwork

When Chris got home from work today, he and O loaded up to go get a load of mulch for our landscaping. I hopped on the mower and mowed the lawn while they worked out front. Then O road with me while I mowed the front. I took this shot in a pretty stream of light as the sun was going down. I was trying to get him to sit in the grass. He, of course, never cooperates. :)

Day 123 - Hello Hummingbird

My mom told me she wants a picture of a hummingbird so I've just spent the past 40 minutes stalking hummingbirds! Jeez Louiz they are fast! I thought we had one, but I think there are three out there fighting. I heard they are territorial. They are so tiny and would dart from our neighbors tree, over to our rose bushes then over to a crepe myrtle bush (sp?), then sometimes to the feeder where I was trying to capture them. I sat and watched one sitting in a rose bush for a while. Had I not known he was there I would have never seen him. Pretty dang cool. I could have sat there longer but it was getting dark and I was losing light. However, I've found the perfect spot to sit and stalk my prey. :) I may try again another day.

Day 122 - Day Two, The Rain Continues

Many parts of middle Tennessee are flooded. Homes are under water. Businesses are flooded. Hotels are flooded. Schools are flooded. This is horrible. I've never seen anything like this so close to home. Nashville has been declared a State of Emergency. Our weekend was spent inside mostly watching live coverage of this devestating storm or cartoons. By yesterday afternoon we all had cabin fever and needed to get out. We drove around our area and I took some shots of local homes that had rising water. What you see in these images is nothing compared to what is going on in other parts of the state.

My sister-in-law did a great blog post about the flooding that you can find here if you want to read more.

Thank God the sun is shining today and our area can start drying out. I'm so thankful that my family and friends remain unharmed by this storm. My heart goes out to all those who have lost so much.

Day 121 - Day One of Rain

Saturday the storms moved in...and they didn't stop until last night. We had nearly 2whole days of rain reaching up to 13 something inches. This photo was taken Saturday around 5 or 6. Owen decided to tromp out in the rain and get soaking wet. Then he had this miserable look on his face. Needless to say we went straight to the tub after this.