Fourth of July

We flew to Jackson, Mississippi instead of Monroe, Lousiana to save a little money on our way to visit Jason's family for Fourth of July weekend. It was a great idea, although the extra time on the road was a little tiring. We stayed the first night with Jason's parents, because it was really late when we arrived. For breakfast, we enjoyed some yummy blue berry muffins made by Jason's mom from a Paula Dean recipe...ummm umm! Those were really tasty--and they were made with fresh blue berries from a church friend's garden. Later in the day, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house to visit and got to see their huge, amazing garden!

Jason with his grandparents - they are holding two cucumbers we brought from our garden.

During the rest of the time we were home, we got to stay with Justin and Heather and our nephew, Brady! He's growing like a little weed--and lots of fun to play with and watch. He's so smart, and so observant. I was really amazed about how much a 1 1/2 year-old knows, understands, and is able to do. Heather has him helping her with chores like unloading the dish washer, laundry, putting away toys, fetching his shoes to go outside, and more--and he loves to "help Mommy". Justin and Brady have father-son time out in the yard a lot --throwing rocks, and picking up sticks, etc. He even has his own "pond" on the back patio--a kiddie pool where he loves to toss rocks. A couple evenings were spent hanging out with Jason's friend, Danny and his wife Anna. We had a great time playing video games (guitars, drums, singing, etc. for this one game). And, just catching up on their lives was great--we hadn't see them since their wedding last year --7/7/07.

The time went by way too fast, as always.