Trip to Rocky Mount

Well right after Papa and MomMom left, we headed to Rocky Mount, one of Brandon's 'guys' came back home from Kansas City. He lives there with his girlfriend, but he was in Alaska fishing for 4 months so he came back to RM to see his parents and celebrate his birthday. The pictures from Alaska were GORGEOUS. I would NEVER live there -b ut I'd like to take an Alaskan cruise. He fished for 4 months... I can't believe how big these king crabs were that he caught for their food... they were HUGE HUGE HUGE... almost as tall as him from the end of one leg to end of another... GEESH!

Justin & Lindsey will by the next to be engaged is my prediction! JC & Allee got engaged last weekend, so that will be our next wedding we'll be going to, but not until next October. Finally, the weddings are slowing down... but I will miss all the festivities! What are we going to do when we're all married?! We have to throw parties to renew our vows or something - I want excuses to dress up real pretty again! It's not acceptable to me that I will only get to dress up like a princess once --- I will definitely renew my vows at 10 years and wear my wedding dress - hopefully it doesn't have to be altered too much by that point haha

But anyway, it was good to get around the 'ol rocky mount crowd. I like them a lot more as the guys (finally) mature and have calmed down a bit! They can even sometimes talk about things that are interesting and I can even chime in in some of the conversations hahaha. I had some good converstions STARTED with Ben, Butta and Cookie... but of course they are interrupted by people yapping about nothing and getting off subject hahaha oh well! It was still fun!

Raymond loved being around so many people. He stayed for quite a while and then went back with "Gamma" to go to bed. He was a little shy at first, but then opened right up and was just yelling and talking up a storm with everybody else. Whenever anybody laughed, he just assumed they were laughing at him and started to laugh too. I think his personality will be the kind that loves to be the center of attention and very confident! I don't know where he gets that from hehe

Eating bar-b-q with daddy!

Then on Sunday, we had cake and ice cream at Gamma's new house for Brianne's 1st birthday!


parker (5), Raymond (14 months of course), Ashton (7), Brianne (1), Shane (4), Taylor (2.5), Jasmine (8?) ..... that's all my nephews and nieces on Brandon's side

and of course here's one with Lennox in it - the official first grandSONdog... he and Ashton basically grew up together. He is like one of the grandkids haha I wish I could have gotten his whole face in there

Okay... so at least we TRIED to get a picture of all of them looking at the camera.. maybe SOMEDAY!!

Here's Raymond, with "Pop" who he is named after... Pop was petting him like he pets Lennox hahaha

at Gamma's new house, there's this HUGE swing out back... look at Ashton with Raymond and Shane underneath her....

It was a VERY fun weekend! :) The family just keeps growing!!!