Mother's Day was wonderful. We spent the day celebrating with Matt's mom, BeBe, and my mom, Mimi. I love my mommas. I had such a great day with family and especially with my daughter. I am SO blessed to be a mommy to such a great little gal.
My precious little gift
The Ivester's on Mother's Day
Typical.
Me and my PRECIOUS Mommy!
The Rucker clan on Mother's Day
Mimi and her grands.
The children and our children
Typical.
The Rucker clan (minus Chad, Michelle and Crosby) went to the lake over Memorial weekend. We had such a good time sunning, riding in the pontoon, eating, swimming, etc. Cadence and Brie went last yr but were too young to really explore. This yr they had a great time splashing in the water and playing with their water toys. We always have such a great time at the lakehouse.
Matty and his girl on the boat.
Bathing beauty.
Me and my girl.
Sweet Brie Brie
Ivester Clan.
Precious Cousins.
Mimi and her girls.
Papa reading his fishing magazine to Cady. She loved it.
June 5-12 Matt, Cady and I went with the Ivester's to Sea Grove Beach, Florida. We had the time of our lives!! I was really worried about the 8 hr car ride with Cadence, but she did excellent! The first couple of days she was very apprehensive about the ocean, but soon she grew to love it. She spent her days playing in the sand and playing by the water, going to the pool and eating freeze pops. One day we went out on a boat and spent the day snorkling and walking on this gorgeous beach. Cadence's favorite part of that day was standing on the boat throwing crackers to birds and watching them eat. :) We had such a great trip. I took sooo many pics, but I'll try to narrow it down to some of the best.
Bathing beauty.
She LOVED the sand.
Aunt Kaya, Cady and Myself
Two Peas in a pod...Matty and his daddy
Sweet little foot
Sacked out for a nap
My sweet little family
So sandy and loving it!
Living the life with a freeze pop and juice
This is right after she got over being scared of the water.
Check out those crooked glasses. :)
Family pic
The kids minus CadyBug
Cady watching the birds eat her cracker.
The beautiful place we started snorkling.
Matty snorkling.
Beautiful.
Cady running on Shell Island (one of the most gorgeous places I've ever been.)
Cady and her daddy.
On the pontoon one day after snorkling. Right after this two dolphins swam up to our boat. It was AMAZING!
Poor little girl sacked out on the boat and missed the dolphins.
Kaitlyn and her friend, Mr. Crab.
She loved being buried in the sand.
I have always loved having my birthday the day after my daddy's. We always have so much fun celebrating together. This year my daddy turned the big 6-0. We went to Anita's to celebrate with him and the next day (my bday-the 17th) all the fam came over to mama's to celebrate. We had such a great time!!! My bday was amazing-I woke up and went to breakfast with mom and Cadybug (mom treated me to yummy Cracker Barrel). Then, Cady and I met Matt for lunch at Fried Green Tomatoes (our usual place), then I went to get my pedicure that I received from Matt and Cady for Mother's Day (heaven), and then we had supper at mom's. I received a great gift on my bday-my "new" Toyota Sequoia. It is not a birthday present...it just so happens my precious car was getting old and I needed a new one and my Sequoia just happened to be delivered on my bday. How fun! Friday night, Cadence spent the night at the Ivester's and Matt treated me to Trio and some gelato, followed by a Saturday morning breakfast of my favorite: chocolate chip pancakes. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! I love traditions and I love birthdays, and Matt and my fam never disappoint me. :) Here are some pics of daddy's celebration and mine.
Daddy's dessert at Anita's...the best!
Me and Cady on my bday at mom's.
The best dessert EVER...mom's chocolate eclaire
Matt, Me and Wyatt (the car) :)
Me, Kaitlyn and Courtney (Kaitlyn's buddy) showing my age...27
Cady, Crosby and Brie...the three grands.
My annual bday breakfast from Matty...chocolate chip pancakes. WONDERFUL!
Last but not least: Father's Day. Me and Cady made Matt his favorite muffins for breakfast, gave him presents and then went to church. After that we went to the Ivester's, followed by going to my family's. We had a great day celebrating Matt, Daddy and Jimmy. I am so thankful that I was raised by such an amazing father. My daddy is amazing and such a man of God. His heart is so beautiful and I love him so much. I am so thankful that I married a man just like my father. Matt is so amazing and so loving and so generous, selfless, kind, etc. He is an amazing husband, friend and father. Cadence is sooo blessed to have him as her daddy and we are so lucky to be able to have him in our lives. I love you, Matty! And Jimmy-I love my father in law so much too! He is so good to me and treats me just like his daughter. He is funny and such a good man! I love you all!!
Matt reading his card from Cady.
They are so beautiful! Wow, I am blessed!
Next, is Matt's birthday (the 26th of June). We look forward to celebrating with him! I will try my best to not wait a month and a half to post my next blog so you won't have a novel to read at once. :) P.S. I just reviewed this blog and for some reason the pics and captions are posting weird and aren't centered. I don't know what's up with that?!
