Thursday, June 5, 2014

Haley and Michael's Wedding

Memorial Day weekend, May 24th, Haley Joiner and Michael Davis, got married in Bono, Arkansas at The Silos. Haley is Doug's cousin and was in our wedding 10 years ago. It was so great to be there with the family and watch Haley and Michael get married. 

The Silos is the cutest barn I've ever seen and is the perfect scene for a wedding. Haley had the barn and outside decorated so cute. All of the decorations were family heirlooms and things family had saved or items used from their land. The windows they wrote on were from a family home. Mamaw Penny saved vegetable cans and they put baby's breath in th and strung them across the beams. 






Haley and Michael got married outside under an arbor her father made. The first four benches were old rustic pews and the rest of the seating were just chairs from the Silos. Aligning the aisles and at the end of each row were tree stumps with old white family vases with flowers in them. 




Haley's bridesmaids wore turquoise dresses, flats and their hair all up or to the side. The guys wore gray tuxedos and the ring bearers had on gray tuxedos with suspenders and gray hats on. They were adorable. The ring bearers carried a sign that read "Uncle Michael here comes the bride" right before Haley walked down the aisle. 



The wedding was so pretty and very sentimental. I loved the way the preacher went into how they met, what their reactions were when they first met, their future life together and plans, and about the proposal. He talked about how he asked each parent what they thought about Haley and Michael. When Barry, Haley's dad, was asked how he felt about Michael his answer was "he's okay." The ceremony in itself was very down to earth and personalable. It was absolutely beautiful and perfect and one of the sweetest ones I've been too. 




The reception was held inside and outside near the barn. Haley had breakfast for reception food and had a whole buffet full of pancakes and all the toppings, bacon, grits, sausage, steak skewers, fresh fruit, biscuits and jelly, orange juice, tea, water, chocolate milk and coffee. It was delicious and perfect. 


Her wedding cake was made by her grandmother and it was strawberry with cream cheese icing and she also had another cake that was a confetti cake both were good. 



We even got a chance to pose with the busy bride and groom as they greeted all their friends and family. It was a great day to celebrate Haley and Michael. 

Will survived even if he did get a bloody nose while rolling down a hill BEFORE the ceremony started and he also ran into a wooden table and bruised his face right below his eye. Poor thing! Weddings are not his thing! 

Just a few more pictures of the wedding. 




Mamaw Penny and Cody (Haley's brother) 

Maid of Honor Kelsey (Haley's sister) 

Here comes the Bride

Mother of the Bride, Angie

And the dress!!!

Beautiful wedding and best wishes to Haley and Michael Davis!!!

Monday, June 2, 2014

Memorial Day weekend

Memorial Day weekend was so nice. We celebrated the marriage of Haley Joiner and Michael Davis (post to come later) and then had fun in the pool with our cousins.

On Monday, my sisters and their families all met at mom and dad's neighborhood pool and swam for a few hours. We are all going to the beach in a few weeks so we were testing out Will in various swimming devices to see what would work for him. He absolutely LOVED the pool and floaties and swimming ring worked just fine. After we swam, momma grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and we had homemade ice cream made by Mary and John. It was such a nice day just chilling!

Daddy and Will taking a cookie break

Peyton jumping in the pool to his mommy

John and Anessa playing baseball

Mommy and her little fishy

Taking another snack break

Peyton and Anna Grace swimming and floating

Will found a nerf squirt gun and he had a blast shooting people with it!

Eating ice cream on the back porch

Time for a stroller race

Will and Peyton racing strollers around the table

Someone got distracted and landed in the grass. Made for a cute picture! 

Mother's Day

May has been packed with lots of things going on in our lives. June came before I was prepared and I haven't wrote about anything that happened in May, so here goes.

Mother's Day was fabulous. Nic and his family came in Saturday and we were able to have mother's day/Lou's birthday dinner with them at Centerville Fish and Steak and then they all came back to our house and played outside. It was a great day!


On Sunday, Will greeted me with a sweet gift of perfume and a card before church. Of course he wrapped it himself and he chose a cars gift bag and pink tissue paper. So sweet!




After church, we had lunch at the County Club with my mom and family then went to the GumTree Festival and walked around. Overall it was a great day! 

I'm so blessed to be called "Mom" or "Will's Mom." The love I have for Will is indescribable and the fact that I am his MOM is something I can't put into words. God knew what he was doing when he created Will for me! All I can say is I'm so blessed! 



Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was a special day for our family because this year we ALL went to church as a family together. Last year Will did not attend church because Easter fell a little too early for us to start taking him so he stayed with grandparents while mom and dad went to church. We all made it to early church on time and afterwards to eat the country club with the rest of my family. It was a great day celebrating our RISEN SAVIOR!

On the front porch taking pictures with Nana and Papaw




Easter pictures at the club

Nana Karen and Poppa Bill and all the GRANDS

Funny family picture

Sweet brother and sister
Anna Grace and Peyton

The McMath family

My two favorite boys

Mommy got her picture made with this sweet one

Off he goes and he's done with pictures



Got one more picture

Trust me, they really do love each other

Thankful for this PRECIOUS one right here who reminds me every day of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus paid for our sins. I worship and serve a RISEN SAVIOR because of this PRECIOUS face I see every single day! Thank you Lord for what you did on that cross many, many years ago!