Another beautiful day...

Yesterday, the sun was shining and it was SO warm that we were all wearing shorts! Jackson's Nana and Auntie Megan came up to play with and watch Jackson and Alan and I went out to lunch at this delicious new deli! They had a great time playing with Jackson and taking him on a walk and Jackson seemed to really enjoy himself. After we got back, we all went in the backyard and enjoyed the sunshine on a blanket and the swinging bench.

Jackson with his pretty Aunt Megan.

Jackson and his Nana!
We are loving this spring and getting to play in our yard and seeing everything turn green for the first time in this house!

Day at the Lake

Jackson and I have been outside a lot lately enjoying the warm weather. We spent 4 hours the other day at the lake. It was gorgeous!

The pretty lake!

Jackson taking in the water!

I love this chunky monkey

Auntie Lou Lee's 19th Birthday

Gigi and Auntie Anne came down to celebrate Auntie Liz's 19th Birthday! We celebrated it a day early on St. Patrick's Day! It was really fun. We decorated my house, did the cake and candles, and Lizzy got LOTS of presents! Alan remarked, "I can't believe we're doing all of this for a COLLEGE aged girl."
Here's Auntie Anne and Jackson. They love each other! :)



Here's my Mom (Gigi), Aunt Lou, and Jackson. They were all wearing green which is good because I'm a firm believer in pinching people who don't wear green on St. Patty's Day.


And here is Lizzy opening her presents and her boyfriend Matt looking on:

A Day in Jackson's LifeI made a compilation of a bunch of pictures from a day in my life. Here's a few of them:

I made a compilation of a bunch of pictures from a day in my life. Here's a few of them:

Jackson playing on our bed first thing in the morning:


Followed by his usual play time:


Watching his Dad:


Time for errands with Mom:


Starbucks date with Aunt Lizzy:

He looooves frappachinos:


Back home to Alan:


His first taste of sweet potatoes with corn:
(not a fan)

The sunset from our front porch:


Jackson and Alan hanging out on the front porch:


The End. :)

Our Day at the Park

Sunday was a gorgeous, sunny day and Alan, Jackson and I decided to go to the park. I LOVE our park. It's one of my favorite things about the town I live in. Big, beautiful river, lots of green grass, and there were tons of families there playing together. Anyway, we went for a walk and let Jackson play on the playground...well, we helped him some.

This is his first time on a slide. He liked it!



He thought swinging was hilarious! He was cracking up.







Then we laid out a big blanket and played with Jackson, fed him some applesauce, put him down for a nap in his stroller (and he went right to sleep!) and then Alan and I napped on the blanket in the sunshine. Does it get much better than that!? I could hear the river, the birds chirping, and kids laughing. Alan's hand was resting on mine. The sun was warm and I was just so content. It's hard for me to understand how people doubt the existence of God when it seems so obvious that he created such a beautiful world for us to enjoy. I kept thinking of my mom's favorite slogan: "Life is good." It really is.

Our day in Fredericksburg

While Jackson and I were up in Northern Virginia we met up with my sister, Anne and her husband in Fredericksburg. We all had a lovely time...
Here's one of the four sisters and Jackson:



That one is of my three sistos and Jackson.

There's Jackson with his Auntie Annie and his one and only uncle. He likes his Uncle Danny. See:



And it was a particularly windy day so that is Gpa keeping Jackson warm.
I realize that I have no pics of my mom from that day! This is as close as it gets:

The back of her head!! Sorry, Mom. Next time you come I'm gonna be your personal paparazzi.
I even took one of ME!

Speaking of Rockbridge....

Here are some of our Young Life leaders from the local college at Rockbridge (a Young Life camp). Jackson isn't a Young Life leader but he likes to hang out with them.

Jackson's Papa J

We stopped on the way home from Rockbridge and Jackson got to hang out with his Nana and Papa J. He had a wonderful time playing with them and especially loved this ball:



The last one is my favorite!