Mother's Day Dedication

This is the time we got up and going on Mother's Day...

And this is what the sun looks like driving through Kokomo...

Why do we know what 3:08 am and the sunrise over Kokomo look like?
Because of this very special little girl!
Little Miss Emmie Nemmie was dedicated in Nappanee at the 8:00 service, and her Uncle Paul, Aunt Jodi, and cousins Carrie, William, Joshua, and Matthew weren't about to miss out!

After worship, Aunt Brandy and Uncle Robbie, Emmie's proud Mommy and Daddy, invited everyone out to GG Ruby's for brunch...a chance for all of us to hold and play...

And be silly with Aunt Brandy!

Hi there, Pretty Girl!

Josh LOVES holding the babies!  He always asks to hold Ciara and Emmie.  Ciara is a little wiggly these days, so Uncle Robbie helped Josh get settled in with Emmie and a bottle.

A Silly Matthew moment...

Carrie says, "My turn?"

"What about me?!"

I love the next few pictures!  Ciara is trying to make her way up onto the chair to sit with Matthew and Emmie...

"Move over a bit, Carrie!"

It looks like Carrie got Emmie back!

Afternoon = Naptime...

Caught you, Uncle Robbie!  Don't act like you weren't sleeping!

This crew is saving their naps for the ride home.

Cake time!

Then it was outside for some family pictures before heading home.

Grandpa, Daddy, and Emmie

Great-Uncle Rick and Emmie

The Cousins

Emmie is appreciating Matthew's hair...a double crown and faux hawk that she also has!

Uncle Paul, Aunt Jodi, Carrie, William, Josh, Matthew, and Emmie

And Emmie is still after Matthew's hair!

Uncle Paul, Aunt Jodi, and Emmie

Aunt Jodi, Daddy, and Emmie

"Hi there, Daddy!"

These pictures make me smile every time I look at them!  I'm so happy for Rob.  He has such a beautiful family!

Grandpa, Grandma Gilda, and Emmie

And look what climbed into the back of truck while we were at Dad and Gilda's!  I love field stones!

And I truly believe that they love me too.

Super. Fun. Day!
Thank you so much, Uncle Robbie and Aunt Brandy for including us in this very special day!

Mother's Day Fun!

This Mother's Day would find us away from home (I'll tell you why in the next post!), so we celebrated with a Saturday morning brunch!  We had so much fun, and the weather was perfect!  After brunching together, we went outside for pictures.  Grandma and the kids posed first.  It was when Grandma stood next to William that she was reminded about how tall William has become!

A short flower break to say hello to my newly planted Rose Moss (or Moss Rose...or Portulaca).

 Up to the front porch for a picture with GG.  I love this one!

Then a picture of "The Moms!"
Judy and I got the giggles when we started "arguing" over who would hold the pillow...

My face gets a little red when I start laughing...

OK...we got it together now.

Well, maybe not quite!

Breathe!

Judy's laugh muscles hurt!

The boys went on as if this was nothing out of the ordinary.

Some hula hoop antics...

Josh is now at the age and height where he is measuring himself up to people...

It won't be long before he is taller than GG.

I won't tell how quickly he's closing in on me.  

It was just four years ago that William was measuring himself up to me...

Time flies.