Gavin's Weekend with Uncle Shawn, Aunt CeCe & Nannie

I took a vacation day Friday and took mom to the foot doctor in Owensboro, then we came back through Rockport and picked up and Gavin and Sassy and headed to our house for a long weekend.  Friday evening my Uncle Dave came over to visit and Uncle Shawn grilled out hot dogs for supper and I made potato salad and corn on the cob.  After dinner, we all packed into our car and went to Bits and Pieces in Boonville for "ice heam hones" - that's what Gavin calls them.  The ice cream was yummy!!  Gavin had a kids scoop of strawberry in a cone, but quickly it was put in a cup.  It was a bit on the warm side inside the place and Gavin's ice cream was melting quickly.  He didn't mind the cup, he just wanted the ice cream.  In fact, he helped mom finish hers....or maybe he stole mom's and finished it for her.  After ice cream, we headed back home and Uncle Dave and Gavin played with his new toys that Nannie bought him.

Saturday morning I had a photo shoot in the park and I had wanted to take Mom and Gavin with me and then have a picnic lunch and play in the park and then go to the state hospital grounds to feed the ducks, however the temperature that morning/day was extremely warm - close to the upper 90's so mom and Gavin stayed home while I went out.  I finished the photo shoot and came home and relaxed around the house for most of the day.  We got up around 5:00 and me, mom and Gavin headed to the Evansville State Hospital grounds to feed the ducks.  I had popped 3 bags of popcorn and took a loaf of bread to feed the ducks with.  Gavin enjoyed it and kept trying to get the ducks to come to him.  He wasn't much of a thrower of the popcorn one kernel at a time and they were constantly landing at his feet, instead of out in the pond where the majority of the ducks were.  After that we went to Walmart so mom could pick up a few things and I got Gavin three new Hot Wheels cars and then we came home and I made ham and beans for supper.

Sunday morning we got up and got ready for Sunday school and church.  The kindergarten teacher was sick, so I taught class that day.  I took Gavin into class and he was such a big boy in there with the other kids coloring and playing.  After church, we took Gavin to his mom and dad's and we went to Heather's for a cookout.

Riding "hikes" and playing in the "hebbles"

On Saturday I went over to mom's house cause Beth and "Havin" were over there and I was needing a Gavin fix.  I remembered to take Gavin's "hike" with me so he could ride it outside at mom's.  He rode it for a bit and then he played in the "hebbles" for quite some time before heading upstairs for a bath. 

I absolutely love this picture of Gavin.  I took it as he was riding his bike across the lawn and I love that you can see him getting into the peddling of it.

I guess there was a mechanical problem and he needed to fix the bike.

And now that we are done riding on the bike, it's time to play in Nannie's pebbles!

This little boy got so completely dirty!  His hands were filthy from playing in the rocks.  He would get dirt in his mouth and then use his hands to get it out thus putting more dirt in his mouth.  I looked at him and he was trying to spit it out saying "CeCe, get dat out" and stick his tongue out.  I couldn't help but laugh while coming to the rescue and using my shirt to wipe his tongue off.

Taking a drink to wash some of the dirt down!

Absolutely the dirtiest I have EVER seen him! 

He loved playing in the hebbles and enjoyed just being a boy!



What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I decided to link up with Jamie again for What I'm Loving Wednesday!



It's actually Monday night, but I wanted to get a head start on this post, so here goes... 

I'm loving all the Tastefully Simple products, but my current favorite is the Nana's Apple Cake.  I make it a little bit different than the recipe calls for.  In place of the chopped apples, I use a cup of applesauce and it makes it so moist and delicious.  If you have never tried it, I highly recommend it!

I'm loving my two wiener dogs - Hershey and Reese.  I can't image our house without these two crazy characters.  We got Hershey in 2008 and Reese in 2009.  Hershey is all black, however in the sunlight he looks very dark chocolate.  Reese is red and my tiny puppy.

I'm loving this way fun picture I took of myself last week down at the bluff in Rockport!  I love photography and can't wait for the cooler weather to get here so I can break out the camera more and start scheduling some fall photog sessions!

I'm absolutely loving these two kids - my nephew Gavin and my littlest BFF Zoe!  They bring such joy to my life and completely melt my heart with their laughter and giggles.  Zoe is such a mother hen to Gavin, which means she's a huge help to me when I have him!

Havin & Ooie

This weekend when we were at the Robinson's, we took Gavin with us.  Gavin and Zoe have the most fun playing and being silly.  I don't think I ever see those two kids laugh and scream as much as they do when they are together!  ♥♥♥  They both truly melt my heart!  ♥♥♥

Hangin' out at the Robinson's

On Saturday after the cooking school, we went to Bowen and Heather's to visit and for dinner.  They have a big garden and had to put up corn while we were there so we helped them shuck all of their corn.  It was fun doing that and with all four of us doing it, we got it finished in a fraction of the time.  We were going to grill out, but they decided against it since it was supposed to rain.  Instead we had pulled pork, pasta salad, potato salad, fresh corn on the cob, homemade salsa and chips and yummy watermelon.

Me and Zoe :)

Gavin enjoying the yummy watermelon. 

And after we ate, the boys tossed the football around a bit and then played some corn hole and washers.