good friends and fun in the mississippi delta

We returned late last night from a fabulous, full two days in the Mississippi delta...it was such a great trip!!!

We headed that way for the Christening of sweet little Mary Cooper Adams. I was beyond thrilled and honored when Shelley and Gray asked me to be one of her Godmothers. And even more thrilled to share honors with Dianne (we now refer to each other as MCOG- Mary Cooper's other Godmother)!!

David and I loaded up the kids Saturday morning and headed to Greenville, MS to Dianne's parents' house. Sadly for us, but probably awesome for them, they were out of town for the weekend, so we took over their house with Dianne and Russell and a total of 5 kids- and 4 HUGE dogs!!

My biggest disappoint of the weekend was that, of all things, I forgot my camera!!!!! UGH!!! So, I snapped a few pictures with my phone, but am hoping to get some more pictures from Shelley and Elizabeth.

What a nice surprise that there was still a little snow on the ground!!!!!!!!! The kids loved it!!

After a little playing and leg stretching we loaded up again and headed to Gray's hometown of Cleveland, MS.

There we met up with a large group for dinner, Shelley and Gray had so much family in town for the big occasion. Their sweet little girl is definitely loved!!!

Dinner gave me the chance to introduce Elise, Lila, and Bennett to Elizabeth (Dianne's older sister who we also went to college with) and West's kids, and the kids all hit it off immediately.

Elizabeth had tons of fun stuff for the kids to do at dinner, which was such a lifesaver because I don't think the restaurant was quite ready for the amount of people that showed up. I was so impressed how well the kids did considering we were there for over 3 hours! They had a blast!!
When we got into the car around 9 o'clock all three were passed out before we even got out of the parking lot!

So we actually got to have some fun catching up with Dianne and Russell on the way back to Greenville!

Sunday morning we all got up and left (on time!- Dianne and I were so proud!) for Rosedale, MS by 7:30 a.m. The Christening was at a tiny, yet beautiful, little Episcopal Church that has been attended by Gray's family for years. The little church was completely full with MC's family and friends! It was such a warm, intimate, occasion...we were so thrilled to be there!

After the service, we all caravaned back to Cleveland to Gray's parents house for a beautiful little reception. It was a gorgeous day and a gorgeous party. We had a blast! Gray's parents have four sons and one Grandson, so needless to say the excuse for a pink party finally arrived and it was girly and precious!! MC is the queen in that family!

This looks kind of scary in the above picture, but Wyatt and Dyer actually really loved swinging in the hammock, and their Uncle West was just making sure no one fell. They are too, too precious, and we had so much fun seeing them again.

The kids had so much fun playing in the Adam's big backyard.

Bennett and his new BFF little West played non-stop the whole weekend and had sooo much fun! West turned 4 on Saturday, so he is just 6 months older than Lila and Bennett and a perfect playmate!

Elise and Lila both loved sweet Anne Hartmann (isn't she soooo precious?)...she was great to share all of her toys with them and they just loved her....poor Lila struggled with her name a bit and kept callling her "apartment"..even this morning asking me where "apartment" lives......so funny (only because it is completely unintentional..)

I must admit I was a little "star stuck" to meet Mr. McCarty- the potter who makes all of the fabulous Mississippi Mud pottery that I ADORE. He is 92 and still going strong and sat behind David and the kids during church. He was such a sweet and kind man, with fabulous stories to tell. I could have sat and listened to him all day, and wished I could have yesterday!!

We hated to go, but finally had to leave...and we motivated ourselves by planning to stop in Jackson for dinner at our old favorite place Kiefer's. So we timed it just perfectly and got to Keifer's around 5. YUM YUM. We were also so excited that David's "little brother" Andrew from Millsaps came up and met us so that we could catch up. He is such a nice guy!

David and Bennett enjoying a pita mozz. YUM.

After dinner we took the kids on a little driving tour of Millsaps, and David even drove them by my little apartment in Belhaven where he proposed! :) So, I guess you could say we celebrated Valentine's day yesterday!

Then we stopped at a gas station, changed the kids into their pajamas, and headed home. We got back around 9:30, carried the three, tired, sleeping kids to their beds, and crashed.

What a fun, full weekend. I think we are both pretty thankful for our time in Jackson, MS...for it is where we found each other, and some fabulous friends that I know we will be friends with for a lifetime.....