Byram Cousins' Reunion

Early April we got together with all of my cousins, aunts and uncles at my parents' house. We never got a group picture but here are a few shots from our fun weekend together!

My brother, Josh, my sister-in-law, Laura and my niece, Izzie

Charlie playing outside

Nate playing in the dirt. He had a blast!!

Kissing cousins Izzie and Charlie

Like my brother said, "We left our mark" on these two kids!

We celebrated Carson's 30th birthday and Jennalee's (my cousin) 16th birthday

Kevin (my cousin) and Shelby are engaged and getting married May 2012. They're too cute!!

My sweet grandparents, Meme and Pop, are in heaven watching over all of us now. But my mom and her siblings make an effort every year to get us all together as a family... and we always have so much fun! Below: Terry, Shela, Janet (my mom) and J.

My beautiful cousins with me, Jessica and Jennalee

(In case you haven't caught onto the trend... there are a lot of people with "J" names in our family)

We often like to shoot skeet as a family and if my father is involved, you better believe we have plenty of earplugs for hearing protection.

We put Madeline, Janae and Parker in charge of pushing the button when we said "Pull" for the skeet!

Some of the guys shooting: Jess (my dad), Robert, Carson, Kevin and Jeff

Doesn't my cousin, Jessica, look super hot shooting this gun??

Uncle J helping Janae shoot

Jeff (my cousin) helping his son, Parker

All 5 of these babies were born in 2009 ("recession babies") and their picture last year seen here, was cute and they were cooperative... but not this year! Grayson, Nate, Charlie, Izzie and Mia were not happy about it. Of course as soon as we put the camera away, they were back to laughing and playing.

My brother and his beautiful little girl, Izzie

My Aunt Terry and two of her grandchildren, Madeline and Mia

Nate was entertainment all weekend. After playing in the dirt, he chowed down on some cake!

My cousin, Todd, and his sweet wife, Cara

We all brought stuff from our homes that we didn't want or use anymore and exchanged them! With Carson's cousin we call it "crap swap" so we started the same tradition with my cousins. I walked away with a fun baseball toy for Charlie and some yoga DVDs for me!

Aunt Terry loving on little Nate

When things settled down, Saturday night we ate some crawfish!!

And it was yummy!!

I am truly blessed with such a fun and wonderful family! I love you all!! xoxo

(we missed those who couldn't be there)

March 2011

I appologize for the length of this post before I get started...

Here is a note from Charlie's teachers of what he learned in March at daycare. Sounds like a fun place!! I wish I could play there all day :)

In my February post, I had a picture at the end of his long hair. Below is a picture of his new big boy haircut!!
Read the note at the bottom from his teachers (click on it to enlarge it). Too funny!
Star artwork
Playing in the tub with his friend, Luke
Painting with a texture ball
Mid March we went to see my parents for the weekend and celebrated Papa's (Carson's grandfather) 80th birthday! Charlie had a great time playing outside with the dogs, looking at the cows and listening for the train.
Sweet bear
Family picture (minus Caleb, Caroline and Landon)

Happy 80th Papa!! We love you!

Andrew, Carson's brother, and his girlfriend, Kelsi, are too cute for words!
Shannon (Carson's cousin) had Parker 6 months after Charlie was born so the boys had a fun time exploring at Mom A and Papa's house!
Noni and Boppa had fun too!
My sweet love!! xoxo
Family hanging out after the big party
Looking at the cows! Charlie says "doooo" for the cows (instead of moo)
Playing on the mower wtih Uncle Justus
Still loves swimming in the tub
We play in the water house at least 2-3 nights per week when we get home and Charlie squeals with excitement!
Can you tell he's having a ball?
It was a little chili this day (First day of spring)
I think we have a true artist on our hands!
Cookin' in the kitchen with Mommy (I got a haircut too after I saw this picture)
Now we're being silly!
Still loves to go feed the ducks (do this about once a week)
I seriously love that you can see just how much joy Charlie has in this picture!! Mr. Bubble Head is too much fun!
Apparently eating bread was pretty funny this night!
Now he's playing with it
On a date with Vivian at one of our favorite hole-in-the-walls, Paco and John's!!
Yes, more artwork!! Bear makes something just about everyday at daycare!!
More fun April pictures and 18 month old update coming soon!

Happy 30th birthday, Carson!!

Happy 30th birthday to my best friend! Carson, you are the most wonderful husband, father to Charlie, and friend I could ever ask for. I look forward to growing old with you over the years!! We love you so much!!

Happy, happy birthday!!