Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Our Baby Shower









This past weekend some of our really good friends and my sister threw us a couple's baby shower this past weekend at my friend Amanda's house. It was awesome they had a taco bar which was yummy. Alot of friends were able to come and Trey and I had a blast. Everyone gave us so much stuff!! I felt a little guilty that they all did so much. We all had a great time and you can see how hard we laughed while opening the gifts from all of the funny stuff our friends were saying. I got a good picture of most of the girls that were there (some had already left during this pic) but didn't get one of all the guys. I included pics from the shower and pictures of the gifts (there are a couple of things that we got earlier from family). I also wanted to show how many clothes Camden already has, I put the picture from his closet that is already full of clothes! He has gotten alot of handmedowns from his cousin and my best friend Brooke's little boy plus family and we have gotten a few items, he is pretty stocked to say the least!! We have been so blessed to have such an outpouring of love and generosity from our friends and family. This little boy is going to be so spoiled and I love it!

Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Masters- Augusta, GA












So we went to the Masters in Augusta, GA on Monday. We drove to Athens Sunday night and stayed at a hotel with some friends of Trey's from Texas. (I was the only girl). We had to get up at 4:00 AM to make the drive into Augusta since Athens was still a 2 hour drive from Augusta. But if you wanted to stay near the Masters you would have to pay around $300 a night! We got to Augusta National and made it in by 8:30. It was so cool! The greens were incredible not a blade of grass out of place. The azaleas were gorgeous and in full bloom. The pro shop was like a mad house people were loading up baskets of golf shirts, club head covers, towels, prints and hats. Money was no option it seemed and they were spending 100s of 1000s of dollars. The cheapest golf shirt I saw was $60 and most of them were over $100! It was crazy. Although the concession stands still serve egg salad and other sandwiches for $1.50 with drinks only $1.00. We walked the course which was tougher than I thought it would be on me. I guess Camden has gotten so big that he is pushing up on my diaphragm making it hard to get a deep breath and making me out of breath easily. The course was extremely hilly so I was struggling through a lot of it. Trey was really sweet though if I said I needed a break we would stop and I would open my tripod chair and sit. He never complained about me slowing him down. The best part was that we got to see Tiger Woods on three different holes. He was all business and seemed to have tunnel vision and the crowds didn't phase him. We posted up at 16 for a while it is the par 3 that the golfer has to hit over a pond onto the green. It is the hole that Tiger hit a few years ago where he chipped it up on the green it rolled to the edge of the hole and hung on the lip until it dramatically fell in and everyone erupted! But the tradition is for the golfers on practice round days to skip the ball across the water and try for the green. A few golfers did it and everyone loved it. It was a fun trip and I'm glad we got to go especially Trey it was like a once in a lifetime deal and he was so excited. It is like going to the Mecca of golf and I'm glad we got to go! The pics are kind of dark because it was overcast and my digital camera went missing so all I had was a 35 mm so that explains the low quality of this images. Most of these are of Tiger since that is who we followed most of the day, there is a shot of 16 and part of Amen's corner. One pic is of the guys we referred to as the "whippers" they just walked down the course before the golfer and took these long pointed whips and swung them across the fairways I guess knocking off the dew. It was weird.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Losing Ma


Some of you may know that this past week we lost my grandmother Hazel Graves, but to us she was always "Ma". She went into the hospital Saturday night was placed on a ventilator and then had to be resuscitated and experienced loss of brain function. It was advised to us that we withdraw life support and so as a family the decision was made and as right as it was it was the hardest thing I've ever experienced. We all were there when she left this earth and were at her bedside until the very end. It was so emotionally taxing and heartbreaking. But we all are celebrating her life and knowing that she is in heaven smiling down on us and no longer in pain. This is a picture of Ma at my wedding 2 years ago after she got her hair and makeup done by a professional and she was showing off like she was the belle of the ball. It was so funny! But that was Ma. She will be missed and Camden will know all about his Ma and even though they never met, she was very excited about a new great grandbaby. She loved Walker and would play with him and laugh with him whenever he was around her. I have been reliving all the funny stories about Ma with my cousins and my mom, aunt, and uncle and so her memory will live on. She will be extremely missed and a hole is left in all of our hearts for this little 85 pound redheaded fireball that was "Ma".