A picture is worth...

One Sunday afternoon, I went fishing with this guy, my handsome hubby:

 and Jay Thomas, Jay, Lucas and Cason.

 Cason was really excited!

 I took some really pretty pictures of nature. 

 But my favorite thing to photograph, of course:

 While I photographed, the boys did some fishin'.

 And some sittin'.

 And some playin'.

 Cason loves to "help".

 The sky was really pretty that day.

 Did I mention that the sky looked gorgeous?

 We played in the grass,

 and had fun with our friends.

 And looked at the sky.

 We played in the mud,

 We chased a few bugs,

 and watched a bird fly away, high into a tree.

 See him up there?

 We got dirty.  We like to get dirty.

 Did some more fishin'.

 And talkin'.

 Lucas fell in the mud...

 and Cason laughed,

 but helped him get up like any good brother would.

 But, Lucas wasn't the only one who fell!

 The game wardens swung by for a little visit.

 We did some restin'.

 Then we mosied our way back home and did some real restin'!

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.

All for one and one for all

My brother and my friend

What fun we have

The time we share

Brothers 'til the end.

C is for Celebration

Ok, so I am backtracking a little bit here.  On Cason's actual birthday Heath had to work so we had a nice dinner together as a family with Papaw and Nana. Heath grilled steaks, I made some crash hot potatoes, a nice salad, and a birthday cake.  We had a really good time. Cason kept saying, "mmm good momma".  That made this momma feel pretty good!

Here are a few pictures from our little night in:

Sitting down for our little meal-

 Of course I had to snap a picture of the cake before we tore into it. Don't you love the little flag banner I made? I made it from leftover scrapbook paper... More on that later.

 Cason's drink of choice- A&W Root Beer, in a perfect kid sized can.

 Cason also happened to be battling a pretty nasty upper respiratory thing-a-ma-bob, so before cake Daddy Cason did a breathing treatment.

 He loved blowing out the candles! He said, fire go away, momma!

 So, remember that cute paper flag banner? Well, did you know that paper will catch on fire when put near an open (candle) flame?

 Blue and green, Cason's favorite!

 And, since I've been accused in the past of seldomly never posting funky pictures of myself:

thanks, Heath