Eli is THREE!

Saturday was Eli's third birthday. He is the youngest of our grandsons (15 days younger than Quinn). We had a wonderful celebration with family and friends. Sharon, Nikki and Christy all contributed to the making of his cake - Rocket from the Little Einsteins. He sang the theme song for us while they were decorating the cake. I don't know why in this photo Rocket looks orange, it wasn't. Sharon got the red color perfect. See Nikki's blog for his 3 year old pictures.

Three Unplanned Reunions

Last weekend we had three unplanned reunions. Scott's mom died after a short illness. She was our last surviving parent. Carolyn Rae Bryner Puckett became my mother-in-law almost 36 years ago. She told me on our wedding day to call her Mom because I was her daughter now. Scott's dad was from Carrollton, GA and is buried there, so Scott's mom was buried beside him. We celebrated her life and mourned her death on Friday. We had not seen the Carrollton relatives for several years. It was really good to reconnect with them, swap email addresses and phone numbers. Scott's sister, Rhonda, and her family (13) came from New Jersey; his brother, Bryan, and his family (4) from Illinois; his brother, Glenn, and his family from N.C. (3). That was our first unplanned reunion. Quinn celebrated his THIRD birthday during that time, so we had a party for him on Sunday. Several members of my family (sisters, nieces) came. That was reunion number two. Amy, Chuck, Trip & Quinn had not planned on coming back South until Christmas, so that was our third reunion. We took the boys to the park on Saturday.