celebrating our matriarch

My sweet Mema turned 90 this summer and we all (and by that, I mean ALL) got together to celebrate at Aunt Sally's.  It was so special to have most of her kids, grandkids and greats in one place for her.  It had been years since we had seen some of them!  I think the count was somewhere around 115 :)

Super cute cake with Mema and Dedaddy and their 9 kiddos.

My mom's "branch" of the family tree...she accounted for 16!

Garner and Slade look so much alike :)

Sweet cousin Libba and her husband Stephen ended up eating with all our kiddos.  They are adorable and so great with littles.

L.O.V.E. her.

With Mom/Bebe too :)

These are most (with maybe a handful missing) of Mema's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  That is a legacy!

Aunt Sally had a perfect homesite to host the party.  Beautiful and open space inside and lots of yard space, pool and pond with rope swings :)

Hanging with Marg

Jessica and Libba let the girl cousins jump in over and over :)

And I got some sweet Lily snuggles!

The kid rope swing...Greer loved!

And the big kid rope swing.  B had a blast :)

Took him awhile, but Gehrig finally tried it...and of course, he didn't want to stop after doing it once.

Such a sweet and special and fun day for all.  So thankful for all the work put into it and for the great memory Mema and the rest of us have of being together.  She has been an amazing role model for all of us.  Sweet and godly and strong and fun.  We are so blessed!

We were barely out of the driveway good before this one crashed ;)

Her nap was short-lived though...we headed to grab mexican with our "Sellers" crew...

Loved having some time with them to visit without the crowd.  And Lily got to share her exciting news about being a big sister soon too!

That night, we were blessed to visit with and stay over with our friends, the Grubbs.  We have been anxiously awaiting meeting their two sweeties, Caleb and Chaney.  The kids were all so cute together and we loved our time with them all!

Thankful for her faith and friendship...

After church the next day, we stopped back by Aunt Sally's and really enjoyed some more visiting with Mema, Aunt Sally and Aunt Anne and their fams.  Mema is so cute :)

Love all the antiques and character in their home...

And back on the road...this was a lot of our travel this summer!  So thankful the Lord kept us safe...

One more post coming to wrap up June :)