Firsts

Well today was filled with some exciting firsts! I got a call this afternoon from our daughter-in-law, Cari, and our youngest grandson, Mason Wyatt, who is 10 and a half months old got his first tooth....yeah! Cari was sharing a Reese's with him that he got from his NaNa for Easter, she was giving Mason his bite and she got bit *smile*. We have been waiting for a while now for that first shiny white tooth and it has finally made its appearance. I bet many will follow very soon. That was the first, first. Then this evening we (Pappy and me) skyped with Hannah and our oldest grandson, Isaiah, who is now two. That was a lot of fun. It was so cool being able to see them as we talked. Isaiah gave us kisses and high fives. He got to see and hear Pappy playing the guitar. We got to see Isaiah playing with his little animals and playing with his blocks. But I think the part Isaiah loved the best was seeing Liberty. When he saw her he got the biggest smile and got so excited. At one point he could no longer see Liberty but saw the direction she went and he was trying to look down in the corner of the iPad to find her *smile*, I had to move my laptop so he could see her sleeping, he loves that dog. There were probably some other firsts today too but the most important firsts today for us involved our precious grandsons. We love you, Mason and Isaiah.

New Way of Making Ice Cream

This past weekend was Easter weekend. Ed and I went to Kentucky. We left Alabama on Thursday afternoon and got to Kentucky around 6 p.m. We called Luke and met him in Elizabethtown at Mr. Gatti's for supper...yum!!! Friday morning Ed and I went to Lowes and Home Depot to get some supplies to work around the house and get some wood so Ed and Luke could work on Luke's new trailer he got to haul behind his car. Which after finishing, Luke was trying to find any excuse he could to find a reason to use that trailer, he loves it. Friday afternoon, Luke and Ed worked on the trailer and I went over to a close friend's house, Barb, who just became a grandma for the first time, so I could meet her new grandson, Gavin. He is only 2 weeks old and he is adorable. I sat and rocked him for two hours, I loved it. Friday evening we had homemade quesdillas for supper, I really think it took longer to make them and clean up afterwards than it did to eat them but they were good and everyone enjoyed them so that made the work worth it. Saturday morning Ed worked on his take home test and I went outside to start pulling a few weeds and working in the yard. It wasn't long and Ed got to a good stopping point on his test and joined me outside. We worked together and got the yard mowed and new outside lights put up by the garage. Our yard looks so nice after it is mowed.

Saturday evening after dinner of meatloaf, baked sweet potatoes, and spinach we made doughnuts. Yummy....powdered sugar, chocolate iced with sprinkles, and glazed with a cup of coffee.

Sunday morning, Easter Sunday, came very early. Up at 5:45 a.m. to get ready for sunrise service. It was a great service. It was at Mt. Zion Baptist. Our choir did a great job with the special music and Bro. Dave preached a very good sermon. It was a great way to celebrate our risen Savior. After the service we came home and I started getting dinner ready. We had ham, boiled potates, and green beans. Then we had the idea...HOMEMADE ICE CREAM!!! Luke and Jackie headed to the store to get the ingredients...milk, heavy whipping cream, cookies, sugar, etc. They got back we mixed the ingredients put it in the ice cream maker, plugged it in and we heard, whirrrr, nothing....that was it...we heard nothing. Oh brother...now what. All those ingredients and what no ice cream???? I told Luke to take the motor downstairs dad might be able to fix it, he is good at that. Well it wasn't long and Luke came back upstairs no luck...now what??? We all started thinking, how can we still make ice cream then Ed had an idea....a drill. Here are the pics:

We had to take turns because holding that drill for 40 minutes can make your arm tired but it worked...GREAT IDEA MR. ED HAMLIN! We had some delicious Cookies and Cream Ice Cream. After an ice cream for the road, Ed and I headed back to Alabama for two more weeks and then home to Columbus, Georgia. We had a wonderful Easter weekend. I heard a friend say this about Easter and thought it was very good, "Silly rabbit, Easter is for Jesus." For He is risen, He is risen indeed.