Another Busy Weekend

Well, it was another busy weekend for the Mixon's. Kit was playing in a golf tournament and Drew, Cory, and I went to mom and dad's.  The Gwinnett County Relay for Life Event was Friday night. We all went to honor and remember Crystal and also to honor mom in her cancer fight. It was another emotion filled tribute to the one we all love and miss dearly! Relay for life is a wonderful event and a special way to honor all of the many lives touched by the dreaded "C word!!" The luminary bags lined the walk ways and it was surreal to see so many bags with Crystal Marietta on them. The candle lit lap that we all walked was the saddest part. To see the little signs hanging from Caitlin and Tyler's necks that displayed that they were walking in memory of Mommy.....heartbreaking that cancer took their precious mommy from them so early in life!! Caitlin in all of her innocence said to Nana, "don't you wish we could just wish for mommy to come back down?" Oh how we wish that every second of every day! But, as Cory (my 4 year old) tells me every time he sees me get upset about Curtie...."It's ok....we will see her again one day in Heaven!". I'm very thankful that we will see her again one day. And, for now we just have to take comfort in the fact that she is watching over us as our Guardian Angel! The Carrie Underwood song, 'I will see you again' hits so close to home and sums it up pretty good....

(These pictures aren't the best because I was using my phone.....forgot my good camera)

Caitlin with wings like Mommy!



 

 

Hope for a CURE for Cancer!! 

 

 

Walking for Mommy!



 

Walking for Aunt Curtie!

 

 

There were 22 luminaries there with Crystal's name 

 

 

Saturday morning fun.....

Catching Minnows in the pond behind Nana & Papa's House

(Tyler, Cory, Drew, and Caitlin)

 

 

 

Sweet Cousins Cory & Caitlin!

 

 

Busy Boys catching minnows

Just a Fishin! 

 

Decided to take a day trip to the lake house to check on things and cut the grass and move the dock....and of course the crazy boys had to get in the freezing lake for a swim!! The water was beautiful and the lake was fuller than its been in years...but it was definitly COLD!

 Clearly not too affected by the icy water! ;)

 

Mother's Day was a perfectly wonderful day spent with my 3 guys! It started out with sleeping late and yummy breakfast in bed! Then, I got showered with lots of homemade gifts (my absolute favorite) and a yummy strawberry (dipped in chocolate) bouquet, and charms for my Pandora bracelet! Then it was outside to see our brand new golf cart! Ours has been acting up lately and we needed an upgrade....;) The rest of the day was spent outside enjoying the beautiful weather! We even had a picnic at the pool. We ended the day at the Tim McGraw concert with great friends!! (thanks for the tickets and the concert care package Mike and Karen!!) Mother's Day is a great day to sit back and reflect on all the good in life!!  I am very grateful for my sweet husband and our 2 precious (and wild) boys! There are definitely days where I want to pull my hair out in frustration at them....but man, they fill my life and my heart with overwhelming joy!! I know there are so many women in the world who desperatley want children of their own and can't have them. We need to remind ourselves how lucky we are to have two beautifully healthy and rambunctious little boys who fill our house with laughter and lots of love!!! And......dirt, clutter, crumbs.......ha ha ha! And, of course I think about how blessed we are to have two wonderful mom's ourselves. Of course we call them Nana and Vimi more than mom these days, but they will always be our mommies!! :) I also think about all of the other women in my life (past and present) who are mom's and whom I've learned from, making me the mom that I am. Blessed, Blessed, and more Blessed!! I hope all of you Mom's out there had a fantastic Mother's Day surrounded by love!! 

My Mother's Day Treasures - check out my flowers that will never die! ;)  

It was such a beautiful day on Sunday so we cruised all over the neighborhood in our golf cart! Love all the great scenerary around us! This has been such a fun neighborhood to raise our boys! There is always something to do and see! There are sometimes in the summers where we don't even leave the neighborhood for days!  It's so nice to have everything you need in your neighborhood........especially when you live out in the middle of nowhere! ;)

Went down to the shoals

 

 Drove to the horse barn

 

Again.....thankful for all of the many wonderful blessings in our lives!

Until next time....