Weekend in Lakeland

I just arrived home from a long weekend in Lakeland. Tanner and I had so much fun. Billy was down in Miami for work and he did an awesome job on a project he had been working on for 6 months. I am so proud of him.
I stayed with my dad and my sister. My sister and I have become a lot closer over the years and now we have boys so close in age. Boy are we both busy chasing after them. Tanner is 19 months old and Tristan is 14 months old. So cute together.
My sister got a projector this weekend and showed a movie on the side of the barn at my dad's; tiki torches and all. We watched Tangled. My aunt Leah, aunt Brenda, Kelsey, Holly, Vanessa, Lauren, Alson, Austin, dad, Scott, and everyone was there. It was super cool and can not wait to do that again. I love that most of my family all lives on one street and we can ride the bike visiting the family. We also went to church today with my mom and Grannie Elsie. My Grannie Elsie has always been special to me. I thought about things she has always said to me. Like "I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around your neck." and she use to say " the hurrier I go the behinder I get" stuff like that. I am named after her. She is Elsie Mae and I am Melinda Mae. She taught me how to cross stitch when I was 8 or 9 and I use to love to go out to eat with her after church on Sundays. We always went to her house on Christmas day. When I was a kid she made the best cornbread in the world. I did not realize how much I missed her cooking until just now as I type this. Man could she cook. Well she now lives in an assisted living facility and will be 92 in October. I love her and loved holding her tiny hand in church today. I loved that when I stroked her hair she told me how it was a mess and she needed to get it done this week. For some reason that made me smile. I love that I come from her blood and the good things she has passed down to me and my siblings. I am blessed to know her and one of the best parts of my weekend was seeing my 19 month old son feed her bugles. Yeah I would say this was a pretty good weekend.