Happy Birthday Mom!

I'm sure many of our loyal fans have been wondering... where did the Nelsons go during the past few days?  Well, in addition to losing my computer for a few days (thanks new operating system!), we also went to Birmingham so that Linda, Cooper, and I could say some fare-wells to Mom and the Sisters.  We decided that B'ham was the better idea because it was a lot easier to drive three hours than the full-on six and a half that it takes to get to Jackson, MS.  Thank goodness for Residence Inns because we brought four kids, six adults, two dogs, and a 12 pack of diet Dr. P for this family reunion.  It was really a fantastic (although way too quick) way to hang out with the cousins and the sisters... and to top it all off, it was my mom's ?? birthday.  Yea Mom!  

Here we are saying good-bye...  Now, this wasn't the only Aloha that we had to say today, because we also met the Harrisons for a dinner at the Boathouse in Chattanooga.  Whew!  Now for those of you that don't know, the Harrisons are some of our best friends in the whole wide world and we knew that this one would be tough.  

Fortunately, we've also had to say good-bye the Oldhams, Alice S., the Steffners, the Odles, the Watsons, and Linda's family in this same week, so we in some weird way are prepared for this one.  Not really.  I know it's a theme, but I have to say it again... we are really going to miss all our friends in this area.  We'll talk on the phone, and we'll email, and I'm sure we will follow each other's blogs :), but realistically we know that our "face-time" will be significantly reduced with this little move of ours.  So, there are some really tough emotions going on each time we tell our friends that we love 'em and we'll see them soon.  We know that soon is not soon enough.  So for now, I'm just grateful that I have friends that I will miss so much... 

Pictured here are Coop-Coop and Aunty Kristin at the Tennessee Riverwalk, both refusing to say good-bye... Kristin says:  "Denial is okay."  

More pics below.  And that's all I got for now...

Gracie on the Riverwalk, Aunty 'drea hanging with Cooper, K.G. with C in Memorial Day-Couture, and Mammie on her speed limit birthday!