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On Mother's Day weekend, Jeff and I traveled to Clarksville, Virginia. This is where both of his parents are from and where his grandmother currently lives. This is a wonderful little town near a beautiful lake. The picture below is the center of downtown. This should show you how little of a place it is!

I absolutely love this little town. While Jeff was helping his dad on the farm, I was able to spend some time with his mom and grandmother. I learned the 'grandma secret' to making really delicious apple cobbler. I was also able to have some fun walking/talking time with my 'new' mother! First we walked downtown where there were booths set out on the road. There was some sort of festival going on. We got to see some neat things people were selling. You can see some of the tents in the picture above. Then we walked down to the lake. GORGEOUS is all I have to say about that! This was such precious one-on one time with mom!

Jeff and I got her some chocolate covered strawberries that were made to look like an arrangement of roses. They looked so delicious!

We then had a family cook-out in grandma's back yard. Grandma Christmas, Mom & Dad Hester, Aunt Muriel, Aunt Dot and Uncle Thomas, Uncle Kenny, Aunt Meme, and some cousins showed up for this fun occasion. They cooked grilled chicken, fried fish, fried chicken, hot dogs, corn pudding, grilled squash, and apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream. YUM! Everything was absolutely delicious. I have definitely married into a very good cooking family!

Here is Jeff with his grandma and mom on the Saturday before Mother's Day:

The next day Jeff and I went to my parents house. We went out for a wonderful lunch at Caraba's. We then came back to the house and 'hung-out' with my family. Here's a Mother's Day picture with my mom:
If you look at her neck, you can see her Mother's day gift from my sisters and myself. It's a necklace with each of our names and our birthstones.

Thank you to both of our fantastic mothers. You are both such a gift and blessing in our lives. We love you!

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