wedds last day with the estes.

we are all so sad to see him go but happy to see him soon.

he basically spent the day with cory sleeping in until 12:00- ate- & played video games. he also learned to play drums. which is pretty good at.

here are some pictures that cory took.

they are escorpion- which i mentioned in my previous post. yum

when i got home from work i walked into a jam session they had going on. wedds was on point with those drums. i wish i would have had time to video it. we met up with ronda & some friends for dinner to drop him off since she is taking him to the airport on thursday.

of course on the way he slept

he is the cutest. 

we all ate at gumbeaux's which i also wrote about yesterday. that place is so good, however last night it took them forever to seat us & took forever to get us our food. it was their shrimp night- 50 cents a shrimp. you can get 10 for $5. so of course it is going to be busy. i love that place though & the people we met up with.

ronda

will

stephanie

wedds & i

gonna miss you buddy!

& of course little zeke

all in all we all had such a fantastic time having him here. we are so thankful that we got to spend time with him & so many people that love wedds was able to take him to do such fun things. i am sure he made lasting memories, but i know he misses haiti , his family & friends. 

ronda will be writing about his trip to the zoo soon, be sure to follow her blog to see the post! i will link over to it once shes posts it.

 if you would ever like to donate to one of our mission trips to haiti feel free to email me. if my husband would give the "ok" i would live there part time! i am a little jealous that he is going back & i am not going with him.

mwen renmen ayiti!

cheers,

mrs. estes

birthday party part 1.

saturday night my mom opened up her home to some of my friends and made an amazing meal to celebrate wedds 12th bday. she made red beans, rice & grilled chicken. she made a chocolate cake & cookies too. so sweet & we are all so thankful.

here are some pictures.

                                              i have always wanted that service sign at my moms

katrina, zeke, & katrinas sister Margarita (i probably misspelled that)

laughter is good for the soul.

wedds loves jeremy.

ronda loves them cookies. 

sorry for the short post. i am exhausted. after wedds party (10:30 pm) we drove all the way to north carolina. 3 hours. we arrived at like 1:30 in the morning. cory lead worship the last day for a youth conference. needless to say i am beat.

hope you all had a fantastic weekend. i will post part 2 later.

cheers,

mrs. estes

weekend recap.

whew. i am sitting at my desk right now about to pass out. sleep was not good to me last night. wedds spent a few days with us which i was thankful for. he is so sweet & i am just so happy he is here.

friday he went to whitewater with sarah & the youth group that was staying at the mission house we run in atlanta. he had so much fun & met some new friends. when he got back we went shopping at old navy. he wanted to pick his family out some gifts & we decided to get him a few cute things of his own.

 we all slept in on saturday. literally until 12:00. it was nice to not have anywhere to be.

cory got up and went on a little trip to krispy kreme. 

& i made a press.

thank you sweet husband. your the best. when wedds finally woke up and saw cory, he said "man you look nice", it was so sweet.

we goofed off watching so much stuff on tv. we watched UFC, afv, & we finished karate kid 2. that kid loves karate kid. he announced that he was hungry so we took a trip to popeyes for some chicken.

seriously, he is the cutest.

cory had some stuff to take care of so i packed a bag & got wedds things ready so we could head to carrollton as soon as he was done. while we were eating our lunch we started talking about wing eating contest & he decided he could win one. so we set up one for that night between cory, nick & wedds. hahahah! you guys, if you even knew how big these dudes are. poor wedds, he is so brave.  

we head to carrollton so wedds can win $20 eating wings, stop by sonic and get some ice cream and slushies. mm. ocean water is all i have to say.

so. here are some pictures of the competition. the one i took of cory chowing down was blurry & i was sad bc it was awesome.

wedds did not win, BUT it was so fun & he ate those wings so fast. 

cory was #1

nick was #2 

wedds was #3

good game you guys. 

cheers,

mrs. estes

weekend recap.

well. this past weekend was so busy. as you can see i had no time at all to blog & def. forgot my camera.

wedds came in to town on friday! we are all so excited to have him here & i cannot wait to post pictures of his adventures. he had a really busy weekend filled with fun & friends so the next few days he will be relaxing with his favorite little brother zeke.

friday we had a photoshoot with a family of 5 & it was super fun & an incredible learning experience. when you are doing photography with someone there is so much to learn. what are each others strength and weaknesses and how to work  around all of these things. i am so thankful for ronda, she is so gifted & def.  more experienced than i am so she is showing me the ropes a little.

saturday jessica & i threw our dear friend jena her baby shower for lily. her first baby girl! jessica should really be a party planner bc she is so detailed and everything she does is extremely thought out. here are some of the pictures from the shower. *please excuse the quality as they were taking with my iphone*

all in all it was a great turnout. amazing food & amazing people getting together to celebrate a new baby coming into this world!

after the shower i went over to the pool at our friends house and hung out. little zeke is the cutest you guys!

his mom is too.

sunday we went to church & cory lead worship. i always enjoy watching him lead it makes my heart skip beats. courtney took wedds to the aquarium & there will be more on that later, but here is the sweetest picture i took of them at church on sunday. 

we asked wedds what he was most excited about while being here & his response was, "seeing zeke".

heart =melted

this was on the bus going back to marta.

this was picking him up at the airport. i almost cried. it was the sweetest moment. 

we have so much more in store for him while he is here. i am so excited to show you all of his adventures.

cheers,

mrs. estes