Grandma Mayfield's visit

Jared's grandma came to visit during the last week of May. I had never met her before- or any of his extended family for that matter. His dad's family lives in Utah, and his mom's family lives in Texas. It had been probably 5 years since Jared had seen her and longer than that for some of the rest of the family. Grandma Mayfield, Aunt Diana, and Brenda (cousin) flew into Nashville, and after spending a couple of days there, they drove down to good ol' Huntsville, Alabama to get a peek at how the rest of us Mayfields have been living our lives. On Saturday, May 24th, we all got together at Mom & Dad's house to visit and have dinner.

That day also happened to be our niece, Kayti's, 16th birthday! Happy Sweet 16, Kayti! Unfortunately, they weren't able to come and celebrate with us, but the following day was also Nathan's 2nd birthday, so of course, Alisha whipped up a fabulous cake, and we all celebrated Nathan's birthday.

Here's a video of us singing "Happy Birthday!" (sorry Alisha! I tried to email it to you, but the file was too large, and I had already deleted it off my camera, so if you want, you might can put a link to it on your blog)

Here's a video of Nate telling a classic family story of something that happened at family reunion. I'm glad I got it on video- not that any of us would EVER forget the story.. haha



I also got a cute video of Noah breakin' it down, but Aunt Mimi was also acting like a fool in order to get him to dance. I don't think she'd like it if I posted the video, but I might could use it as blackmail.... hmm.... ;-) Noah loves to dance though, and he's not really shy about it at all, so I'm sure I can get another video to post later.

The following Wednesday, Mom and Dad Mayfield, Grandma, Diana, and Brenda all came over to our house to have dinner. Throughout the week, they went to all of the kids' houses to see where they live and get to experience a little bit of what our lives are like.





We are so glad Grandma, Aunt Diana, and Brenda came to visit!