What could be sweeter?!

It's been a really great week here at the Grooms house! We celebrated my 35th birthday last Saturday with the Campbells, the Pritchards, the Grahams, and the Merritts in Gatlinburg. Each of us were able to get sitters for the kids, while enjoying dinner at the Park Grill. Yummy! We all had a great time talking and laughing together! I have the BEST friends ever! Then yesterday for Valentines Day, I got up and fixed heart-shaped pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream with bacon and sausage for my four sweeties!




Later that evening, we all headed up to my mom's for dinner. She always cooks for each of her kids for their birthdays, and since she didn't have the opportunity on my birthday, she cooked for me last night. My folks, siblings, and their kids feasted on Nanny's ham, potato salad, baked beans, deviled eggs, green beans, and macaroni and cheese! Then for dessert, we all devoured her homemade red velvet cake! No one makes cream cheese icing like my momma! We all rolled into the living room and watched "Madagascar 2" with the kids and laughed till our sides hurt! I am soooo very blessed with a fantastic family on both sides!!! I can think of no better way to spend ANY occasion than with the people I love!!!

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another." John 13:34