Alabama in May

Amos and I journeyed out to Alabama for my cousin Aimee's wedding.  Here is a photo post of our trip...
First off, the flora.

Tons of Queen Anne's Lace along the freeway in Mississippi

Alabama Blue

My mom says there is a specific color blue for the summer skies in Alabama

Oh, hello!
(Flora AND fauna!)

Grapevines create a chorus line at Aimee and Daniel's wedding venue

My Aunt Brenda is a master gardener!  One of her many hydrangea

A huge magnolia near Grandmother's house

Mimosa, an icon of the South

Some purple flower

Aunt Brenda and Uncle Jerry's woods

And now, the fauna...

About to cross the Mississippi into Tennessee!  No good pics of the river... :P

I've always loved this Cape buffalo.
Granddad shot him on one of his African safari trips.

Daniel, in blue, with his brother, mom, and sister, helping with the rehearsal
dinner preparations

Cambodian chicken curry - so good!

Amos, Mr. Lighting Expert, replaces the ballast in the mud room light fixture
while Uncle Jerry holds the light and provides moral support ;)

Amos hands off Bailey's balloons after Chelsea
made sure she wasn't dying from a mortal wound.

Daniel and Aimee, working on boutonnieres

Awwww!  Daniel likes Aimee. :)

More flower deliberation with a skeptical Aunt Brenda and Emily

Mother and daughter: Grandmother and Aunt Brenda :)

Father and daughter: Mom and Granddad :)

Aimee is so excited!

The next day, pre-departure

Aunt Brenda and Uncle Jerry

Cousins!  Emily, me, Aaron, Aimee, Lydia, and Seth :)

Daniel with Addi and Bailey, new nieces :)

How cute is this?!?!
Addi watches a toad that Aunt Brenda extracted from her plants

Heading home...with a blue filter??

Elizabeth at work at FamilyLife

College friends :)

Grandmother and I

This last picture is the last picture of Grandmother and me. Grandmother died last Saturday from acute leukemia.  She was a fun, sweet lady, infinitely generous and loving.  Amos and I stayed at her house for this trip, and the most striking thing about her home was the myriad of family pictures.  Pictures on the walls, pictures on the dresser, pictures in boxes, pictures on side tables, pictures on shelves, pictures in calendars, pictures on the fridge.  Grandmother loved her family very much, and we will all miss her very much.