Mother's Day

Jason is always so sweet to me on Mother's Day.

He brought me these flowers the day before, "I have to give these to you today, before I kill them. They've tipped over in my car several times, so they have no water and the poor daisy has seen better days. Sorry. Happy Mother's Day!" He makes me laugh.

I thought they were lovely. :)

Stay-tuned these flowers /greenery make a second appearance and get a new life.

In the morning, Jason (and our grumpy kids) made breakfast for me; scrambled egg whites, turkey bacon, whole wheat toast and Greek yogurt. We ate together at the table, at my request.
--Does anyone else not LOVE breakfast in bed? It's a sweet thought, but kind of crumby and awkward. 

After church (and chocolate from the ward), I got to open gifts. Jason was very good to me; a new pillow, a drink dispenser (that I can use for parties, yay!), a book and a laminator! 

Oooo, I'm armed now..a label maker and a laminator. Awesome!

That evening, we shared dinner with my mom. Jason prepared a YUMMY salad: Apple-Pear Salad with Poppy-Seed Dressing (feta cheese instead of swiss) that I had requested from Pinterest. It was SO good, we had seconds..and thirds!

I am grateful to be a Mom. It's what I wanted to be when I grew up. It's both harder and more rewarding than I imagined. 

I'm also grateful to have my Mom in my life. She is my friend, my counselor, my cheerleader and one of my greatest examples.
I love you Mom!

Flower Pin Cushion

Continuing with the flower theme.....

I made my mother-in-law, a flower pin cushion for Mother's Day.

I'd been wanting to make one of these for some time now. It's made with cute printed fabric for the petals, a solid fabric for the middle, fiberfill, felt and a golf tee. The golf tee goes on the bottom, so that it can be put in a spool of thread for ease and convenience.

They were so fun and cute, I made several.

To Evelyn: If by chance, the moon, stars and planets have aligned just right and you are reading this, sorry for the spoiler... it's in the mail. Love you. Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

As is tradition in my home, I was served a Mother's Day breakfast, by Jason and the kids. Because we have 9:00am church, I hopped in the shower and missed my chance to have breakfast in bed.

Still yummy at the table , also less risk of crumbs in the sheets or spilled milk. :)

Jason gave me clothing and treats. Clothing for my new size and treats to keep me at my old size. Just kidding, I will only eat them on my FREE day. The kids each gave me cute handmade gifts they had done at school or secretly constructed behind closed doors. So sweet.

Our young men got it "right". They served all mothers/women Symphony CHOCOLATE bars, after sacrament meeting. After church, I promptly opened and consumed 1/2 of mine, before getting home. Just the beginning of my chocolate buzz for the day.

In the evening, we went over to my mom's house to celebrate with her, along with Dean/Candice, Tim/Karen and Brinton/Amber's families.

It was a CrAZy busy house, but fun.

"If mother's were flowers...

I'd pick you!"

A kid's rubber boot, with cute little purple pansies.

I also made this cute, miniature Happy Mother's Day banner, to put on a triple-layer chocolate cake.

Gifts for my mom.

Emma, this is for you... a cake banner 'stache. :)

To go with our very rich chocolaty cake, and to complete my chocolate buzz, "Death by Chocolate" ice cream, of course.
Death by Chocolate? Yes please... there are probably worse ways to go. :)

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!
I love you!

Photo Cube

A wooden cube, a little paint, some Mod Podge, scrapbook paper and B&W pictures, equals a cute Mother's Day gift for my mom.

Happy Mother's Day!

You'll have to imagine what the final product looks like.. I forgot to take a picture. Oops!