Happy Mothers Day

I always have great Mothers Day's. I have the absolute best family in the world. Cait even said yesterday that it wasn't fair that David was sleeping cuz who was going to take care of them? I certainly could not it was Mother's Day and I wasn't supposed to do anything. So sweet.

My beautiful morning started by sleeping in till 8. Amazing! I don't know the last time I did that. Then I was escorted outside to a beautiful and delicious garden breakfast. Blueberry waffles, honeydew, sausage, orange juice and yogurt. Our lilacs always bloom around Mothers Day and a beautiful bouquet graced our table. I was also surprised by a gorgeous little butterfly necklace from the kids. I had to find it, it was hiding in the lilac bouquet. David said the sweetest thing about it too. The four little lavender wings represented the four people in my family that love me and the body is me, I hold them all together. I will treasure this little tiny butterfly for the rest of my life! I love my little family so much, they are so good to me and are so patient with me and very forgiving of my lack of know how in being a mother.

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

Up to the highest heights! That was our Sunday afternoon fun today. Cait got two new kites for her birthday, so we took one out for a test run. Perfect windy day for kites. Not too strong and not too wimpy! Perfect!!! Cait's kite flew great and stayed up the whole time. Dawson's kite wasn't as great and kept falling, especially if I tried to get it to fly very high.

Sweets is 7!!!!

I can't believe that my Sweets is 7!!! Holy Crow!!! We had an awesome day Friday! It started at 3 a.m. when an overly excited girl ended up in my bed because she is so excited she can't sleep. Well needless to say after that neither could I. Then we had her favorite breakfast, Crepes filled with strawberries! Yummy! She even got to break in our new Happy Birhtday plate (so cute BTW). She spent the rest of most the day at school and I went to get her out early just to give her a little break. After the other kids got out of school she had her bestest little girl friends come to play. They were very sweet and brought her presents, which she couldn't wait to open! When play day was over Grandma and Grandpa Childs got here and Grandma took Cait to Walmart to pick out a present. Closely following that Aunt Dawn and her boyfriend Shayne and his son came, followed by Grandma and Grandpa Young and Grandma Elggren. Aunt Heather and Uncle Jason and clan followed them. We had a great group of family to celebrate with Cait. We had yummy tacos for dinner and red velvet cupcakes and mint chocolate and cookie dough ice cream for dessert. All in all it was great!

Sorry this picture is out of order. She got some new doll house furniture from Aunt Dawn and Grandma Childs. The cute nursery was from Grandma and the dining room is from Aunt Dawn. She loves them. I love them but the dining room came with four sets of itty bitty silver ware. They are going to be vacuumed up within a week I am sure.
Apples to Apples is one of Cait's favorite games. We had a great time playing with Grandma Childs, Aunt Dawn, Shayne and Vincent. It's a fun game to make you laugh!

Rain Boots!

There is something magical about rain boots and rain coats. It just takes me back to the good ole days. I was so grateful to find the kids rain boots at Target on clearance, they look so cute.I took this picture the other day when it was not raining. They love their boots.

This was this morning. As soon as Cora noticed it was raining. She wanted to go out in a t-shirt and patties, but I being the good mother that I am changed her, put her coat and boots handed her an umbrella and out she went.

It's a Beautiful Day!

There is something to say for my mood when I wake up and find a dozen red roses from my husband. For apparently no reason at all, he came home this morning with them and I found them when I got up to let the dog out. I was giddy and then I cried a little bit, it was just what I needed. Thanks Dave, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

And then I was blessed even more with the beauty of the earth. I love the rain! I especially love the rain when trees are blooming and everything is green. I LOVE SPRING! And I am feeling a bit sentimental today. I am pretty sure this is the last spring we will be spending at this home. I love our yard in the Spring, Summer and the first part of Fall. It is so beautiful and leaving it just makes me really sad.

It was far too quiet

You know you should check on your baby when it's been too quiet for too long. Well this is what I found when it happened today.I guess she couldn't find any clean spoons.

Our weekend!

In reference to my last post I went to my parents over the weekend. It was very nice to get away even for just 24 hours. And it was so beautiful and the kids were having a great time outside so I took a few pics.

While the kids were playing outside, I got crafty and made my girls some cute pillow case dresses. Super easy and it only took about an hour if not less for each dress. Caits made it very easy to dress in a hall at the dance competition. No going over the head and no sleeves so I could put her top on without taking the dress off. I say every dancer needs one. I didn't take a pic of Cait in hers just Miss Belle, but they look the same just opposite (the trim on Cora's is the bulk of Caits and the trim on Cait's is the bulk of Cora's).We had to leave my mom's early on Saturday because Cait had a dance comp in Taylorsville. She looked super cute (I need bigger curlers though) and the costumes were bearable. I have seen the girls do better, but overall it wasn't horrible. Just made for a super long day.

And last but not least. I did laundry at my moms (HE washing machine), and I found these objects in my pants pocket. I say I am a true mother when you find random things like these in your pocket.