Mother's Day

I hope you all had a nice Mother's Day!  I know this is a joyful day for some, but it's a hard day for others.  There are many things that can make this day hard;  maybe you've lost a child, you long to be a mom, you've lost your mom, or  you are having a hard time as a mom.  Remember that God knows...  and you are loved.

We've got some special ladies to celebrate in our family.  I saw my step-mom on Friday, but I forgot to get a picture of her with the flower planter we got for her.  My sister Cheri picked it out, and you'll just have to believe me when I say it's beautiful!

We spent time with Bob's mom on Friday night.  We had supper with her and Bob's step-dad at his brother's home.  We had a nice evening together.

 Here's Mom with one of her gifts.  If it rains, her umbrella is a flower!


Sunday evening Laura, Aaron and girls, and Andrew and Heather came over for supper.

 Here's Alaina and Ruby enjoying some pizza.

 Ruby was playing with Grandpa while eating her pizza.

 Laura made a beautiful salted caramel, chocolate peanut butter pie.  It was yummy, but we didn't want to think about how many calories were in it!

 Grandpa found his old Animal puppet (from the Muppets).  He and the girls had fun with it.

The kids spoiled me with this jar full of fun things, lotion, a candle and a necklace with Alaina and Ruby's initials on it.

Cards done by kids are the best, and this is a keeper.  Alaina says I'm 24 years old and tall as a giant (although I'm actually the shortest of the adults in our family).   I'm thrilled that she thinks I'm good at turning on the tv.  :)

It was a nice day, shared with some of my very favorite people in the world!