{Happy Mommy's Day}

happy day to you.
hope your special day was filled with love!:)

this was a unique kind of mother's day for us.
dave had to leave for a business trip on sunday so we started mommy's day on saturday and then carried it over to sunday morning...works for me!:)

i have really been into my flowers and plants this year.
i guess the girls are all finally at that age where they can all help with the care and upkeep of it all.

my mom used to alwasy tell me..."you need some plants in your house", to which i would alwasy reply..."i have enough living things to care for at the moment!":) haha i guess my living things are growing up a bit and i have more time to devote to the green things!:)

dave painted pots with the girls and they came out beautifully. 

  if i could pop into that picture to kiss those lips i would!

the evening was absolutley perfect for dinner outside!
riley and jane are playing hand games and so is aubrey...with her imaginary little sister!
yes that's sweet.
yes that's imaginative and creative.
and yes it still makes me sad...why isn't there one more little girl sitting in that empty chair...
anyway...moving on...

dave makes some amazing mexican food!!
and pretty awesome sangria too!

and yes we meant to snap a picture of the two of us...but forgot!
riley took the camera and ran...at least someone is using my big camera these days. :)

sunday morning i had a yummy breakfast and some beautiful gifts waiting for me!

homemade cards and gifts and potted preschool plants.

after soome last minute planting...we headed out for lunch with dave before he boarded his plane. and we even managed to remembered to sneak in this pic!:) thanks for a beautiful weekend baby!

later, the girls and i went shopping. i told them they could each pick out an outfit for me...that was FUN! and they are actually very good at it!!:) if only i had all the money in the world to actually buy those three outfits!! but it was so much fun for them and me!

so thankful these three call me mommy!!

happy, happy, mama's day!

{Happy Mommy's Day}

how was your special day?
mine was beautiful.
a bit rushed and crazy at moments.
but beautiful.

started our morning with our traditional chocolate chip scones
and a sprint to church.
i think everyone was tired from the day before so we had a few slow movers.
a quick turn around lunch then off to a soccer game.

these two are pretty good at amusing themselves on the sidelines.

 

until the tickle monster attacks and the squeals are really loud!

wish we had the same luck as last year's mothers day game...but we didn't.

tough loss....but they played amazing.

just look at my mighty little defender.

and she even brings flowers.

(gotta hand it to that coach!:))

we came home from soccer and went to barnes and noble of all places.
they were having a sale...a big sale...on their nooks and the girls have been saving their money since january. i would have just grabbed them earlier that week on my own, but there were two different sizes and colors and loads of case options...yada yada yada... so i had to bring them along.
we discussed how we were buying them early since they were $90 off...but that they still had to keep saving until they could buy them from us and actually have them to play with.:)

maybe that was a silly idea to begin with.
made sense to me.
but i'm not a kid.
some of us were fine with waiting and being patient.
some of us...not so much.

...moving on...
:)


just look at those skies!
the weather could not have been more perfect.
most of us played outside while daddy finished up dinner.

 

and what an amazing dinner it was.
he used our favorite salsa verde recipe to make enchiladas.
words can seriously not describe!

better then you've ever had in a restaurant.

i guarantee it!

 

these three.

 

 

i can't imagine loving them more.

 

homemade cards and gifts on mother's day.

the best.

 

 

 

look at janey:)

 

...and there she goes...my last kisser...

:)

 

i think she missed out on telling me the handmade gift stories so she had the cutest little story about helping daddy pick out the birdhouse and wind chime.

 

 

 

 

jane's beggin for one.

i think riley looks content with the bubble wrap.:)

 

 

three of my greatest blessings right.

i just love being a mom.

hope your mama's day was filled with love,
cindy

 

happy mama's day to my own amazing mom

who isn't hiking the trail this year but she was still out there rebuilding steps and marking trails.

 

happy mama's day to you.

thank you for being on this amazing journey with me and for encouraging me and laughing with me

along the way.

 

and a special mother's day to all of you who are saddened by this day.

maybe you are missing your mom, or your children, or the children you never had.
my heart goes out to you.
 

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{Happy Happy Mother's Day}

i just love this day.
this certainly isn't the only day i feel grateful to be a mom that's for sure....but it's still one of my very favorite days. maybe it has to do with the years of wanting to be part of this day and remembering the struggles it took to get there.....anyway...on with the fun.

dave made scones.

i don't think he has made them since last year which is certainly a good thing/bad thing.
i think i had three.
painfully saying no to a double batch was a good thing.:)

aubrey decided to sleep in till almost 9 this morning....they waited a l.o.n.g. time for those scones.
the ready for presents excitement was pretty evident in the room and i love that.

{believe me...i really don't want to see this many pictures of myself...but the expressions are priceless and seriously crack me up!!:)}

riley's handmade play doh bowl

janey's plant wrapped in my favorite colors and picked because the petals made her think of starlight mints:)

***the one they've been waiting for***

***LOVE***

it was a beautiful day with my three little monkeys

and it ended with one of my favorite dinners...

lemon chicken with angel hair and prosciutto wrapped asparagus

eating it outside made it even better.

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the day wasn't all smiles and hugs....right after those present shots we had to kick it into high gear to get to a double header soccer game an hour away. bedtime had some grumpy/tired girls in it...big and little and the mama variety too:(

but i know that i am truly blessed and thankful to be a mom

i try not to take it for granted and remember that even in those crazy crazy moments

they are mine

and thank God for that!

happy happy mother's day to all the mamas out there and those that are dreaming of being one too,

cindy

and a special happy mother's day to my mom who has been hiking on the AT for two weeks now

really no place she'd rather be i think:)

 mother's day 2011

mother's day 2010

my very first mother's day