Mothers

I love my mom - she has passed on her love of bacon....

My mom filching a piece of bacon BEFORE breakfast!

She is incredibly talented with all things involving sewing.....

My mom and the wall hanging she made me with the fabric scraps left from outfits she has made for the princess.

She is the best grandmother my children could ask for!

Grandma and their Royal Highnesses on Christmas morning.

Most importantly, she and my father set an example of how a couple should love each other.

My parents - admiring their grandchildren playing on a hill in Colorado.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom! You are a blessing every day, and I love you bunches!

Yes, You Guessed It (plus something different)

What a week it has been! Between the Prince having a hard time, and Patient Husband becoming impatient with the dandelions that have exploded in our yard, and birds building nests in our gutters and porch lights, it was not easy for me to look for little blessings. However, then yesterday occurred.

It started off with lunch with my friend W from church. She is a split mom - two children in college, and two children in elementary school. So she has been through my situation and is going through my situation. It was a wonderful lunch, with yummy french fries (so much for eating healthy), crispy chicken tenders (the best I have tasted), plenty of Diet Coke, and interesting conversation. Conversation that had nothing to do with dandelions, birds nests, leaking gutters, or why I am the worst mom in the world.

Follow that with a conversation with my big sister (who is exactly 3 years, 10 months OLDER than me!), who can always lift my spirits. While I may have pulled a prank or two on her when we were younger (nothing major, mind you), she is my best friend now. I just love her! Said conversation also had nothing to do with dandelions, birds nests, leaking gutters, or why I am the worst mom in the world.

And to top it all off, my two children decided that I wasn't the worst mother in the world, and we spent an hour before bedtime singing silly songs, trying to teach the Princess how to roll her "rr"s in Spanish, and laughing over her pronunciation of words in the Prince's Spanish book. Followed by their wanting me to ask them topic questions in math, spanish, science, and social studies, FOR FUN! It was sooo much fun listening to the Princess mispronounce words and the Prince laughing and trying to get her to say them correctly. But by the end of the evening, she had "Como te llamas" down pat! And there was no conversation about, you guessed it, dandelions, birds nests, leaking gutters, or why I am the worst mom in the world.

So, while it was a hard week, I can say that I made it through and was rewarded with a day of blessings!