Mom Day

This would be my 8th Mother's Day.

And here come the troops

with special gifts and

breakfast in bed!!

Emma was filled with excitement

all weekend long,

just dying for me to open

her bag full of goodies

that she put together in class.

Many times I found myself reminding

her the reason I hadn't looked at

her special gift yet was because

Mother's Day wasn't until Sunday.

She could barely contain herself.

Yummy, orange juice and

cinnamon rolls!

Sydney was also extremely proud

of the bath salts and flowers

she made at "Activity Days"

with the other 8-11yr old girls

from church.

She even brought a purse along

the night she made her gift so

she could hide her present properly!

Piles and piles of good stuff for me.

Coupons for 5 mins of quiet time,

 a bath, help with dishes, etc!

Mr. Blue-Eyes

I love Sydney's face full of laughter

and Emma looking at me

with eyes full of love for me.

I felt so special.

Kisses to share to say 

"thank you"!

Sydney has happily found the section

in the library that has "learning books".

She loves to bring home craft books,

cook books, how to draw books

and recently a book about New Mexico

where her cousins moved to.

The flower she's holding in this picture

is just one of the many things she

has learned to do with those great resourses!

But the best gift of all

was a new camera!!

We had been searching for months

for a camera that fulfilled our needs

small, quick snap shots, large pixels,

and cost effective.

Thanks to holiday sales

Larry picked out a great camera

that snapped all of these great photos!

Thanks honey!!

I'm one very very lucky mother and wife!!