A Good Weekend

I had a good weekend. On Saturday we had our friends the Lee's over for dinner and we all managed to squash around the kitchen table (all 12 of us, it's a big table), the kids had fun and Ryan and I enjoyed visiting with Jared and Alyssa. We talked a lot about their little boy Edward that they recently lost due to his very premature birth, they showed us pictures of him, he was so tiny, just over a pound in weight but he was perfectly formed and so beautiful. I am so grateful to know that we can have our dear ones with us forever and that Alyssa and Jared will have the opportunity to raise their son and that their relationship will continue forever. It makes me squeeze my babies a little bit tighter. After we shed some tears we got the kids to come inside and play "spoons" with us. I remember loving that game when I was a kid and I still love it, it's fun to sit next to Ryan when he passes the cards to me, I don't know how he does it but he can somehow monitor exactly what he's passed me and he keeps track of what I've kept so he knows when I've got four of a kind before I do and he's always ready to grab a spoon as soon as I do. He is too smart. And cute, he's cute too.

On Sunday I woke up to Peter climbing on me asking me to come help him get a bowl of cereal which is how I wake up every morning. Thankfully my darling children were on their game for Mother's Day so they removed him and took care of him and I got to shower while Ryan and the kids made me delicious chocolate waffles. They served me breakfast in bed as is the tradition and they climbed all over me and begged for bites, which is also traditional. I got to eat a lot and so did everyone else. Then they presented me with a lot of Mother's Day cards. About 30 actually. Tessa and Alana were very focused on quantity this year. I looked at my haul and immediately thought, oh good, they used all my envelopes. They did, every last one. The girls were very pleased to have found them up in the cupboard and they made good use of them, after all, they were just sitting there, doing nothing.

About five minutes and a few paper cuts later I had opened them all and enjoyed all the hearts and I love you's. I'm pretty blessed to have such thoughtful and loving kids :)

Church was lovely. I got to teach the Mia Maids and Beehives combined and they were really fun girls, we had a good time. I love going to church.

We hurried home to make dinner really quick, our next door neighbors, Margaret and Robert, came over for dinner. We had a lovely time. They don't have children yet so they watched our lively kids with wide eyes. I hope we didn't convince them not to have kids :) They were really fun. I recently ordered a solar oven online and when it gets here Margaret and I are going to cook food in it, we're also going to see if we can get our gardens to grow, we had fun sharing stories of our failed gardening attempts. Although, I don't want to jinx it by telling you, but I do have something growing in the yard, I'm 90% sure it's a tomato plant, it's growing in the compost pile. It seems happy there so I'm going to leave it. We put a bunch of bell pepper seeds in there from dinner prep last night, maybe I'll get a pepper plant in my compost too! Cross your fingers!

After dinner we went to Ryan's parents house for the Mother's Day Phone Call from Elder Livingstone. Justin has been out for a little over a year and he is doing great. I got to talk to him for five whole seconds :) We're proud of our little brother. He is a good boy. I also got to see and visit with three of my sisters there, plus Ryan's parents and his brother David and that was fun.

We came home and I got to talk to my Mommy and Dad who are in Montreal on their mission. It was lovely to talk to them for 48 minutes. I love them a lot. I'm thankful for my dear Mother and for all she has taught me. She is wonderful.

It was a great weekend. I love spending time with my family, especially my Ryan. I wouldn't be a mom without him. He makes my life fun and happy and I love him a lot. The kids are great too, but like I tell them when they ask who I like the best. The answer is always Daddy, he's my favorite. I picked him first :)