Mothers – Page 2 – Gracious Rain

May 16, 2013May 20, 2013

Then There Is The Front

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One day the Bald Kid was particularly bored and started digging up the front flower bed. No particular reason…he just wanted to.

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Which turned out to be a pretty handy-dandy thing because Jillian and Josh brought me a zillion impatiens and one giant hydrangea for Mother’s Day.

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What, I ask you, would I have done if all that dirt was still hard and weedy and dreadful? Heaven only knows.

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But since it was all soft and mushy, we added some soaked peat moss and a busload of compost and stuck those pretty little things right in the ground. Again, I say “we” like I have a mouse in my pocket or something. It was the guy who did it all again. But I took all the flowers out of the packs and lined them all up and handed them to him in just the right order. That’s an important job too.

He is an awfully nice guy though.

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It was a good, kind, flowery day.

And it made me very, very happy.

May 14, 2013September 19, 2017

Mommas’ Breakfast

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Ooooh, baby–do we love Kneader’s! Especially the Saturday before Mother’s Day.

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They make a big old fuss over moms for breakfast that day. It’s all you can eat Cinnamon Swirl French Toast and strawberries.

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You know us. We’ll take any occasion to be together and have a party especially if someplace like Kneader’s is throwing it. We are totally in.

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It’s what we do, after all.

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Since I had to teach a class right afterwards, I figured protein was a better bet for my brain than sugar. So I ordered a ham and egg sandwich on whole wheat, and donated my French Toast to the first giant bald guy that I saw.

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He knew exactly what to do, without missing a beat.

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May 12, 2013May 10, 2013

{ To Every Mother }

This non-denominational video message for Mother’s Day has been produced in association with several faith groups to remind people everywhere of the importance of families.

Happy Mother’s Day my friends.

May 11, 2013May 10, 2013

{: We Love You Mom :}

Happy Mother’s Day tomorrow. Have a lovely weekend!

May 23, 2012May 23, 2012

Mother’s Day Getaway~ 3

Day 1 ~Afternoon~

After the glorious breakfast at Kneader’s and our fabulous total foot make-over, we packed up and hit the road for Park City.

The guys booked a weekend stay at a condo in the former Olympic Village

Ooooh–it was a pretty little place with positively everything that we needed for a perfect time.

I’ve always dreamed of going on a vacation or cruise where we has some kind of group room or suite where we could all be together and still have our own space when we needed to. Well this, my friends, was exactly such a place.

The kitchen was enormous and stocked with dishes, silverware and every small and large appliance that you could think of…

and a huge dining room table that seated nearly every one of us at the same time.

This was my room with an incredibly high bed. No kidding, it was so tall and puffy that I had to stand back and jump up on to it. But oh, my goodness—it was soft! I felt like that princess with all the piled up mattresses…and the pea. Except no pea.

I did, however have to bring my own Cheetoes.

It’s fine.

I’m used to it.

Dane is in Texas working so Kortney brought her sweet friend Emily along–who we positively love.

They shared the bunk bed room.

April and Jacob and the kids had the master suite. The kids slept on a mattress in the walk in closet. Lyndi and Nate stayed in a second master suite in the basement. I didn’t get a picture of it or Jillian’s room for some odd reason.