food, crochet, merriment
“Every noble impulse, every unselfish expression of love; every brave suffering for the right; every surrender of self to something higher than self; every loyalty to an ideal; every unselfish devotion to principle; every helpfulness to humanity; every act of self-control; every fine courage of the soul, undefeated by pretense or policy, but by being, doing, and living of good for the very good’s sake—that is spirituality.”
~David O. McKay
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I’m excited to show you every little detail of our Mother’s Day getaway but I have a stack of Bridal Shower invitations to address–that, alas–won’t wait. So this little teaser snippet will have to do–for now. I should have the photos sorted by Monday…hee hee.
Oh. My. Goodness. We had so much fun!
The girls and I took a little excursion to the Beehive Bazaar the other day. I should have taken about a thousand pictures, but I was completely enthralled by one little booth with all kinds of fairy type stuff…so I didn’t.
Well that, and I forgot my camera.
Of course a little brown tree stump fairy house with a purple roof sort of jumped out…
and landed in my arms.
And I have big plans for this little thing. After I clean up the strawberry patch and set the little cottage smack dab in the middle of it all, I’m going to scatter little bits of colored yarn scraps all around.
I’ve heard that little birds love yarn scraps and will pluck them out and carry them away to pretty-up their nests. Clever little things.
But I’ve also heard that bright colors…
attract…
fairies.
Hee hee…
OoooOooh…look. It’s working.
Baaa!
Mother’s Day, in this neck of the woods–was filled with so many wonderful things, from each of those incredible people that I love…with all my heart. First, my darlings–whisked us all away to a vacation home in Park City to spend the weekend–Heavenly!! More about that…soon.
But the other gifts of love seemed to just keep coming.
Flowers–this mother loves flowers, and so they even came in my favorite color.
This gorgeous Willow Tree figurine called “Happiness.” Who wouldn’t be happy with sweet little birdies following you around?
The manuscript of my very first book–retyped into the computer and all ready to publish on Kindle–very soon. I’m SOooo excited!
A beautiful fairy flower wind chime to hang on my bed–because wind chimes sound like fairies to me. And perhaps you already know how I feel about fairies.
A Thor doll. Wow. I’m totally in love with him. Thor. The real one.
Pink mini roses, to go in between the two big bushes outside my bedroom window…as they should, so I can see them every day.
Blueberry everything because blueberry is the best, and a gift card to see the Avengers with someone who hasn’t already seen it…if there is anyone.
Lastly, a Skype call with my sweet faraway boy in Siberia.
There has never been a better day!
What a wonderful world it is to be surrounded by the ones I love, not only because they are mine-mine-mine, but also because they are and have always been my very best and dearest friends. Oh, I am so blessed!
I hope your Mother’s Day was the best kind of beautiful my friends. :}
Thanks April, Jacob, Lyndi, Nate, Jillian, Josh, Dane, Kortney, Emily and Rhen. I love you.