Monday, May 12, 2008

Mother's Day


I had the best mothers day!  First I got to sleep in, then Corby made eggs benedict (my favorite) for breakfast.  After breakfast I was given a new camera!  I am so excited, I have been wanting a nice camera for a while.  It is a digital Canon Rebel XTi with 2 lenses, the standard and a 55 - 250mm lens.  I have already had so much fun taking pictures!  


After church we went to the cemetery for a picnic at Corby's mother's grave.  It was so nice to spend some time there and talk about her with the kids.  

We had dinner at my parents house and all my siblings (except Marianne and Jathan) and families were there as well as Brett and kids, Darin and Kamie and my grandparents and my uncle Bill who has been staying with my parents for a while.  Dinner was prepared by the men and was awesome!  I think they should do it every get together:)  Later that evening we went to the McArthur's and had a nice visit with them.  I am thankful that they have taken us into their family and become my children's other grandparents, they are great.  
After we got home Corby surprised me with a video of my children and all my family talking about what they like about me.  You know this was an incredibly long video as everyone just could not stop talking about all the many reasons they love me!  But it really was touching, I have the best husband!  All in all it was a pretty great day.  I will post more pictures as I figure out my new camera.

Mother Daughter Tea Party





We had a Mother/Daughter tea party for activity days on Thursday afternoon (I am an activity days leader).  My partner and I made little chick place cards compliments of Heather Bailey that turned out really cute.  One of the other leaders had centerpieces from a daughters wedding.  I borrowed table cloths from my mom and I think the whole effect was rather nice.  Of course we had to get pastel colored bread from the bakery for tea sandwiches, the girls thought that was pretty cool.  I took Andelin with me even though she is not old enough for activity days yet and we had a great time together.