A Mothers Day Resolution

Today, as some of you know is not only Mothers Day but my Birthday as well.

I was met this morning with lots of fun dollar store presents & A BIKE !!

HOORAY

I spent all day yesterday looking for bike trails & hoping a bike might come my way!

THANK YOU Angelo & my mother for granting my wish

Now I would like to touch on a subject that has confused me for as long as I have been a mother. On my first Mothers Day as a mother I heard one of the women I admire comment that she like most MOTHERs hated mothers day.

I was as I am now utterly bewildered.

WHY?

I love that the entire country still sets aside one whole day to honor what I and others like me do ( I have never heard of writer day, executive day, or taxi driver day for that matter). I look at this day as a commentary on our country, we still honor women who choose to have children. I have heard women say they hear all these amazing stories of mothers and it makes them feel unequal. So, I have decided for me Mothers Day is going to be like a Mothering New Year.

It will from hence forth be the HAPPY MORNING of a new day !

A day where I can change things & make resolutions to be the kind of mother that talks in church are written about. I invite all of you Mothers reading to join me. Listen to the talks in church and instead of feeling unequal, decide what you can do, what you heard that maybe you can implement. I really believe if the whole country is going to celebrate us, the least we can do is give ourselves a break & a chance to be who we WANT to be.

With that I wish all of you a

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I am sure you are at least 10 times the mother you think you are

Mi Casa is.......um......mi casa

THE MASTER BED & BATH

Una Princesscita

EMELINE'S ROOM
a room fit for a princess

Glimpse

I know some of you are DYING for a peak at our new digs

so I think I will keep your interest

by posting pictures of one room everyday

without further adieu

THE KITCHEN & BREAKFAST NOOK

sliding glass door out to the back

notice the salt and pepper shakers (thank you b from bs fakers)

Liam's Four

In the MIDDLE of all the chaos our MIDDLE child turned 4

HapPY BIrTHday

LIAM

he wanted a monkey cake.................... doesn't everyone?

The weather was terrific who could imagine three days later it would SNOW

We had a wonderful picnic on my mothers front acre

Then the B day boy fell asleep from all the craziness

the best birthday present....a nap in the sun surrounded by those who you love, and who love you

just so you get a picture of how
the week went

thursday: General commencement

friday: School commencement/ Angelo's Graduation Party

sunday: Chaucer blessing

monday: Liam birthday

tuesday: Angelo leaves for his big drive to Seattle

thursday: The kids, my Mom, and I fly out

Chaucer's Blessing

Generations of Priesthood holders

AWE INSPIRING

Mother, Father, BABY

Almost everyone who made it to the blessing

ANGEL indeed

Waiting patiently

Then the men sang

Elders of Israel

It's been over a week since baby c was blessed, I guess the move has just messed with me.

His blessing was beautiful and we were so glad to have all those who came celebrate with us.

Angelo is especially grateful to his brother and father for being able to be in the circle with him for the first time, while blessing one of his babies.

Everyone was....

Dancing, chatting, & Toasting
a wonderful man & his amazing achievment

GRADUATION

My life is a little nuts right now so I am going to post some pics for those of you that weren't able to make it & soon I will write a little about the BIG event.

here he is

I loved that he was on the front row

Angelo with his 5 honors

the proud papa's

my mom and the BYU Alum

Angelo's Sibs

my dad observing the immense amount of pictures being taken

i wore the HOTTEST shoes

( and by hot i don't mean temperature)

THANK YOU to all of you who came, it was a WONDERFUL day thanks to all of you!!

Yesterday, Today, & Forever

We watched

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

last night with my Mother , Father, & Brothers

My mother and I used to watch musicals ALL the time

we loved the dancing, singing, and of course we always sang along.

So, last night because it was our last normal Sunday before we leave ( next Sunday Chaucer will be blessed)

My mother and I decided we should watch a musical, needless to say the 8 boyz in the home didn't really agree with the movie selection. Mom and I decided it was about time we put our foot down & give the men some culturing ( that really isn't a word, but it just worked).

the movie begins

You all know how it starts views of the alps and little Austrian towns building up to the moment when Julie Andrews pierces the silence with her magnificent voice.......

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC

well the boyz had to make fun, of course

The women were not to be deterred we watched the entire movie ( and made them watch too) and sung every song as loud as we could, even Emeline was dancing and singing.

I made a mental note of some of the comments from the MEN

so without further adieu

me "you guys will like it better once she gets to the house"

Jonathon eagerly "does she shoot someone there"

each boy at a different time in the movie " WOW this is so suspenseful"

I had a great time, my mother and I still knew all the words to every song.

These Sunday nights will be missed

**note from the move crazed author**

I haven't read the book by Maria but it is on my list

Because of the setting of the movie I wanted to share one of my favorite books

Mans Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

he was Nazi prison camp survivor and the book is more than BRILLIANT

MUST READ

People of the Book

this is the book I am TRYING to read

I guess the problem is that I have too much going on

I start reading then my thoughts drift off to.....

how I am going to decorate my new dinning room

how it will feel to cook with two ovens

how nice it will be to let my kids play in the back yard

how we can eat FRESH fish whenever we choose

( you know I would choose every meal)

how my kids will not be on top of me every moment

( in 2700 square feet maybe they can find a place to play)

taking a bath in my new TUB

so....

I end up reading these, they are a little more suited to my current attention span

and they help fill my head with visions of the decor in my new abode

a little princess & little lord fauntleroy

I read these books to the kids along with some others........these are the two favorites

I love to read good lit out loud to my children, I am sure I enjoy them as much as they do !!

Here are some more pictures of the weekend in Seattle

Most Handsome men I saw in Washington

Funniest thing we saw

Angelo remarked that Seattellite's seem to need these cup holders for their coffee, we rarely saw anyone without a cup-a-joe in toe

Most comforting thing we saw

HOME

Greatest supermarket ever

aside from the staffed sushi bar, miles of organic local produce, rows of treats from under the sea, little shopping carts for kids to drive

It is only miles from our new house