My Mother's Day Weekend

The weekend started off great with a trip to the temple with my hubby on Friday night. *ahhh* that is a flawless datenight right there! Can't beat that!

On Saturday the kids and I went to breakfast at the park where Jenalyn has preschool. They passed out fliers and announced it in her class and she was so very excited to take her mom to breakfast. She asked me every day, "Is it Breakfast Day yet?"

That morning Jason left us to help with a youth temple trip (yep, he went to the temple twice in one weekend - he's a rockstar!) so we called our friends, Jen and her kids, to go to breakfast with us. Breakfast was delicious! Pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit...YUM! and the kids had so much fun! Of course, we played at the park afterward.

On Sunday Jason didn't make me do a single thing. All day long. I really don't think I have ever felt so honored. It was everything a Mother's Day should be!

First thing in the morning, Jason woke up with the kids and let me sleep in. I ended up taking Corbin to church by myself since Jenalyn was sick but when we got home the house was beautiful and Jason had an amazing dinner going. He found a recipe in Food Network Magazine and whipped it up. Steak with avocado sauce and tomato salad. (we used cucumber instead of hearts of palm in the salad because we didn't know what the heck that was or where to find it!) I don't think it would have tasted any better if Emril Lagasse had made it for me. It blew me away. Especially since it included avocados and tomatoes - two of Jason's most hated food items, but he knows I love them! (psst...he did eat the avocado sauce - and he LIKED it!)

For gifts: Jenalyn gave me a card and a little Altoid's-tin-jewelry box that now holds my earrings. *toocute* I got a sweet little handprint from Corbin and Jason bought me a baby rosebush and headphones to use with my iPhone on the treadmill (the earbuds kept falling out of my ears).

It was wonderful. The whole weekend was. I love my family. I feel so blessed to be the mother of these beautiful children and a wife to that that amazingly wonderful guy. SO BLESSED! I love my life and the people in it.

But I have to give credit where credit is due, I am who I am because of my mother who taught me, thru example, how to love and be loved. I love you mama!