Mother's Day

The Saturday before Mother's Day, Shawn stayed home with the kids while I went outside BY MYSELF and went on a walk/jog. The weather was beautiful and it was so nice to be outside and exercise. I have really been lacking in my exercise, and so it felt EXTRA good. Then, I treated myself to a pedicure, and bought myself an orchid. I love orchids because they are hard to kill! This particular orchid requires that you water it with three ice cubes per week in order to keep it alive. I can handle that!! I got home from my Mother's Day celebration around 1:30 p.m., and informed Shawn that I had just had the best Mother's Day ever because of those hours alone! It was so rejuvenating and relaxing. I later thought, it's ironic that what made my Mother's Day so wonderful was the fact that I avoided all of my motherly duties! Ha! That night, Shawn and I went to dinner at Sonora Grill (my favorite) and then to see the movie Thor. Thor was kind of lame, but for some reason I really wanted to see it. Then, when we got home, Shawn asked, "Is THIS why you wanted to see Thor?" He shoves a Diet Dr. Pepper can in my face. On every Diet Dr. Pepper can there is advertising for Thor! I guarantee that advertising got me subliminally!! ha!! On Sunday, I received great gifts from the kids, as usual. Homemade gifts and pictures are just priceless to me.

FROM CHANCE:

This was a cute little M&M game that we played that night (there was a pack of M&M's glued to the top). GREAT idea from his wonderful school teacher. He also made me a little tin foil bracelet with beans glued on top! It was super cute but it broke.

FROM HANNAH:

Chance made me a similar picture here when he was in kindergarten! Supposedly that mole on my face in Hannah's picture was an accident, but she was probably trying to draw a zit or something! ha!!

After church, we had dessert at my mom's house, then went to Matt & Courtnie's house for dinner! A little bit backwards, but it was fun. April & Bryan's house is under construction due to some remodeling they are doing to their kitchen, so we have been at Matt & Courtnie's a lot lately. They have a great house for entertaining. I promised them that once the weather cooperated, we would have the get-togethers at our house in the backyard!

Kindergarten Program

Hannah was SOOOO excited to do her kindergarten program at the end of the year. It was very important to her that I come see it. She must've reminded me thirty times over the course of two weeks about her “program”. She did not have a speaking part, but she was given the privilege of holding the letter "B" while the kindergarten sang the song B-I-N-G-O. Pretty cool for her! Courtnie, Garrett, Jace, and Grandma April all came to see her perform, as well. It was fun to see April, because Courtnie and I had to act calm and collected about her birthday. We had planned a surprise birthday dinner at Maddox that same night, so we had to act like we knew nothing about her plans for the evening! It was fun to see her that night and laugh about our earlier conversation!