So, Mothers Day....................................sigh...........................

I had a great Mother's Day this year. The kids gave me some awesome gifts, handmade of course! Keegan made me a really cool flower with his picture in the middle of it, at school. He was so excited about it that when he got home, he continued making me "presents" with anything that he could find. He made me a little trampoline, made out of a slurpee cup lid and paper. It made me laugh so hard......the slurpee lid still had dried up pink slurpee drips on it! Tatum made me a really nice card at school and she's getting so grown up.......she wrote me such a great little note that it made me cry. She is so thoughtful when she writes!

Ryan bought me a bunch of new earrings............anyone that knows me, knows that I love big earrings! We were at the mall for over an hour the other day and he was in the jewelery store the entire time trying to pick out some earrings that I would like............................that's love, I tell ya..............Ryan does not "do" jewelery stores so that was a big sacrifice for him. He had to come home and do something manly to feel better after that. He also gave me some things for the baby, which made me cry............I'm not sure if it was joyful tears or "what the &#$^# did I get myself into" tears.................I'm sure they were joyful, at least I keep telling myself that! When I find my camera, I'll post some pics of my awesome trampoline gift...............Keegan truly is an engineer in the making.

We also FINALLY finalized all of our plans for our big summer holiday that's coming up in 6 weeks. We are heading out the end of June since I dont want to be TOO massive on our holiday. We are heading down to MT. Rushmore, Wall, Nauvoo, Noah's Ark......biggest waterpark in America and soooooo fun, Mall of America, Minnesota Twins MLB game and whatever else we spot along the way. The kids are soooo excited as am I, especially for Nauvoo. I went there when I was eleven and it was so awesome. I remember Carthage Jail the most and the feeling and spirit that was there. It was so powerful that I can remember all my thoughts and feelings there. Anyone that gets the opportunity to go, should take it.........it's amazing!