Mother's Day 2016

I'm sitting on my bed after church, listening to the hustle and bustle of what's going on in my kitchen. It's Mother's Day. We go to church early so breakfast in bed isn't the most practical option. I however LOVE breakfast food, so I have requested breakfast for lunch.

My bedroom is right near the kitchen so I hear Chris handing out assignments. "Halee, can you make the pancakes?" "Connor, can you pour the milk?" "Austin, can you fry the bacon?" And so on...

It's a lovely sound, actually. It's not the sound of cooking. It's the sound of selflessness. The sound of love.

I love being a Mother. No other gift or accomplishment will ever compare to the beauty of all of this. If only I can hold onto it...I want it to last forever.

P.S Happy Mother's Day to my own beautiful, kind, loving Mother. I am who I am because of you.

Live it...

The girls begged me to make these shirts for them. We purchased solid color shirts, stencil paper and fabric markers. It makes me smile to see them eager to share their faith.

May Day...

This little goose was born 9 years ago on a beautiful spring day. May Day. And so fitting fur the sunshine she brings to our lives on a daily basis. She is truly an angel from above. We love you through and through, Miss Grace. Thank you for being the strong, smart, kind and wonderful girl that you are.

I passed...

I'm a happy girl today. I found out that I passed my written exam. The big one. The one that validates that I'm competent to practice as a Denturist. I fasted. My family fasted. I prayed. My family prayed. I begged Heavenly Father to grant me this. He did. Without him, I could never have done this. Without my husband and children I wouldn't be typing this at all. My parents, friends and siblings have rooted me on and encouraged me. All of these wonderful people were my legs. I'll forever be grateful to all of them. And now I'm going to go watch t.v and not feel a bit guilty about it for the first time in a very long time.

Denture patient...

Grace drew a picture of me treating a patient...or in her words "this is you putting a denture in someone's mouth." Goodness...I love that girl...

Science...

I won't lie. I hate science projects and when the kids come home and tell me they have one? I run and hide under my bed. I usually opt for ones that are easy...with no mess. Yep, I'm a little neurotic. But they wanted so badly to do complicated stuff. A lava lamp, And worse...a volcano. I had an epiphany...why not ask Chris to help? For some seriously weird reason, I've never asked for his help with the kids' science stuff. He basically took it over with the girls. They went to the store, bought the supplies, I helped grace do the lava lamp, and he helped Scarlett with the volcano...and I mean, wow...he was like a kid in a candy store with that thing. He even did a slow mow video of it erupting. It was perfectly delightful to see the fun they had. 

Mormon prom...

Yes, this lovely daughter is mine. Sometimes I have to pinch myself and make sure that it's not a beautiful dream that she belongs to me. She's such a sweet, wonderful friend and child. She went to a Mormon prom last night with some friends and had a great time. She looked beautiful and classy. Love you, Halee bug...