Mother's Day

Mother's Day is always a special day.  Our moms sacrifice so much for us throughout the years, and so this is one day set aside to truly celebrate the women that have been so influential in our lives.  This year was a fun mother's day because my Mimi was in town for my graduation.  So, we got to spend mother's day with my mom, Mimi, and Cody's mom.  Cody's sister and her family were also in town, so we got to see them for a split second before they headed back home to Del Rio.  All the moms in our family were celebrated...and deserved even more than we could ever possibly give them!

That morning, my parents, brother, and Mimi went with us to church.  We go to Beltway...and LOVE it!  So, every chance we get we are bringing anyone who isn't already a member there or bringing them with us if they have come in town to visit.  The church service was amazing...as always.  The worship music was wonderful and is such a great way to worship our awesome God as well as get ready for David's message.  It's wonderful to have your family sitting all around you at church!  It's also such a wonderful experience to feel God move throughout the service and truly feel his presence in such an amazing way.

After church we went out to eat at Olive Garden.  This place is my Mimi's most favorite place, and we hadn't been there in awhile, so this was the perfect day to go to exactly where she wanted to go.  It was a pretty long wait...2 hours to be exact!  But, the food was good and the company was even better, so it was completely worth every second!  After lunch, we headed back to our house to give my mom and Mimi their mother's day present.  We gave my mom a gift card to Coldwater Creek...her favorite store and gave my Mimi a Madam Alexander doll and some flowers.  They loved them!  I helped my mom use her gift card not too long ago on some really cute clothes...so I know she enjoyed the gift card!  Her birthday was in April...and we got her a Keurig...so she's been indulged these past few months!  Rightly so...she deserves to be spoiled with all she's sacrificed for us.  We stayed at our house and visited for awhile and Brittany came by for a little bit while we were there to wish my mom and Mimi a happy mother's day too...sweet girl!  After we had visited a bit, my Mimi decided to head home.  So, we said our goodbyes and then headed over to Cody's mom's house to spend some time with her and his sister.  We almost missed Chrissy...they were driving down Cody's mom's street as we rounded the corner...so we caught them just in time!  She loves Pier One, so we  got her a cute little decorative bowl and filled it with some glass decorative balls.  It's always good to see them...we don't get to enough.  After we talked to them for a bit, they headed out of town and we headed the rest of the way to Cody's mom's house.  We started a charm bracelet for Cody's mom a few years ago,  so every birthday and mother's day we usually buy her a charm to add to her bracelet.  This year, we bought her a charm from James Avery that said "MOM."  Pretty fitting I think!  Our moms and grandmother's are such special ladies...they don't get thank enough for all they do!  So, we had fun getting to spend some quality time with each and every one of them this year.

That night, we had so many leftovers from the celebration party after graduation, so we asked my parents to come over and help us eat some of them!  I laid all the sandwich stuff out along with all the fixins.  Mom and dad brought their doggies over to have a play date with ours, and they had a ball!  We ate together and visited for a little bit, then headed outside to sit and play with the dogs.  It was such a great day and an even better weekend.  I'm so thankful for all that God has done in my life and for blessing me with an amazing mom, grandmothers, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law!  Love you all so very much!!!