Mothers are so special, in all that they do. Mothers are sometimes under appreciated for what they do. The little things, like making sure dinner is on the table, having clean socks & underwear for the husband, changing diapers, making sure the kids are clean, and just the daily grind of running a household. Today is a day where all the mothers can forget about folding the laundry or cooking dinner. Enjoy it ladies!

My mother's day was extra-special this year! I feel like my husband tops himself each year! We have a family tradition of going to my MIL's house (my mom goes too!) for brunch. All of the guys and women who aren't mothers prepare and cook brunch for us mothers. This year we had pancakes, quiche, fruit tart, pastries, scrambled eggs, over easy eggs, rolls, bagels, bacon, milk, juice & coffee. It was absolutely TO DIE FOR!!! They did a great job! After the prayer, the mothers got to serve themselves the food first and eat. It was soooo yummy!

After eating, we always take family photos. It's a time of year that the family is always together, so that's why we do it then! This year the girls wore baby pink and the boys wore baby blue. I think the pictures turn out nice! I'm still waiting on my MIL to upload the ones that she took, but here are a few of mine...

Happy Easter!
We had a very blessed Easter. The entire family got together at Joel & Valerie's house for brunch. We had a yummy spread of pancakes, quiche, bacon, sandwiches, pastries, doughnuts, fruit, cheese, bread, etc.
After everyone ate, the kids got some Easter baskets and then we had an egg hunt. Actually, 2. We did one for the older girls and then one for all of the little kids!
Miguel read a story about the reason for Easter. The celebration of Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection into eternal life with the Father. What a beautiful love story. Thank you Jesus for dying for me. Thank you for taking the burden of all of my sins so I may live forever, with you.
Above are pictures of each of the grand kids (from both side of our family) in age order. More Easter pictures can be found on my smugmug.

The family got together at Joel & Valerie's house tonight to dye Easter eggs. This was Colin's first time, and though he had fun dyeing 1 egg...the fun wore off after about 5 minutes. Colin did have a blast playing with Christian, and the grown-ups had fun dyeing eggs! More pictures on my smugmug.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!
We had a traditional Irish dinner of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, applesauce, and irish soda bread. Mom has made it every year for as long as I can remember. I got a few good pictures of the family! More on my smugmug.

Patty's friend Michelle arrived today from Florida. We all went out to Saltgrass for dinner. Courtney was able to come too! Yay...and BTW, I didn't order chicken...this time I got a steak sandwich.