For The Love of Mothers Contest

Surfing the blog world one day I ran across this blog called Bags That Scream Me. This woman designs and makes these bags and gives them away, along with many other things she does. She appears to be quite an extraordinary woman...take a look at her blog some time. There was a contest for Mother's Day. You were supposed to comment on her post leaving your entry. The topic was to write about someone you think is a great mother. Although I was not feeling terribly confident, not in sense I don't know any good mothers because I do, but due to my writing skills and my inability to express my feelings easily. I went ahead and entered anyway...and who did I write about...my mom of course.

Sunday evening, while I was checking on my blog, I read a comment on my last post. It was from the talented maker of the bags letting me know that I had won. Quickly, I checked out her blog and this what I saw...http://bagsthatscreamme.blogspot.com/2009/04/because-she-loves-her-mother.html

How great is that? Not only does my mom get a bag made personally for her because she's a great mom, but I get one too! For those of you who know me, you know I'm jumping up and down on the inside.

Then today it gets even better...http://bagsthatscreamme.blogspot.com/

My purse is ready and I can't wait to see my mom's.

Although I tried to keep it quiet, I ended up letting the cat out of the bag. I told Mom that we had won something and then told her not to go snooping around on my blog. Well, we know all about good mothers, don't we? Sometimes, they just can't help themselves!

Beach Girls & Boy

The Greenes needed to get out of the house and enjoy the beach.

Anna was amazed by the rats she saw on the jetties and Ella enjoyed posing for my pictures. I had a difficult time getting a picture of Anna without her net and critter box. All three of them loved getting in the water. I kept having to call Ella back closer to the shore.

Brennan got this "Awesome!" Buzz Lightyear Flex Wing Flyer and he tried it out.

Greene Visit April 09

Faithie & Charlie, my in laws, can down for a visit last week. The kids and I always enjoy their visit. Unfortunately, I did not get a lot of photos from the visit (maybe Faithie will send me some of her pictures!!) Lola, the little chihuahua, LOVES both of my in laws. She gets a lot of lap time while they are here. Oh! And he's sitting on my new love seat! While they were here, they helped me around the house and the yard, took the kids to the Sea Center and Chuck E. Cheese, sang some karaoke, visited and had dinner at my mom's house, had dinner with my Uncle Dan and enjoyed lots of visiting. Thanks Grandma & Grandpa for the great visit! Get ready for our crew to head that way in June!!

Time for a New Couch

Finally, I could take it no longer! Jon and I bought a sleeper sofa and a love seat from Dillards way back when. From the beginning, we disliked it intensely (Mom still doesn't like me to say hate). It was nice to look at it, but EVERYTHING made a stain and nothing would clean it off. I haven't been wanting to spend the money on a new couch and love seat so I've just been dealing with it.

Then came the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny was a very bad bunny. He hid the eggs my kids dyed in several places on my couch. When the kids found all the eggs, they noticed that the eggs stained my couches and a spot on my fireplace!!

Monday, just after Easter Sunday I went shopping for a new couch and loveseat and wanted something immediately. My in laws were coming in to town on Wednesday afternoon and I could wait no more for a new couch. I knew what I wanted so finding it wasn't difficult, but getting it delivered was another story. So Tuesday after work I went to my favorite local furniture store, J-Macs, and they hooked me up! Delivery would be Wednesday between 10 and 11:30. Yipee!

My mom graciously agreed to hang out at my house until the delivery was made. I also asked her to check to make sure the sheets had been taken off the sleeper sofa bed. They weren't so I'm glad I asked her. Around 9:30 or so I got a frantic phone call from my mom and she was whispering. It made me a little nervous until she asked me, "Where's your camera? I have a Kodak moment?" I told her and she quickly hung up...no emergency so that much was good!!

I've included Nana's Kodak moment pictures...new couch pictures will have to come later...

Easter Hunt At Nana's

After church on Easter Sunday, we went over to my mom's house (AKA Nana). My sister, Chelle, and her family made a surprise appearance, my sister, Melissa and her girls came too and my Uncle Dan (AKA Mr. Bokukuhead). Food was great, company was fabulous and the Easter bunny had done a good job hiding lots of Easter eggs for the kids. The hammock was used by the older kids as they gave the younger ones 30 seconds or so before finding their next eggs. Aren't they sweet?

How Many Clicks Does It Take?

All I wanted was one decent picture of the kids dressed up for
Easter...is that too much for a mother to ask?






This is the best one I got and we had a great Easter so I guess that's what's important!!

My Dad

Yesterday marked 9 years since my dad passed away. He was on mind all day long. Throughout the day I kept thinking that I wanted to post something in him memory. I never did it though...just couldn't find the right words to express myself. Today I checked my mom's blog out and found she had written a memorial post about my dad. She did a beautiful job, as always. When I grow up, I want to be a good writer like my mom.