Happy Mother's Day! Or in my case... Mother's Weekend!

First let me start by wishing all of the mother's who read this a very Happy Mother's Day! I have had the privilege over the last year of meeting a lot of very wonderful, inspiring mothers and reconnecting with some old friends who have since become wonderful inspiring mothers as well. You are all truly a blessing to me. It has been so great to develop such a support system, but also to learn and grow from your experiences as well.

A very special Happy Mother's Day to my own mom, and my girls wonderful grandma, Grandma Billie. My mom has been such a role model to me through out her life and has always encouraged me, stood behind me and been there for me. Through her, I have learned to be strong, independent, hard working and have a strong belief of what it is to be a good mother.

Our weekend started quite early Saturday morning running errands. Kinsley needed new tennis shoes, which we found quite easily, actually agreed on, and found on sale. Our next stop was Dollar Tree to get some supplies to work on Kinsley's Homework Project. This week they will be having a History night at school and Kinsley needed to fill a poster board with information about herself and her family. We then met Mrs Alicia and Momma B at church to practice a skit for the mother daughter banquet. Afterwards, Momma B joined us for lunch at China Palace, where all three of the girls ate really well and behaved themselves! We went home and worked on Kinsley's project. She and I had such a great time looking at pictures and talking about things that we enjoy doing as a family as well as trips that we have taken and memories that she has. She is very creative and had some great ideas for how to put the project together. I struggled of course with trying not to take over and do it myself. Karly and Juliana napped, and it gave Kins and I some much needed mother daughter time. While I was getting Karly and Jules ready for the banquet, Kins pretended to continue working on her project, really though she was creating a gift for me, a picture of she and Karly that she mounted with a ribbon that she had picked out earlier at Dollar Tree. It turned out really good, and again I was impressed by her creativity and touched by her thoughtful and caring nature.

Later that evening we attended the Mother Daughter Banquet at church. It was such a wonderful opportunity to spend time in fellowship with the other mothers and daughters from church and enjoy some great food and an inspirational lesson by Mrs Robin. The girls and I had a great time at the banquet, as well as just hanging out afterwards with Momma B and her girls, Pastor Tom and Alicia and their kiddos, Patrick and sons and Dawnie Girl. The weather was perfect for the kids to romp and play outside on the church lawn.

Sunday Morning, Mother's Day, Kinsley enlisted Adam's help to cook me breakfast. They made homemade waffles and sausage and of course, coffee. Breakfast was wonderful. I am however going to have to watch my daughter as she has proven to be quite sneaky over the weekend, first with the picture and then breakfast. Off to church where Karly's Sunday school class sang a special song for their Mommy's and presented us each with a special poem and their hand print. It is such a blessing to watch Karly in church. She is learning so much so quickly, and is becoming much more comfortable singing and performing in front of the congregation. After church, our girls treated Momma B and I to pizza hut for lunch. While it's sometimes hectic and chaotic getting all 6 of the girls together, I would not trade one minute of it. I enjoy all the time that we get to spend together, and wish that we had more opportunities to do so.

After lunch, we all headed home and all three girls and myself took a nap. That's one for the record book, I don't know that they have ever all taken a nap together. It was such a relaxing and wonderful day, and such a blessing to spend it with my amazing little girls!