My Day!

Today was my day...

Mother's Day.

It wasn't all that long ago

that I wondered if I would ever get to celebrate this day.

And now I have two little blessings

that call me "Mama".

And I'm so so grateful.

And blessed!

Last week our church had a mother-daughter banquet.

This year we were each to bring our favorite doll

to show off.

The girls loved this and Crista brought Mia

and Addie Grace brought Dolly.

I brought my best two dolls....

my girls :-)

 

For my Mother's Day,

Jake asked me what I wanted to do.

The older I get,

the more I realize

how much I enjoy the simple things in life

and the quiet moments.

So I decided after church to fix a nice meal at home,

put Addie Grace down for her nap

and watch a Shirley Temple movie with Crista

while Jake napped in the lazy boy beside us.

It was heavenly!

After Addie woke up

we headed up to my uncle's house.

We all wanted to pick some fresh blackberries

to munch on.

Crista was super excited to see the new kittens.

One we got there it took Crista about 2 seconds to find one.

She named her Mittens.



 

Addie Grace even decided she liked Mittens too.

She was a pretty laid back cat.

 

Seriously,

Mittens was the sweetest little kitten

and wanted to do nothing else but snuggle with Crista.

This is where she stayed most of our visit.

There were other kittens that wanted some attention too.

And Crista is always happy to oblige.

 

Then we headed out to the field

to pick some wild blackberries.

 

Or should I say,

for Daddy to pick some wild black berries.

This was the normal scene...

Crista holding the kitten,

Addie holding our bucket,

me with the camera

and poor Daddy carefully picking all those blackberries.

He is so good to us!

 

And no trip to Uncle Walter's is complete

without

Ice Cream!!

(Just ask any of the great nieces or nephews)

 

So this was my perfect, simple Mother's Day.

I love our sweet little

slow-paced

old-fashioned

life.

 

 

And because I know you're all wondering,

Mittens the cat

did not

come home with us.
And that's why Daddy comes with us...
because Mama can't say no!