Happy Mother's Day

its a day late, but thats okay. This weekend was a really nice weekend for us. My Mom came up on Saturday so she could be with us on Sunday when Ava was dedicated at church. But since she was here on Saturday, we took the opportunity to get out of the house for a while, and to let Nathan have some alone time with his "toys" as I like to call them. Actually he is working on some personal engineering projects, and having a lot of fun doing it, but doesn't often get the time necessary to make any real progress.

Our shopping trip was short and sweet. We hit just a few stores like TJMaxx, Walmart, & Famous Footwear where I found some adorable shoes for Ava, but figured I should wait until she really needs them, (Kids shoes are expensive and they grow out of them soooo fast!) Finally we hit Kohls where I realized how much I missed that store.

Then that evening after dinner, Nathan and I headed out to a movie. It was great to get out for a while and we knew Ava was safe at home with a trusted babysitter. (we only have a couple people we trust to watch her.... there are many reasons, so please do not be offended if we don't ask you to babysit.) Anyway, we saw Star Trek, and even though I didn't ever watch the tv show as a kid, I really enjoyed the movie. I did come out thinking I might be deaf and seeing flashing lights for a while though.

Then on Sunday morning we headed to church. The dedication was pretty quick but nice, and we recieved a CD of the pictures they used as well as a child's bible. (I think we have 3 of the very same one... we'll be giving 2 away.) After church we headed to lunch with our dear friends the Spaniks and the Walkers, as well as Mom and Jon's Mom in tow. Once back at the house, we took a few pictures and then Mom headed home and Nathan and I did a few things around the house before relaxing for the evening.

It was a really nice Mother's Day. I hope I can make Father's Day just as special for Nathan.

the beautiful flowers Nathan gave me. Funny story to go with these, for Valentine's Day he also bought me flowers, but they never came! So when he said the flower guy was coming (he didn't want me to miss him, just in case) I laughed and said "are you sure?" My husband is so sweet.

our child dedication at church, Jon and Val also dedicated Hali.

by this point Ava was done with pictures... if you'll notice her headband is on the other side of her head, and Nathan kept trying to fix it for the picture but every time he did, Ava would just rub her face against my shoulder and mess it up again.

Happy Mother's Day

to all the mothers in our lives