Happy Mother's Day!

Chives from the front herb garden!

I don't consider myself to be a conceited or selfish person, and I hate saying a certain day is "my day." Even on my wedding day, I hated it when people said, "it's your day." No day is my day. However, on this Mother's Day, it sure felt like it was my day. It just a fantastic blessed day. It started kind of rushed...waking up late, making breakfast for the fam, and scooting off to Sunday School and church. Then, we came back, rushed around to get lunch ready, watched Caroline eat some "tatoes" as she has started calling them, cleaning up, and then putting Caroline down for her nap. Before this point, the day didn't feel any different than any other day of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of my family. After Caroline went down for her nap, Mimi, Papi,Craig, and myself went to work outside getting my gardens ready for the season. It was fantastic! We'd gone the day before to get plants, and Craig had gotten a truck-bed full of mulch a few days before. So everything was in place. A couple of hours later, we were done and everything looked wonderful. All the plants were planted right where I wanted them and everything was freshly mulched...I know it sounds weird, but I love love to mulch. My front flower bed is now the herb garden I've been wanting for two years! Love it! I have a beautiful lilac bush in the back that my very own mother talked me into getting, so I can't wait to see what becomes of it. I also got a few more gifts from my loved ones!

So all in all, it was just a fantastic mother's day. I got to do exactly what I wanted to do. I know it seems like on Mother's Day I should want to lay back with a glass of something and read a good book or sink down in a hot bubble bath, but I wanted to bring my garden to life...and with the help of my awesome family, that is exactly what I did! Thank you to my parents and my husband for making my Mother's Day exactly the way I wanted it to be. Love you all!

Pictures:
-Top Left: My lilac bush I'm so excited to smell!
-Top Right: The lemon balm I planted last year that did nothing then, but look at it now!
-Bottom Left: This is our back flower garden that I dug out myself the spring after we moved into our house!
-Botton Right: A beautiful little angel enjoying the sun in her shades and ready to plant!

"...She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed;her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things,but you surpass them all.” -Proverbs 31:10-12 and 25-31