Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day arrived, just like it always does.  I was up early and decided to make a pancake and sausage breakfast.  It was so good.  Off to church as usual.  Kodi drove Lindsay to Church and the rest of the family went to our ward.  The primary children sang. (my last primary child to sing a mother's day song, Kaylie participated)

I've been struggling, so I kept our family unusually busy this weekend.  Saturday was a spaghetti dinner fundraiser, and Sunday was jam packed.  The missionaries came for dinner around 4pm.

We had taco salad for dinner, a iced brownie...then the Missionaries got to call their Mama's.  Elder Peterson's family in Utah and Elder Lindsay's family in California.  They video chatted for a long time.  (longer than their allotted time, which was super fine by me)   I couldn't help but feel that our family would be blessed by not only having the Elders here, but allowing their families to be blessed by seeing them.  Then they visited with Rick about the smoking cessation program of our church.  He was impressed by it and asked them to come back on Monday night.  

Our day was so busy I almost didn't get to call my own Mother and wish her a Happy Mother's Day.  She's always done so much for me and my family.  I'm grateful for her.  I've needed her so much in the past six months.  She was here in October, then again for Lainey's birth in November, I saw her for Lainey's burial and then I talked her into coming for Easter.  So grateful she could be with us, we've certainly needed her.  

This experience of loosing Lainey has made me just so incredibly home sick, for home, for my family, for my friends, very isolating.  

The family got me some sweet Pandora Charms!  Finally!!!  A lady bug for our little Lainey bug, a bead and a flower charm.  Love them!  Of course candy and flowers.  So fun and so blessed.  The absolute best part of my family day was when we all played the Heads Up game on Lexie's Ipad Mini.  We laughed at some of the things happening, Kodi, "It's a movie, with that tin man with no brain..."  Lindsay had NO clue!  Fun, laughter, so needed.  

I'm grateful to be a Mother, I'm grateful for my family and my kids, in Heaven and on earth.