Mother's Day

I love Mother's Day. I know it's not an ideal day for everyone, but I think it is so important to celebrate a day set side for women/mother's. I find such purpose in being a mother. (All women who nurture a child/children are mother's whether you've given birth or not) This is a day to celebrate women, and we deserve to be celebrated!

 

Mother's day is never a day for me to feel guilty. I refuse! Mother's day is a day to be honored.

 

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother."  -Elder Russell M. Ballard

 

I have never met a mother who hasn't made a few mistakes along the way. I have also never met a mother who hasn't done the best that they were capable of doing. Whatever that may be...if it is their best...then it is good enough.

 

I LOVE the sacred calling of being a mother. It is hard. It is exhausting. But it is also divine, rewarding, and wonderful.

 

I am thankful the women in my life who have mothered me, especially for my mother, my mother-in-law, and my step-mom. I have been blessed.

 

I want to thank these little people for letting me be their mother. For being patient with my short-comings. For teaching me everyday. For accepting my love and loving me in return. Love you all more than you will ever know.

 

Ken and the kids also did a great job spoiling me this year.

 

On top of what you can see I got sweet love notes from Ken and each of the kids. They made me breakfast and dinner. The kids gave me treats and cards and flowers and handprints. One of my best gifts was hearing Kaylie give a beautiful tribute to mothers in sacrament meeting. She did a lovely job and the spirit of the meeting was very strong. That was a proud mommy moment!

I am a lucky mother!

 

Listen to the darling words of some of my little people...

 

..."I know you make me sandwiches because you love me. You love me so much because you love me 10 hours so much." -Love Daric

 

"I love you becas you ore my nist mom evr and beecas ov theat I am going to bee fens with you and not bee not tee and bee rood with you mom." Love McKenna

 

Best cards EVER! Everyone of them were thoughtful and sweet and it's nice to hear that you are loved. Once again...

I LOVE MOTHER'S DAY!



April and May Catch-Up

I have to catch up before the rush of end of the year activities approach, otherwise I'll be lost in a sea of endless photos and I'll never find my way out. A few blog worthy things have been happening so here's a little catch-up on the Roberts household.

 

Tyler participated in the school play this year by helping out on the stage crew. This is something that he really enjoys. His teacher's tell me that Tyler is a hard worker and always steps in and does what needs to be done. 

I always love to see Ty work hard and accomplish a task while he's having fun.

Good job, Tyler!

 

My niece, Juliann came to visit for a week during her spring break. She is so much fun to have around. She makes me laugh. I just love her.

 I also loved watching her change this diaper. Hilarious! She is out of practice! Aside from her entertaining qualities she is also a very big help to me.

Cute and funny girls!

 

Tyler was busy with his Medieval Fair project. With a few ideas from Mom and a little help from Julie, Tyler just took right off and spent a lot of time building his castle. He did an awesome job. 

 

These two are home with me all day so I spend lots of time taking pictures of these little cuties. 

 

Try as I may, I can't resist these two!

 

Ken's been working on lots of home repair projects. The list of things that needs to be done is LONG. We haven't gotten to any of the flood damage stuff yet, but that's ok. He's been working on repairing a leak in our bathroom shower. It's all put back together now and Ken did and awesome job!

 

 

Don't laugh at these next pictures!

I got a haircut and I LOVE it. What I don't love is that I didn't realize until after that me growing my hair out is NOT a pretty thing. Note to self: Don't try that again!

Before and after...

I think shorter is better.

 

Saturday was a work day at our house (after garage saleing, of course)

Todd did the mowing

 

Tyler did the edging and weed eating

Daric swept

Kaylie scrubbed shower doors

Emma was in charge of lunch 

Syd removed wall paper from the main floor bathroom

I love a good hard working productive Saturday of working together!

 

 

Lastly, last night we attended Kaylie's last 7th grade orchestra concert. She plays the violin. She did awesome. She is awesome.

 

The End.

 

It Came!

I've been working on converting the blog I kept while I was pregnant with the twins into a printed book...

And today it came!

I am a happy gal.

This book was a labor of love and I love being able to hold it in my hands.

Pretty Darn Cool!



Art Show at the Jr. High

Last night Lakeridge held their annual Art Show. Sydney enjoys art and has taken it for the last three years. Syd received two 2nd place, and one 3rd place ribbon. I love to watch the kids develop their talents and I am a big fan of Sydney's work. Good Job, Syd!



Trip to the Zoo

Saturday we spent the afternoon at the Hogle Zoo.

It's been a few years since we've taken the family but we sure enjoy it each time we go.

We got to spend the day with Grandma Loreen and Grandpa Wolfley which made it all the more special!

I took enough pictures to fill a sizeable book, but I guess you'll have to go to the zoo yourselves. I can't choose between them so one group shot is all you get. ;)

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a wonderful day!

New Spring Family Pictures

So I had an ulterior motive when I bought all the kids new Easter outfits.

FAMILY PICTURE TIME!

Fun for all, right?

Nope. Not Really.

Mostly just fun for me.

Oh, well. Too bad for them. Mommy loves to torture them with family pictures.

Actually, this was fun for all, I think.

For the brief moment during spring break when it wasn't raining and no one was puking we went down to Utah lake and took a few pics.

I LOVE taking pictures of these people!