Mother's Day 2016

Last Wednesday Reed's school hosted a "Moms and Dads" event which featured Reed's class singing a few songs then the kids taking us back to the classroom to show off some of the artwork they've been working on. Reed had made us each a gift - a framed picture for Jon and a potted plant for me. It was really special for the three of us to spend some time together at Reed's preschool. We have a meeting at work at lunch every Wednesday so the three of us rushed back to HMC where Reed hung out with me in the kitchen listening to the meeting. He did a great job staying quiet and his only question was why Pepe was talking so much and not all of the other people were getting to talk. No surprise he had everyone in the kitchen laughing at this!!! After the meeting Reed was super excited to help Auntie P around the office and was a little disappointed when I told him it was time to go.

On Saturday we had Grandma and Grandpa over for an early Mother's Day dinner. The boys had a blast playing with them. They were a bit hyped up during dinner because I told them we were having s'mores after. Luckily once we got outside they calmed down a bit and we had a great time hanging out by the fire pit.

On Sunday we had a relaxing morning at home making breakfast and watching soccer. Jon surprised me with a massage so while I went up to Fresno to be pampered he took over lunch and naptime duties. After Kieran woke up we headed to Pepe and Nonna's where Gran, Papa, Aunt Di Di, and TJ joined our normal Sunday dinner crew. K was all about the ladies opening gifts and was so excited when he would find out what was inside a package. Again the kids were rowdy during dinner so after getting them to calm down as much as possible and finish eating we went out to the tennis courts to play "baseball" and to pick fruit from the orchard.

Just listing all of the celebrations from last week makes me realize how lucky we are to have so many amazing women/Moms in our life. I started to make a list of all the women that do things for our family and to be honest it was really long and I was afraid I would leave someone off. We have friends and family close and far who adore my boys and that really is the best gift any Mother could ever ask for!!!