The Miracle of Sundays

That is a photo worth a thousand words for me. That fort is a descriptive image of why Sundays are a miracle in my house. On Sunday my children play together. They enjoy each other's company -- they play legos, build forts and play board games. Sometimes they sit and paint with me or play the Wii with their Dad. Sundays are the one day my kids actually act excited to play together. (OK Becca and Lia play together all the time but even that has its dramatic moments) And not just for an hour or two but for hours and hours sometimes. Granted cleanup time can get a little feisty and occasionally Lia has a meltdown, but their disagreements are never long on Sundays. For some reason the twelve year old is content to let his 4 year old and 8 year old sister descend upon his room with ther ridiculous array of stuffed animals and dolls and he happily plays along.

Mother's Day

I know we are way past Mother's Day. But I wanted to say a couple things about motherhood.
1. I love being a Mom it has made me into a stronger person. I do things I never would have done from fear or low self-esteem simply because I want my children to believe they are capable of anything.

2. I love "my people" I stole that phrase from my Mom because I seriously love being called one of "her people." My people are unique and interesting people and sometimes ( I admit this is not always the case) I really just enjoy their company and not just because they are my kids -- they really have cool personalities.

3. I truly believe that motherhood is a gift that our Heavenly Father gave his daughters. He gave us all the potential to be mothers, co creators, and nurturers because he knew our potential as his daughters. He knew we were up to the task. Yes sometimes we fail. That is why there is tomorrow so we can start over again. And that is why there is forgiveness. Because as mothers we sometimes need to plead for it.

I love being a Mom and I love my Mom. She is amazing. Sometimes, when I am missing her I imagine how she starts giggling as soon as she sees me. She is genuinely pleased to have me as a daughter and it is awesome to hear her giggle. Which is why I bought her a huge haul of her favorite hard to find candy from her childhood. I knew she would giggle when she got it. That and every Mom deserves chocolate.

I was well taken care of by my cute hubby on mother's day. He got me these awesome flowers from my favorite floral arranger. Her stuff is always so unique. He also got me a Wii fit to share with the kids. It is our family goal to get more fit as a family and the Wii fit really helps us track our fitness and work out in a fun way. I was up at 6:30 this morning doing yoga with it. I need to lose weight and get healthy if I ever want to get off the stupid blood pressure meds. They make me feel wierd. I am already on my fouth kind. So, the Wii fit was a really thoughtful gift from a husband who has seen how ill I have been lately.

I also got a cute stuff from my kids. Isaac drew me a picture. I rarely get pics from him anymore. Lia gave me a fancy rose pen and pad of paper -- which is frankly an awesome gift for a person who is always writing stuff down. Becca gave me sweet homemade cards. Becca also brought me breakfast in bed. Yogurt and a piece of toast with raspberry jam. This was also perfect because I knew there was hardly any mess and it was a guilt free diet friendly treat in bed.

I hope your Mother's Day was awesome too.

By the way. Alive! Utah has extended the Mommy Makeover Giveaway to the end of the month. We had some technical difficulties with our registration. So go enter it. The prize is over $100 of salon services. http://aliveutah.com/ If you still have problems logging in let me know and I will personally fix your problem.

A Mommy Makeover Giveaway

Yes, I have been buried in work stuff. I neglected to tell you about this incredible giveaway at Alive! for Moms. There are three days left to enter so you have to HURRY! The Deadline is May 9th at 10 a.m.

OK here is what you get
A day at the Salon (Salon Vision in Cedar) But who cares if you live in St. George this is still an awesome day of pampering.

A Haircut and Color & A Manicure and Pedicure.

You have to be a mom or entering for your own mom. I can't enter. I own the site. So I think it would be awesome if all my SILs registered at Alive and then entered. If they win and they don't want it they can give it to their Mom. Hello that is over a $100 worth of salon services. And I can vouch for the salon. My girls and I love Salon Vision.

I also think it would be awesome if all my bloggy girls had a chance to win. Because I can't think of a way to give a better gift to at least one of you.

So Hurry go enter:   http://aliveutah.com/content/mothers-day-giveaway-salon-makeover
Of course I will use a totally unbiased web site to pick a winner.

Oh and the May issue is out. You can take a look around at all our great stuff this month after you enter the giveaway. Alive! Utah