Mothers Day

Today was an almost perfect day.

We got up early and got dressed then went to Pat Memorial. It wasn't the Funeral but a memorial for him for all his friends and family. The actual funeral will be next Sunday when they have his body already cremated and they spread the ashes over the ocean like he wanted. Anyway it was a beautiful memorial and I am glad I was able to come out for it.

Now for some happier things.

Today is Mothers Day. After the memorial for Pat we came home and changed then went and got all our gifts for mom and gave them to her. She really loved them all. Noah gave her a wooden red bird and a penguin. Mom loves those. Keaneu gave mom a glass piece that had a whale etched into it, which mom had been looking at the day before, another glass piece that said Give and it shall be given to you, and a wooden dog. Mom loves that sort of stuff. Shannon gave mom a bath set that was pink grapefruit. And Cheyenne and I gave mom a lavender bath set, tea lights and four little holders with plates to put them in, a pedicure set and gum. Mom loves gum. Then I gave her a neck less that was two hearts intertwined and Crystal earring to match. It was beautiful. All the kids thought so to but said "you had to out do us all didn't you." I think I may have started something here. They are older now so I think they will think a little harder about what they are giving mom for Mothers day and her birthday instead of just picking something up at the last minute. Don't get me wrong mom loved everything she got. She was grateful for it all because she usually only gets a card but I think the kids will put a little more effort into what they give her from now on. Anyway mom gave me my gift which I totally was not expecting but it was a charm bracelet watch and neck less. I love them both very much. Mom knows the way to my heart. I love jewelry. Anyway after all that we loaded up in the truck and headed up to Mountain State Park to have a barbecue and take some pictures. It took us a while to get the fire going because the kids decided instead of doing it on the grill the wanted to cook their hot dogs over an open fire. Which was totally fine with me but man it took forever to get it going. After all the food was done we went on a hike and took a ton of pictures. Then went back to hang out by the fire cause it was starting to get cold and cloudy out. We had a great time laughing and joking around and just letting go. It was so much fun. I never knew just how funny Noah is. That boy should be a stand up comedian because he had us all laughing so hard our sides were hurting. Then the boys started to cut a log in half with a hatchet and they took turns chopping at it until they finally cut it in half. I will post the pics when I get home. Finally it started to rain so we put out the fire and packed up the stuff and headed home. It was a good thing we left when we did cause about ten minutes after we got back to moms house it started to downpour. We all took showers to clean up and warm up and then the boys went out into the homemade Man Cave and chilled while us girls sat nice and warm in the living room. Mom and Shannon were on one couch and Me and Cheyenne were on the other. I started to mess with Cheyenne's hair and she fell asleep for a little bit then woke up and I played with her hair some more. When I was done she looked cute so I took pics of it which I will post later. Well it is pretty late so we are all headed to bed now. Anyway It was a great day. Really nice to be with my mom for mothers day.

Blog at you later.