It's Great to be a Mother!

For all of you who have emailed me and are still waiting for a reply, please don't give up on me!! It's been a little crazy around here, but I love receiving your emails and I plan on responding to all of them. Just be a little patient with me ....

I had a wonderful Mother's Day! So wonderful, in fact, that it lasted the whole weekend. On Friday there was the annual Mother's Day Presentation at Drew's preschool. The first four of us that arrived all realized we had forgotten our cameras at home. Are we bad mothers or what?

On Saturday I received a small bouquet of flowers from Church on the Hill. (Thanks, Rachel!!) That evening Michael, the boys, and I joined my family at a Mexican restaurant to celebrate my mom's birthday and Mother's Day all in one.

On Sunday Michael had the most beautiful Mother's Day letter written for me ... accompanied by a brand new camera!! I was so excited!! I can't believe how great the pictures look, how much I can do with it, and that I finally have a camera whose lens closes all the way and whose megapixels are a little more realistic for the year 2008. It's awesome!

The four of us went over to Dave & Tami's (Michael's sister & brother-in-law) after church for a HUGE turkey dinner. There was a big group of us and it was fun. Drew had been very "servant-oriented" for me at his school presentation when it was time for the kids to serve their mothers snacks & tea. He did the same for all the mothers at Dave & Tami's. He didn't have the opportunity to serve them anything, but he did (along with Nick) shower them with lots of hugs and let them know they were appreciated.

Do you see this rash? I woke up yesterday morning with what I thought were 3 bites at the base of my neck. By evening I noticed this rash on my right arm and Michael realized my "bites" weren't bites at all. By bedtime it had spread up my neck and around my chin. Today it has gone onto my right hand and near my right eye. I'M MISERABLE!!!!! I have some stuff Michael brought me that is supposed to dry it up and does relieve a little of the itching for about an hour at a time. I can't believe it ... and since heat makes it spread, that means no sitting out in the beautiful hot weather, no hot tub at Craig & Vickie's, no hot showers in the morning. Michael doesn't even want me to do the dishes or give the boys a bath. He's helping out. What a man!

I need to quit for now. I'm getting more itchy just talking about it ...