how i spent mother's day weekend...

mother's day weekend...

thursday

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my children performed in their annual spring concert. this is always very entertaining.

(cami-"rockstar", cari-"video game player")

(the whole elementry)



friday

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chad and i went to see a movie. it was a much needed date. we say "the lucky one" and i love it!

 i'm so glad i didn't read it because i probably wouldn't have liked it as much ;)

saturday

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we went to see cami, my oldest daughter, play volleyball. she had spent the night with a friend and struggled with a stomach ache that night. (which was odd) chad's mom, sister, & her daughter came to the game as well. his sister lives out of town so it is always nice to spend time with them, but after the game i took cami home to rest. that evening we ate at jonny carino's and had a great evening together.

(kim - mom-in-love, me, & sally - sister-in-love)

cari, my neice - chloe, cami (cousins)

sunday

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my oldest daughter threw up around 6am. it must have been a stomach bug! she fought another stomach ache all night long. chad and i had already volunteered to participate in a special mother's day performance for both of our church locations, lockhart & austin. we had spent weeks practicing and there was no one else who could take our place. we knew...the show must go on. we didn't have anyone to take care of cami and i was not about to ask any mom on mother's day to take care of my sick child. i also was struggling with the guilt of dragging her around all morning.

here is the video of the mommy's rhapsody we were in

we ended up surviving the morning just fine. i put cami in a dark room and cuddled her up with her pillow and blanket and checked on her in between practicing and mic checks. we had a bucket ready and cold rags on her head. by the time we had to leave and head to austin she was already feeling better. we usually eat out on mother's day, but after austin's performance we headed straight home and rested for the remainder of the day.

i even got a foot message from one of the sweetest kids i know.

cari + lotion= slippery ;)

one thing i have learned from being a mother is nothing typically goes as planned and you have to be ready for anything. being a mother has changed me forever and i am so grateful to mother my two precious children.

 i spent my mother's day...well, being a typical mother. (take a deep breath) "running around with my head cut off while tackling way too many things and putting others first but still feeling guilty for things i couldn't control but working things out in the end..." (phew)

happy mother's day to all the hard working mothers out there...i don't know how we do it sometimes ;)