Happy Mother's Day 2013!

These are our moms at our wedding.  We love them!  

Happy Mother's Day, Grandma Coral and Grandma Arlette!  Happy Mother's Day, Mom! 

I blush to confess that I don't think I've paid much attention to Mother's Day for most of my life and certainly didn't appreciate my mom in a tangible way until I wasn't living in her house anymore.  How is it that we take our loved ones so much for granted?  Now that I'm a mother, and far away from my own mother, I'm reforming.   Thank you Mom, for all you've done for me.  Thank you Arlette for taking care of my husband, too!

A mother's job is hard work .....uhm, especially that first 30 minutes after everyone gets up in the morning and there is crying and comforting and hugging and poopy diapers and full potty chairs and the putting on of clothes and hunger and breakfast and "please read me a story mommy?"  and oh by the way the mommy is hungry and has to go to the bathroom too......happening all at the same time! 

We call you blessed, and hope that you fully enjoy all of the blessings that God has in store for you!

Grandma Arlette (Dave's mom) holding Joshua on his baptism day.

Grandma Arlette having fun in the backyard with Jonathan last summer

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Grandma Coral (Jenn's mom) introducing Jonathan to the Pacific Ocean.

Grandma Coral's first meeting with Joshua when she visited here last March.

P.S.  Hey don't forget to check out the previous blog post, too ....it's part of your Mother's Day gift!

Vignettes from the backyard

I'm making a push to get these two videos posted before Mother's Day for the two most faithful followers of this blog .....

I know they are a bit long.....only a mother would have a hard time editing these videos to shorter length....and perhaps only grandmothers will watch them to the end! 

I hope they bring a smile to your day!

It was leaf-raking day.  Jonathan was very inspired to move leaves from the smaller piles to make one big pile from the smaller piles, and whatever Jonathan does, little brother Joshua soon does too!

This next one is a bit self-explanatory, but I'll explain anyhow.  Here is Jonathan getting buried in the sand and enjoying every second of it!