Monday, May 11, 2009

The Truth Can Now Be Told

Remember a few days ago, when I said I was "chillaxin?" (there, I said that word again!)

Wellll.....

Truth be told, I kept it a secret because it was a Mother's Day present for my own mom. See, a week ago today I called her and said I was arranging for delivery of her Mother's Day present on Wed. Would she be home?

She said yes.

Well, the present was.....me.

I surreptitiously planned a little flight up to SLC and presented myself at her doorstep around noon on Wed. and said "Happy Mother's Day!" I didn't want to share on my blog because she reads it daily and I wanted it to be a surprise.

She was quite pleased. She didn't have a heart attack or anything like that. (whew) She wasn't worried about meals, or beds or anything. (Maybe because I brought her some fresh squash from my garden!)

But it was super fun surprising her, spending time one on one with her and visiting the fun places I love to visit when I'm in Provo and I even got to spend a day with my Sis in SLC, doing girlie stuff..thanks for the bed Gin.....sorry I left so early!

And now my mom is all set up to post on all the family blogs, so if you see a comment by GGMA, that's her! (Actually I think that "handle" is really cool---especially when you are 80 something years old!)

Now here's a few photos to share from my own Mother's Day......The kids made me a DELISH meal!
We have a full "kids" table! (where I am going to put 3 more????)

My chickies are all back in the nest (so to speak) and I wanted a photo of all of us together finally after two years!

Well......let's try again.....Mom!Wait! Try again. (somebody probably farted)


Toooo far away!

Sheesh, there's one in every group! (you know who you are!)

And after about 15 tries, that's better!

7 comments:

Rhonda said...

that's AWESOME!!!!!! For family photos someone is usually muttering under their breath "Ya'll better smile and knock off the crap or you're going to be grounded!" or something to that effect. lol

You have a beautiful family!

Lisa said...

That is so great that you suprised your mom! I love the pictures of you guys, such a good lookin family!

GGMA said...

Now that's what I call a great family photo. Let's have some more.

kristie said...

Hey, at least you finally got one that could work. You would think that with adults it would be easier. Some times it is much harder!!!

Patrice said...

Oh, they are too cute for words . . . even the adults! What a fun mother's day surprise.

Lori said...

Love it! They are all so grown up! It your kiddos are that old I feel REALLY old. Cute pictures!

Reno said...

That's a good looking family! They look like a fun group. Including their mom.