You only have your 1st Mothers Day once!

I was not excited for my first Mothers Day. I was sad thinking that there would be no time to celebrate and thought that maybe Landon and McKenna weren't proud of me.

The weekend before my mom had brought me a Mothers Day gift bc she was going to be in NC for my brothers graduation. So we were planning to have Darlene and Larry over for Mothers Day. Those were the only plans I was aware of.

On Friday night I made Mothers Day gifts for my neighbors in our circle and we went a delivered them and went and locked up the church. Lol you can definitely see us coming: me with the jogging stroller and Landon with our two dogs on leashes. Lol

Well, on Saturday Landon watched McKenna so that I could go and get my haircut. It was my first time cutting my hair since McKenna was first born. I needed one so bad. We also had an amazing coupon for half off. So I went and got my hair cut and got a protein treatment and got summer bangs!

Then I came back home and we went to goodwood and got Nachos to go and went to the Park and ate them and played on the playground and went for a walk.

Afterwards I was cleaning up and Landon was fixing stuff outside and when he came in he surprised me with 3 early Mothers Day gifts. He have me a unique beautiful rope pearl necklace, long pearl earrings and the most beautiful pearl and diamond ring. It matches with my wedding ring!!!! This pearl ring is my mommy ring and it is breathtaking! Landon is incredible. I felt so spoiled!

On Mothers Day we woke up and got ready for church and when I came downstairs with McKenna I was surprised with a box full of white/yellow roses! Amazing!

Landon is Sunday School President which means he is in charge of the Mother's Day gift for all the women. So we bought Utah Truffle Bars and made a cute saying and then tied the saying on each bar with ribbon. Lol time consuming but super cute!

After church we went and delivered Mothers Day gifts to the women I visit teach. The women lived much further away than we had anticipated and it was hot and uphill as we pushed McKenna in the stroller and Landon had both dogs on a leash. Lol the dogs would pull Landon to a shady spot and collapse! It was pretty funny.

When we got home Larry and Darlene were already there so Darlene and I played with McKenna in the backyard.. We came in to yet another surprise! 

Landon and Larry made an unbelievable dinner for us! We had grapes, and crab cakes, and rice pilaf and asparagus, rib-eye steaks and Alaskan Snow King Crab legs that were HUGE! It was amazing! And then to top it all off we had gigantic chocolate covered strawberries for dessert! I couldn't believe it! I think I out ate everyone! Lol

After the folks left we put McKenna down for a nap and Landon and I played three rounds of bachi ball. It was such a beautiful day!

Every day I am so grateful for my daughter and my husband and this new life full of adventures!

TR Graduates from Duke

So proud of my little brother who graduated from Duke on Sunday! He is now a PA. What a wonderful accomplishment he and his family have achieved!

McKenna loves her Uncle and is so happy and proud of him!

Park Days

We are trying to get McKenna use to the park. We live by a bunch of them so we take turns going to all of them. This past Saturday Daddy even came!

More Pinterest

Having such a great time fixing things up around the house and trying new recipes. Never ever thought that I could be crafty. Lol becoming a mother sure changes you!

Between Pinterest and Church Calling Mothers Day Gifts, get well baskets, visiting teaching bags, Mother's Day gifts for my neighbors and our mothers.... Landon and I have been super busy and crafty! It's been fun to be creative together though!

Library Days

McKenna has been doing library time and usually really enjoys it! She loves books and the learning toys at the Library

Getting Decorated for the Patriotic Summer

I love ALL the patriotism you see in the summer. Ever since serving my mission I have gotten really into the Red White and Blue!

Getting things done!

We have tons of small projects to do around our house as well as big ones! We have made an extra effort lately to get things done... Big or small it doesn't matter.

So, we got the lawn fertilized and the sprinklers turned on and the front yard a little more decorated and Landon did more on the dog house and I covered an old patio table and we finished the log swing. I put up crafts around the house and fixed little crafts that had broken. It's been busy and fun!

We even got our bushes planted: raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and we planted another set of grapes. I still have more of the garden to plant and I need to plant the rest of our herbs.... Eventually.

We have an area in our front yard so we filled it with this for now. Its not done and we aren't sure if we are going to leave it like this.

I got this table on the side of the road ready for the trash to come and pick it up. I covered it with waterproof covering. We can use it now!

I picked this up at a yard sale and fixed it up a bit. I now hang my bills and importants on it so I know what I need to get done that day.

McKenna's 72 hour kit

McKennas Food Storage. Finally bought and organized

Herbs

I made McKenna a necklace that she can wear when we go out.

The headband I made. Its way easier than it looks

I think that we got these from Aunt Ashley and they broke. We haven't been able to use them for quite a while but I finally fixed them. They have been on my To Do List for a while.

 

 

This is the log swing that we painted and stained. It looks better but we may still do more to it. It works though now and people can swing on it and it looks great in our back yard. It matches the doghouse.