project 365 {93-99}

Day 93

{April 3rd}

The last day of our cruise. :(

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Day 94

{April 4th}

Back to reality:: a mountain of laundry to do after an awesome vacation.

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Day 95

{April 5th}

Staying in the mood of our Caribbean vacation:: dinner was chicken and veggies with our favorite Caribbean Jerk marinade.
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Day 96

{April 6th}

A trip to one of my favorite stores :: Trader Joe's.

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Day 97

{April 7th}

Spices that I bought on the island of Dominica :: the island of spices.

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Day 98

{April 8th}

Opening day of the MN Twins :: dressed and ready to watch the game from home :)

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Day 99

{April 9th}

 A BIG clean-up of our storage room. I really wish I would have taken some before pictures, because this room was such a mess! This is a huge room (20 feet by 30 feet) in our lowest level and before the big clean- there was pretty much just a run way to the fridge straight ahead. Ahhh..much better!!

mother's day weekend

On Saturday, we headed up to Tyler's college. This is finals week for him and so we wanted to give him a little break by taking him out to lunch and to give him a few hugs of encouragement. :)

We had a nice time visiting over lunch at Leann Chins (which is one of Ty's favorite spots to eat).

I  also brought him a little tray of some home made goodies.

Ty and his roommate used lofts in their dorm room to loft their beds off of the ground and these needed to be returned this weekend and they needed to start getting their room ready to move out on Friday.

So while we were there we packed up a lot of his things that he wouldn't be needing this last week.

And loaded up the car with his futon, microwave, desk chair and as much other stuff that we could make fit.

This should make the move out a little easier on Friday.

Two brothers. Drew is always so happy when he gets to see Tyler.

And I am too!

I love my boys!

And it was so sweet :: Tyler got me a Mother's Day card all on his own! That meant the world to me!

Sunday morning :: opening my cards.

It is hard to believe, but this is my 20th Mother's Day!!

We went to brunch at Axel's in Mendota with my parents and my sister and her family.

Me and my Mom.

My Mom gave me and my sister each a very special tea cup for a Mother's Day gift.

This tea cup is one of set that belonged to my Grandparents.

After brunch, our plans were to go home and grab the dog and head over to Lake Harriet and go for a walk. But unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate and we ended up getting a big rain storm for much of the afternoon. So instead, we had a quiet afternoon and did some reading, I worked on my blog and some emails, and started a new puzzle.

Around dinner time, the weather cleared up and I took Bella for a quick 2 mile walk around the neighborhood.

While I was on my walk, Pete went to get us some take-out from Panera Bread.

I got this amazing salad- the Thai Chopped Chicken Salad. It was so big I could only eat half-

 which was a good thing because then I had lunch for today. :)

After dinner, I picked out one of my favorite movies to watch :: Mama Mia.

It was a nice weekend!

Mother's Day

Since the time I was a little girl

I played mommy and daydreamed of someday being a wife and mother.

And 19 years ago that dream came true when I became a mom for the first time to a baby boy!

3 1/2 years later my dream came true again with a new bundle of joy.

My dream was complete 2 1/2 years later and I was a mommy to three beautiful boys!

To My Son {all 3 of my boys}

When you were very, very small

I used to dance with you cradled in my arms

You were my precious angel

And holding you close

Love overwhelmed me

I wondered what kind of a life you would lead

What would be your first word, your first job

What kind of man you would become

And if your life would take you far from me

And I'd hold you even closer

Giving you an extra kiss, an extra hug

And whispering "I love you" one more time

Knowing you were too small to remember

But praying you would never forget

There are days when I long to hold you

 in my arms and dance once again

Although I miss my little boy

I am so proud of the man you will become

My love for you still overwhelms me

As we both grow older

Please never forget

What you were too small...to remember

{by Kathryn Higginbottom Gorin}

Ty, Jake and Drew...I love you so much and I am so proud to be your mom!!!

Happy Mother's Day

To my beautiful Mother~

You filled my days with rainbow lights,

Fairy tales and sweet dream nights,

A kiss to wipe away my tears,

Gingerbread to ease my fears.

You gave the gift of life to me

And then in love,

you set me free.

I thank you

for your tender care,

For deep warm hugs

and being there.

I hope that when you think of me

A part of you

You'll always see.

{author unknown}

Happy Mother's Day!