I walked into our room and this is what I saw. R had stacked the pillows on the bed, so that she could reach way above our bed. She had blessed us with one of her special art pieces 
. This was so very sweet, yet a little scary. It is VERY high up, and pillows aren’t the most steady things to climb. I have no idea how she managed this, but all the effort it must have taken, brought a tear to my eye.
My hubby and my dad put a lot of love and effort into Mother’s Day for my mommy and I. It started off the night before, when I pestered Jeff until he gave in, and gave me my gift early (well, he had it sitting there on the counter, just teasing me 
). Can you believe, he got me an iPod nano! It’s a pretty, deep purplish blue color, and it holds everything. He is so good at this gift giving thing, and I am so horrible at it. I hope one day I can surprise him just once, as much as he has surprised me over the the years.
On the day of, we went to church. After church we came home and the men grilled shrimp and veggies (shrimp is mom’s and my favorite food
) . Along with the delicious rice, it was the perfect meal. My dad and Jeff don’t even like shrimp! Just look how Jeff arranged the platter, he’s so sweet.:
After lunch they washed, dried, and put away all the dishes!Plus cleaned up the rest of the kitchen!
Later for dinner we were still a little stuffed from lunch, so Jeff made yummy smoothies and popcorn, that just hit the spot.
We relaxed (didn’t lift a finger), watched the kids perform, and had great conversation about the Bible. Again, can I just say what an amazing Mother’s Day I had! I am truly one blessed women.
The camp sight:
Fun by the stream:
My kiddos and I:
S helps Dada make the hot dogs:
Sweet Pea wants some hot dogs:
Cookin’ in my home away from home:
A mud pie from my son (yum):
Playing with walky talkies:
As you can see we had a blast! I got to read, relax, ahhhh. R (got filthy), collected bugs and butterflies the whole time, and yes cried when we had to leave them. P (got filthy), created elaborate stories about the “Wizard of Oz” (I had just finished reading it to them before we left 
). She made everyone in the family a different character in the story. S (got filthy, filthy, filthy 
), helped daddy do the male things, like hammer, collect fire wood, and love the freedom of the outdoors. Jeff was in HEAVEN, he loves every little thing about a camping trip. Sweet Pea (got filthy), “Woof, Woof this is where I was meant to be!”
Well we’re going again, for a short trip, this coming weekend. Life is good 
.
Well we did our butterfly thing, it was very cool! We have already let them go 
. R was very sad, yet our winged friends made it easy on her. They stayed around for a good couple of hours.They were not quite sure what to do with their new found freedom. The girls got to hold them, and see them very close up. Anyway, I think we will do the butterflies again. Once you buy the habitat it is only $6 to purchase more butterflies, later on, neat right! I might also look into the other critter habitats that are avalible.
By the way I know it has been a while since my last blog post. My laptop died 
, and it has taken time to get everything set up on my new one. Glad to be back!