Today was a full Mother’s Day, and I truly enjoyed it! After a full day of garage sale shopping and celebrating Mother’s Day with my husband and kids, today promised to be just as full and just as nice.
We woke up pretty early to get ready to head to church early for music practice. When I was in process of brushing my teeth, the kids rushed my en suite and smothered me with hugs and kisses and gave me a present that Brady had secretly bought me a while ago. It was a really lovely little visit. I got somewhat ready, but lost a lot of time to picking out my clothes since I’m actively getting bigger, and less and less feels flattering. Lol! Its ok, I rolled with it. I’m THRILLED to be getting bigger! Grow, baby, grow!
My parents showed up around 8:20 and we were out the door a few minutes later to pick up our third worship team member, Carrie, to head to church. We practiced for about an hour, and then went on to participate in a special Sunday school morning with the youth group! We all just sat in a circle and played some worship songs together. Sometimes people would mention scripture that they felt went with the song, or they’d grab some kind of instrument and join in that way. We all worship in different ways, and it was nice to have the opportunity to just do it however we wanted to. It was a really nice morning.
With us being at church through that entire stretch before the service actually began, my parents were at our house, orchestrating the whole morning. Kids were fed, dressed, brushed, loaded up, buckled in, and brought to church, all thanks to them! When we finished up with Sunday school and actually came into the sanctuary, our little bench was filled with our family. It was really nice.
Church worship leading was SO cute! We chose the first set of songs based on what our kids loved to sing, and invited them up to join us on stage! Carrie’s two girls came up, and Dekker and Rowan did, too. Laela didn’t want to, which was fine. And Solly REALLY wanted to, but it just wasn’t a good fit 😉 So we got some ADORABLE videos of that! We invited the kids up again for the closing song, and this time Rowan declined but Laela joined us up at the front. I wonder if anyone noticed. I hear those two are somewhat interchangeable 😉 All things considered, it was a VERY cute morning.
As soon as church was over, we tried to make as quick of an exit as possible. I changed into something a bit more weather appropriate (it was SO nice out today!) and wore my pretty new sparkle ball earrings for the first time, as well! My mom texted when she was ready to go, and off we went on our Mother’s Day date!!
I took my mom out for lunch at Tony Roma’s, which is our favorite place to eat lunch together. We always get the same thing. We split a starter of the kickin’ shrimp (no green onions, please,) and then we split an order of riblings. She eats the coleslaw side and I eat the mashed potato side. Boom. YUM! While we ate, we made some plans for our summer holiday at the lake. She and my dad are joining us for the last three days of our big lake trip, so we planned out the food and kind of just got excited about it all! I can’t WAIT for summer! July is going to be the best month!
We spent the rest of our afternoon shopping for Bambina’s party. It was SO fun to just finally get my hands on the things we actually need for it. I bought all the disposable dishes, more fake flowers, a couple of platters, drink dispensers, etc. Its starting to come together! I’m SO excited!
We shopped hard for those few hours and got a lot done. We didn’t get everything, but now I know what is left to look for, and lots of it I may just find online! We’ll see! I have a bit of time still. But really, not much! We were so nice and tired after shopping, and the boys had made us supper upon getting home. We ate together for pretty much the rest of the day, haha! The kids ate great, as in lots. But we are now all completely bushed, and ready for bed.
First a bath, as usual, and then bed. Another big week coming tomorrow! Tho its not as crammed as the past couple of weeks. Brady’s work is a little bit more levelled out, and we don’t have quite as many commitments! I’m looking forward to it!
Series post to come tomorrow! Can you believe time is still moving forward??? The baby is going to come SOON!