I have not felt this happy at the end of a day in a long, long time. My heart is full and I am sitting on my couch feeling so blessed and loved and thankful. Today was just what I needed to refuel my tank to make it through the last few weeks of school.
It started a little earlier than I was hoping. Juliet woke up just after 7:00 and decided that she was not going to go back to sleep after her bottle. So she laid on the bed with me for the next hour or so until Jeffrey came in and crawled into bed with us. I decided at this point that sleep was not happening and got in the shower. When I went through pictures tonight, I found these along with some very nice video.

Jeffrey got up and worked on making the wrapping paper for Nana's gift. I wanted to make this year's present a little more home-made/personal. I decided to interview Jeffrey about Nana and we wrote his answers down. I then typed it up and we framed it for her. It was so fun to hear his answers. They were very egocentric sweet.

We got dressed and ready to go and went to Nana and Poppi's. Instead of our typical coffee and donuts, we went to Studio One Cafe for yummy breakfast to celebrate Mother's Day with Nana. The kids wore their new shirts as a surprise. She LOVED them.

Breakfast was super yummy. Jeffrey and Poppi played at the table and Jeffrey made "blasters" with his straw.

Juliet did such a great job (it's never very fast there) especially considering she was really wanting to go back to bed. We left and hurried home to get Juliet in bed so that my mom and I could go get pedis. Thanks to Poppi for watching both kids, I was able to surprise my mom with this. It was so relaxing and we had a great time.

We went back to the house to find Baby Girl still sleeping. Nana had to run medicine to Gramps, so Jeffrey went with her and Poppi and I had the opportunity to do our favorite thing: play Scrabble. We haven't had a chance to do this by ourselves since Jeffrey was a baby. I so so loved having this time with my dad.

My mom and Jeffrey came home just about the time Juliet woke up and our game was over. My dad left for the office and my mom gave Jeffrey this bubble machine. It makes blaster sounds AND lights up. He loved it.

Then Jeremiah came and brought me my Mother's Day gift. Wow. I am a very lucky, very spoiled Mama. Honestly. Crazy blessed. Frye boots, AE shorts and sweatshirt, and enough money at Bello to spend a great deal of time there. I was speechless.

Jeremiah went back to our house to have a boys afternoon with Ben and I took the kids out to the Renichs to play before we all met back together for dinner and time outside. We had the best time. There is nothing I love more than being outside, playing around, and being with my family and friends I love. This was everything my little heart needed. Seriously. How great is this. I could have stayed in this moment for a long, long time:

There was so much to do. Everyone at various times got in on playing ball with Juliet:

The boys played Construction Site. Jeffrey was telling me that they did not have time for pictures because they there was "very important work to do". Ha!


The kids all ate dinner together. I'm pretty sure Juliet ate her body weight in pizza.

And a visit to the chickens:

I love this family. I love hearing Ben ask Jeremiah, "Remember that from Hogan's class?". I love that our friendships go back to days of high school and Camp Harlow. And I love that our kids will grow up together and may one day say, "Remember that from when we were little?".

