I'm Famous...

For looking like a dork, that is!

It looks like I'm ready to catch a piece of shrimp at a Japanese steakhouse!

Really!  Of all the pictures this lady could have chosen (and she took a lot), she picked this one?  I was having a really good hair day, but come on!  I'm sure the photos of the cute kids singing turned out better than this one.

On a serious note, I do love my "job".  And I say "job" because I hardly would call it that.  It kind of just fell into my lap, and I jumped at the chance to take it.  I don't even enjoying singing!  Unless it's with a bunch of energetic and happy 4 year olds.  I look forward to music time each week and seeing the love and excitement in the children's eyes.  It seriously is the best job EVER!

We are so proud of Tyler for taking on this adventure.  He's not a center of attention kind of kid and prefers to be behind the scenes.  He went in to the play tryouts with the intention of being a stage tech, but ended up scoring the role of John Darling in one of the two casts of Peter Pan.

And what a great experience it was for him!  He was able to spend lots of time memorizing lines and songs and choreography.  Hours and hours of after school play practices and time spent with good friends.  All of the hard work in the end was worth it.  And he's already talking about doing it again next year (this time he doesn't even want to do stage tech, too boring).

My Day.

All day yesterday, I told my kids the top ten reasons why this was the best Mother's Day ever.

10.  I woke up to hugs and kisses and Mother's Day wishes.  They were earlier than I would have liked, but they were initiated by the kids and that made my morning wonderful.

9.  Jared, Evan and Anna all created special Mother's Day cards for me and they were so excited to share them.  I loved all of them and the thoughtfulness behind them.  My children know me well!

(I do not smack Evan!  He likes when I playfully push him.  Geesh--I wonder what his teacher thought??)

8.  My parents came down for the weekend and helped me with the kids.

7.  The kids and my Dad made a yummy pancake brunch for us!

7.  I was able to spend a lot of time with Tyler prepping for his school play.  He also presented a talk during our Sacrament Meeting at church.  The topic--his mother. :)  He wrote and prepared it all on his own.  I am so proud of him and all of the hard work he put into the past week.  "What doesn't kill you makes me you stronger!"

6.  Rob came home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And we were back together again as a family.

5.  Rob came home!!!  With a beard.  And muscles.  

4.  The children sang a beautiful song during church to all of the mothers.  And of course, I cried.

3.  We all lounged around in the evening, watching the video recording of Tyler's performance of Peter Pan since his Dad missed it.

2.  Then we watched the season finale of our favorite show to watch as a family...Once Upon A Time!

1.  We were all finally home under the same roof.  Best.  Mother's Day.  Ever.

I hope yours was just as great.