my mother's day.

And why am I showing you this wonderful new table with a fresh vase of beautiful red roses on it (from Cam)? Because...


Sunday was Mother's Day! (PS: You should have already been aware of that fact.)

We had a good day, not wonderful due to children in Sacrament, but good. :) Church was at 9, got home and Cam sends me inside alone. Any of you with children know that not only do you ever not get to leave in a car alone, come inside the house after being in a car without chickens tagging along behind, or arrive inside alone to find yourself STILL alone... amazing, isn't it?

So I was a good wifey and argued with him, saying just because it was Mother's Day didn't mean I couldn't help Liv out of her seat and walk to the door with her. He insisted, I listened and secretly cleaned like a mad woman once I got inside. I'm sure he meant for me to relax but everything was so close and not where it was supposed to be and if he was going to take pictures I wanted it to look good (which he didn't, sorry, I was crying anyway, wasn't a pretty sight). I did everything in my power not to unload the dishwasher while I waited, and before they came in I actually sat still on the couch for a few minutes waiting.

Well, they came in with cards. :) Olivia had written "Mommy" with a heart on the front of one of them and the other was from Cam. How cute are these?




Cameron's was funny and I had to share the inside. :) Daddy ran to get the gift they had for me and we waited downstairs. This is the COOLEST gift, I absolutely love it.

This was one of the gifts, he bought me the set but the one was out of stock. Darn you, Amazon! So it's on its way! I'm so excited for it to arrive as well!

Here's the inside flap and first page with a COOL layout sketch ruler. It allows you to scale down to the correct size for your layouts and sketch ideas in the back of the book. So cool. (Next to the book are the "wooden" roses that Mom (Cameron's) gave to all of her daughters/dils that were moms.) :)

As an example as to what it does - she sketches out ideas that you can use in your own scrapbooking. Such as titles. At the end of each chapter she has a couple pages, one is a fold out, where she pairs sketches with examples of real layouts using those ideas and sketches. It is SO much fun! I can't wait to get myself back to a real schedule during the week so I can scrapbook more. :)

Our trip to the Zoo.

Our first trip to the Utah Hogle Zoo! We had a great time and got to see the fun animals. It wasn't as large at the Oregon Zoo but PACKED today. We inadvertently went to the Zoo on Macy's "Mom & Me" day. Oops.

Here are some highlights:

Dunky on Daddy's shoulders watching the presentation by the Elephants.

Duncan giving me "the look".

Playing with fruit snacks.
I told him like 18 times per fruit snack how horribly dirty the table was.
Did he care?
No.

The cutest water fountain I've ever seen, standing next to the cutest girl I've ever seen. ;)

Could she be ANY cuter?

Mommy and Duncan outside of the Zoo by the fountain. Liv was passed out asleep in the umbrella stroller, LOL. She had walked most of the way in the Zoo, she did a great job but WOW it wore us all out doing all that walking. The Hogle Zoo has a LOT more hills than the Oregon Zoo does. We definitely were not used to it.

We had a great time and can't WAIT to sleep tonight, lol. A long day in the sun, followed by more time riding bikes in the sun... we're pooped.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there! :) Have a great day tomorrow!

For Mother's Day

[too bad we don't have a dog, Cam...]

Hair cut... need opinions...

Getting my hair cut and styled for Mother's Day... I'm thinking this look. Any thoughts?

I'm about this length now, M.M. has a round face like me, and my hair color's a little lighter.

It would basically end up being a trim, layers, maybe some more "fringe" as the kids call it these days (i.e. bangs). Whhheeeelll? Likey? No likey?