Happy Early Mother’s Day to Me!

I sure get spoiled by the boys in this house.  I may not be a bad thing being the only girl…hmm…

A couple weeks ago I got home and there was a huge box from Amazon by the door.  I really didn’t think anything of it since we order everything through Amazon.  Aaron was in the office with a huge smile on his face and practically beaming with anticipation.  He was almost giddy.  He told me my Mother’s Day gift arrived and I should open it now.  Well I am not one to turn down a present, so I opened it. 

Hmm…what could it be?

A bread maker! 

I was telling Aaron that it would be cool to have had a bread maker since homemade bread tastes better than store bought.

This is my first loaf of bread.  This is my kind of bread making skills.  Pour everything in and 3 hours 45 minutes later you have hot, fresh bread.  Yummy!

I came home from work one night and Aaron was trying out the apple cake recipe.  That’s right, it does bread, cake, dough and meatloaf.  I secretly think Aaron got the meatloaf option as a hint for something he has been missing.

Thanks Aaron and Andrew!  What a great surprise!

Here comes the sun…

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

I have had this song in my head all morning.  As I read the words to this song, it fits perfectly to how I have been feeling.  We have had so much snow and rain lately and not enough blue skies.  When we woke up this morning, the sun was shinning.  It was already in the mid 40’s instead of the low 30’s so I knew it was going to be a great day!  We are currently sitting at 54* which is wonderful for us!  After breakfast I threw on my walking shoes and Andrew into the stroller and we went for a 3 mile walk today.  We saw birds, flowers starting to bloom and felt the warm sun on our face.  It was glorious!  I am hoping and wishing for more days like this.

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right…

Red Chair

Yesterday we ran to Wild Ivy (one of my favorite stores) and they had this cute red chair in front of the store.  Andrew ran right up to it and climbed in.  I love these pictures!  So cute!