Father and Son Campout

This weekend was Brent's first father and Son camp out. In past years Eric has put a hat on Taylor and had her 'pose' as a boy and taken her to the father and son. Eric couldn't miss the opportunity to go camping with the boys. But this year was Brent's turn, being the old age of two Eric thought he was old enough. I still worried.... we have mountain lions out here!!! They had lots of fun.... they had turtle dinners, smores, and Eric made breakfast the next morning with the other YM leaders. (Eric is the Varsity Scout coach, and I'm teaching CTR 5's in our ward here)
Earlier this week we had FHE to prepare for the camp out. We put up the tent in the living room, roasted smores and had a lesson on Heavenly Father's creations. The kids had so much fun with the tent, they slept in it Monday night. And then napped in it on Tues. :)
Brent had lots of fun camping, but is used to waking up to mom, so he was calling for me, but super dad did a great job of distracting and entertaining him. They bonded and shared the famous Henry Weinhardt root beer, so it was an official boy trip. I love my cute boys!
Taylor and I had a fun girls night. We went to Disneyland just the two of us and had a ball riding roller coaster and watching the Fantasmic show.

A Mother's Day Tea

In Taylor's kindergarten they have a special tradition of hosting a Mother's Day Tea every year. It was so special and they planned and prepared for weeks. As we walked into the classroom each child took their mother by the arm and escorted her to her place setting. Taylor took me by the arm and said, "Welcome to the Mother's Day Tea," she was so proper. They had made personalized place mats, programs, books for each of us, and a hand print that was glazed in a kiln. My favorite was the description she did of me, my favorite color- green, my favorite food- lasagna, my height- 7 ft, my weight- 4 lbs. :) I loved it! She knew what I wanted to hear.
The dads helped serve a lunch, that the kids brought to our tables. It was so special. Taylor was so excited all week for the big day. She kept saying, Mom, this is this your favorite day?" Of course it was! They sang mother's day songs and then they had a slide show of each of the kids with their painting that matched the line of the song What a wonderful world, by Louis Armstrong. They played the music as they played the slide show. ... I see skies of blue, red roses too... It was a tear jerker. It was a wonderful morning. I am so blessed to be a mother to the two cutest kids in the world. ok I know I biased, but it's my right as a mother. It is such a privilege to be their mom, I am so grateful that I've been entrusted with these two special spirits.