Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day a day late! Happy Mother's Day everyday! I had a great one! I really appreciate that A makes the day extra special for me. He knows how homesick I am every year on Mother's Day and so he makes every effort to pamper me and distract me from wanting to be "home" despite the fact that he would love to see his mom on Mother's Day as well. I would much rather be home giving that attention to our moms but at least for now that's not possible and I will take the day! The past few days the Lord really placed on my heart single moms and moms whose husbands don't treat them special on Mother's Day. It is just another day for so many moms and that makes me sad. We studied about Hannah yesterday in Sunday School and I was reminded of those women who long so badly to become mothers and how difficult this day is for them and of the relationship that Hannah had with the Lord. Amazing! If only we could all be like Hannah. I was reminded that they are gifts from God and they are His. A did not preach a normal Mother's Day message. He is preaching a series in James right now and this week's passage came from James 4:1-10 and he applied that to all our lives but to Mother's in particular and how one of the greatest things we can do as moms is to totally submit to the Lord-not with some things but with EVERYTHING! It was a great message! I am so guilty of saying Lord you can have this part of my life but I will take care of the rest which only leads to disaster. Satan easily creeps into those areas that we do not submit to the Lord. Verse 10 says, "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you." The Lord is so good to have made that passage so applicable to moms on Mother's Day.

A cooked for me Saturday afternoon since he works on Sundays. We debated about going out to eat but he really wanted to cook. I do love this site!

We also debated over what he would cook and I just really can't think of anything he cooks that is any better than his shrimp alfredo. He added scallops this time as well and used all fresh herbs. Delicious as always!

My 2 favorite ice creams are cheesecake and strawberry and this cake from Cold Stone combined both! SO GOOD!

A completely surprised me with a Vera Bradley small duffel in one of the new patterns I love-Bali Blue! The girls also gave me a charm bracelet that I had been wanting. I love it!

Seriously, getting a picture of us is torture-on everyone! However, I keep on keeping on. I will have pictures even if it kills me (and them)! A took several of us and this is as good as it gets. I have no idea what Sallie is doing but I do know that she was very mad with me. She normally cooperates for pictures but she had better things to do and Lizzie always has better things to do unless you want to take her picture alone and then she is usually glad to cooperate. So, here we are after church on Mother's Day 2009. My heart feels so full when I think that God has chosen me to be the Mother of these 4 precious girls! May I never forget how fortunate I am.