Mother's Day Bliss

I HAD a fantastic Mother's Day! For the first time in our married life, we didn't run between 2 families, kids in tote, to celebrate Mother's Day. Now that we live 140 miles away, it's not easy to hoof it back to OH every weekend. And since we were in OH the weekend before and plan on being in OH for the Memorial Holiday weekend, we stayed home. It. Was. Heaven. - let me tell you!

Not only did I not have to try to bathe, corral, and drive with 2 fighting kiddos - but the kids and DH pampered me. They made me lunch and dinner. They curled up on the couch with me as we watched some TV together and just had "US" time. (And I got to wear my sweats and fuzzy socks the whole time!) It was truly the best Mother's Day present I have ever gotten: peace, quiet, and time with my own kids instead of rushing around trying to make others happy. It was selfish and lazy and just plain great!

I hope all of you mothers out there had a terrific Mother's Day and enjoyed time with the kiddos - they are only small once. :)

OH - I forgot to mention the VERY cool Mother's Day gifts I won this week!! Oh my goodness! I am NOT a lucky person. For those who know me personally, they know that life is not usually easy for my little family. We have a LOT of challenges right now. (Of course, I wouldn't trade it for the world because my hubby and kiddos are everything to me.) So I didn't expect to win so many amazing prizes on Thursday's Moms Nite Out on Twitter. I thought I'd meet some cool Tweeters and socialize (and I did) - but never imagined I'd win the prizes I won!

I won an iPod Touch from Newbaby.com and a 4 GB SanDisk Memory Card from 5 Minutes For Mom! Separately, I won a 3-DVD set of Romantic Movies (Fox Entertainment) from Mom Logic and a Cinderella Princess Costume (for my little 4 yo princess) from Mormon Mommy Blogs!!!

It really has been such an unusual and incredible week! I would like to thank all of the sites that gave away these incredible prizes and all of the really cool mommy tweeters I got to meet!

Thought for the week: Life is not easy. Life is messy and difficult and sometimes painful. But if you can still enjoy it despite all of that, the most rewarding gift - the gift of true love, happiness, and appreciation will come your way. (And I truly love, appreciate, and am incredibly happy with my DH and kiddos. That's better than any prize out there! Of course, I'm not turning down the iPod ;P )

Mother's Day Bliss