Mother's Day

I am such a lucky mom! Not only did my kids get me a huge box of yummy chocolates, but we went out and played all day long. I love spending time out and about with my family. Especially when there isn't a time frame to deal with, or a schedule. Just enjoying the day together.
I told Mackenzee that we could walk underneath the bridge after last weekends outing. She was so scared! I'm not sure if she thought that the cars were really going to drive right over the top of us or what. She was relieved to see that there was a path that we could walk directly underneath the bridge. :0) You know, I drive over the Perrine Bridge fairly often but don't really pay much attention to it. It is a MASSIVE structure! Of course, to connect the sides of the Snake River Canyon, it would take something rather large. :0)

This is a fairly new statue out by the bridge called "The Twins". I think it is just gorgeous, and sadly, this is the first time I've seen it up close.

Here is Mr. IB Perrine himself. I didn't know this statue was here either. Kind of sad when you don't even know what interesting features you have in your own home town! I told my kids we were going to make it a point to go out and see everything we possibly could this summer. I think they are more excited than I am. :0)

As promised, I took Landon over to walk behind the waterfall at Centennial Park.

He was so funny about it too. I'm not quite sure why he would think he was going to stay super dry around a waterfall, but the water falling on our heads was not something he enjoyed. :0)
It was a fun afternoon spent outside in gorgeous weather. We did have to get back home for a bit so that I could write a paper for school, but it was nice to take this time and not worry about anything but enjoying the company of my hubby and kids.

Thanks for a wonderful day guys!

Thanks Landon

Landon brought me these flowers when he came home on Sunday night. They are my Mother's Day present from him. He even made me a homemade card with a butterfly drawing on the front and a poem on the inside.
"Roses are red, Violets are Blue,
Sugar is sweet, and so are you.
Roses are red, Violets are Blue,
You are my mom and I love you."
Such a sweet little boy I have! Thanks so much Landon!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Mother's Day! Though I already told both mom's and my grandma....

Love you! Thank you for everything you do for us.

We enjoy living so close to both sets of parents. The kids enjoy having a close relationship with their grandparents and it makes days like today even better. Lots of hugs and kisses and "I love you's" going around. :0)

After 5 shots, this was the best we could get out of dear Mackenzee. Sigh.

We got to spend the afternoon in Jerome at Jaysen's parents house.

I was a mean aunt and made all the grandkids that were there pose for a picture with their grandma. Can you see her in there? :0) She got piled on. This one took several shots as well, and we still didn't get one of all of them looking forward and smiling. {My son played a BIG part in the problem. Sigh} So, I gave up...

Why try? Let them be who they are right? :0)

Then we got to go over to my Grandma Casperson's house for dinner. Again...this was one of several attempts to get Mackenzee to look pretty for the camera. This was the best we got. {Are you seeing a pattern here?}

I have been trying to get this four generation picture for FOREVER. OK, at least since Mackenzee was born. There are four generations of girls that I am a part of. It needs proper documentation, right? And, of course, we can't leave my stud Landon out of the photo shoot.

All in all, it was a great day. Full of family...just the way it should be. :0)