Mother's Day 2014

This year for Mother's Day, we were able to make a trip down to Cardston to spend the weekend with my parents. Jonathan and Amanda were there and, to my surprise, Brian and Sarah were also there. They had made the long trip from Lloydminster to surprise my mom. This weekend is always a double-whammy for my mom since her birthday and Mother's Day usually fall on the same weekend or at least in the same week. Because of this, I felt it was even more important to celebrate together with everyone.

We arrived on Friday, May 9th, my mom's birthday! I picked up some supplies from Target before leaving Calgary and decorated the house with pink streamers and balloons to add a bit of festivity. Brian proved his house-wife skills and baked up an angel food cake for dessert that evening. Mom and Natalie had a fun time blowing out the candles together.

We played lots of games during the weekend. My dad and I were a pretty good team in beating others at Rook. We also played some Trivial Pursuit (the old-school edition that only Mom, Dad, and Jonathan know any of the answers to), Wizard, and a few other card games. Jared, Jonathan and Brian occupied themselves by playing Magic. 

Eventually Mother's Day rolled around and we had some gifts in the morning. Jared got me a lovely 1.5 Litre bottle of ketchup, my life-blood. Yes, I love ketchup a lot! Definitely a memorable gift for my first Mother's Day. 

It was definitely a special Mother's Day. I always like to celebrate my mom since she's done so much for us and expects so little in return. She's always sacrificed her time and efforts for us, even when we didn't ask for it. This was true this weekend as Saturday afternoon she whipped up a couple batches of buns despite the effort and the fact that I don't think she particularly wanted to do it. Those buns have crack in them or something, I swear. Sooo good.

In addition to my own mother, I also appreciate my Mother-in-Law who also puts so much effort into building up her family. She is a great example to me as well, especially for dealing with those Rasmussen boys.

Otherwise, it was a different feeling on Mother's Day for me as well. This is the first year (for obvious reasons) that I feel that I've actually been able to celebrate Mother's Day for myself even though I know you don't need to be a mother to celebrate this holiday. It felt nice to not feel guilty taking a rose from one of the young men after sacrament meeting. It was weird having my family tell me "Happy Mother's Day".

Definitely a memorable weekend that I enjoyed spending with family!