had a simply wonderful mothers day with a family bbq.....

Mom, John, Brenda, Koren, Cody, Ian, Kevin, KJ, Katie, & I.....then Koren & Cody & Ian went with us to visit Grandpa Lije & Great Grandma Marie. you know, once upon a time, I would've been horrified that my daughter would have to clean my kitchen to bake cookies. and that she would have to ask me kindly to take my barky dogs outside so they wouldn't wake up her adorable just-fell-asleep baby. but I don't have much vanity these days, just have to roll with the flow and be grateful she will bring my grandson here to see me. and that she isn't calling Hoarders to come clean my house out. I am not the mom I want to be. just don't have the energy to work hard enough to keep my job and then come home and clean my house enough to be more than livable. I am not the woman I once was....but I am glad to be a woman with 3 wonderful children and a beautiful grandson and a husband that puts up with my declining mental abilities and that I could share my day with my sister who couldn't be with her kids today and my mother spending her first mothers day as a widow, and my brother, who just brightens up any occasion!

Koren made homemade from scratch New York cheesecake and mini fruit pizzas.