The Perfect Mother's Day

Since Easter was much too quiet at our house, John decided I needed to go see the kids for Mother's Day so he booked me a ticket and I was off to Portland for the weekend. Portland was unbelievably beautiful...so green and so sunny. What a change from my last few visits when all I saw was ALOT of rain. We had a wonderful weekend. From lunch at Burgerville to picnicking in the park, I enjoyed every moment. The first morning I was there, the kids were up at 5:30 AM asking me to fix them breakfast...and Brynn was calling from the kitchen, "Grandma, I have something for you! When I got downstairs half asleep, she handed me a diet coke. ..pretty sure not even I can drink a diet coke at six in the morning..I honestly had no idea what time it was because I was still on Salt Lake time. Jen nixed the breakfast at six AM so we all went up to my bed and read Books, books and more books. I do need to say that there are some really ridiculous children's books out there. How do these books get published? That is the question of the day. I did get the opportunity to fix breakfast and the requested menu was French toast for three days in a row but on Monday they wanted something different so we made pancakes...big change. On Mother's Day, Stephen skyped from England and he got to talk to everyone. It was so great to see him and we had such a fun time talking to him. I do have to say that sitting there talking to Stephen on Skype surrounded by Jen, Seth, Michael, Sarah and the grandkids was a very happy moment for me; the perfect Mother's Day gift. All of my children and grandchildren talking and laughing together made the day perfect. The best gift I have ever gotten is the gift of being a mother...and I get to be the mother of three amazing kids. I love you Jen, Michael and Stephen. Thank you for a perfect day!