Our Father's day and Mother's day

MOTHER'S DAY

So, I don't know how I ended up with no pictures of Mother's day, but I was truly a wonderful day. Well, weekend.  On Saturday we went to Salt Lake. Luke  and I attended a travel-club presentation (so we could get a free trip!) and my brother, James, and his wife, Val, watched the kids for us. Afterwards we went to their house to hang out and ate dinner at a Chinese place. It was great as always to visit with them.  

Also while we were up there we made a big purchase---something that I have wanted for 8 years but always found something else to use the money for. We bought me a nice SLR digital camera! Pictureline in Salt Lake was having an awesome Mother's day sale and we jumped on it! The package deal came with an extra lens which has proved itself very worthwhile already. 

I am still really trying to learn how to use it, but so far, we have LOVED it! it's been so fun having pictures take right when we click the button and have the quality we have always wished for. There are a lot of bells and whistles I need to figure out, but even just in auto-mode, it's a huge improvement from what our old camera would produce. 

It was a wonderful "Mother's day" gift :D 

On our way home Tianna decided she wanted to serve me breakfast in bed the next morning. I told them we would have to stop at the store for eggs and milk if they wanted to do that. So we stopped and Luke went into the grocery store for eggs, milk, and a bag of rice. We waited, and we waited and we waited. Finally he came out and he had flowers for me and a lot of groceries bags. (I had no idea all what he bought)

The next morning was perfect! Luke took the kids out and let me sleep in while they made breakfast. Well........ turns out, when given the chance, I usually can't sleep but enjoyed lounging in bed without people begging me to get up or whining about being hungry. After a while I took a nice shower and then stayed in the bathroom pampering myself..... painting my nails.... getting ready for church in quiet........... ahhh. it was really relaxing! 

All the while, I was thinking it was taking a really long time to make that breakfast.

When it was finished, I asked if they would be sad if I didn't eat in bed and instead ate at the table with everyone else.  (i am not sure why breakfast in bed is considered so luxurious anyway. eating alone, crumbs in my bed..... syrup on my pillow........ doesn't really appeal to me)

So anyway, I came out to the kitchen to find a feast. And I mean, A FEAST!

(since new camera was charging, no actual pictures were taken...but trust me, this doesn't do it justice)

Luke had made sausage and cheese country potatoes, scrambled eggs, bacon, waffles from scratch using his great-grandma's recipe, fresh sliced strawberries, raspberries, whipped cream, fruit syrup............ Oh my! I about died--no wonder he spent so long in the store! 

And yes, it tasted every bit as good as it sounds. (making myself hungry!) 

Then we went to church. Adelia was set and ready to give the talk in Primary. When we got to Sacrament meeting they announced that due to the strong fumes from the floor being refinished during the week, all meetings besides the Sacrament were cancelled.  

Totally surprised, we went home really early from church. 

That evening we had been invited to go with our good friends, Evan and Melissa Price to Melissa's aunt and uncles house in Orem for a huge family dinner.
They are Brazillian so the food was different that we are use to eating, but it was delicious! 

It was a great ending the a FANTASTIC day. 

I couldn't ask for a better family! 

FATHER'S DAY

So after Luke's grand breakfast I had to step up my game a little ;) 

We made him "eggs in a basket" a new food our brother-in-law introduced us to awhile ago. We are starting to find it restaurants now too. You cut out the center of a piece of bread, while it toasts on the griddle you cook and egg in the cut out spot. Then you dip the toast piece in the egg. It's quite tasty. We got creative with the cookie cutters too.  It wasn't ALL out like my Mother's day breakfast was, but hopefully he still knows we love him. 

While I cooked, my helpers made pictures for Daddy.

Since Father's day was the day after we got home from our St. George trip we kept it pretty low key. We attended church where the girl's sang with the Primary to all the fathers and then all the men got to eat PIE after church. 

We then came home and ate a nice dinner and ate even more pie ;) 

Since the kids loved the play, "Mary Poppins" so much, after dinner we decided to show them the movie since they had never seen it. 

There were lots of cuddles with daddy and a quiet, nice, relaxing day. 

I can't speak for him, but I think he enjoyed his Father's day too.

Oh yeah, and he got Rappelling gear in advance for his f-day gift..... he was pretty happy about that too! 

We love you, Luke. You are a wonderful father.