Playing Catch-up: May

In May Jadyn and I were supposed to go to a baby shower for a close friend here in Alpine. Unfortunatley, the kids came down with hand, foot, and mouth disease (kind of like chicken pox) a few days before, so we were confined to the apartment. I made this cute nursing cover as a baby gift. I love the pocket on the inside for nursing pads, binkies, etc.

After the kids recovered from their illness, we took them to Ft. Stockton to check out a fun park up there. They loved it! There was a huge purple dinosaur to ride, and cool things to climb or spin on. Of course no trip to Ft Stockton is complete without visiting Wal*Mart. Jadyn and McKay had a blast checking out the bicycles and mopeds out front. I took advantage of an awesome $1 per yard sale that was going on and scored some cute fabric.

Mother's Day

Joe got the kids really excited about Mother's Day. He took them shopping the week before to buy a new blender and as soon as he left for school Jadyn burst out with "Mama! we got you a Mother's day present! It's a blender and it's in Daddy's closet! It's a surprise!! You wanna go see it?" Haha we are still working on the concept of keeping a secret right now. And I did go see it, how could I not? She was so excited to show me! 

I was asked to speak in church on Mother's Day. My topic was "Mothers of the Prophets." Not the easiest subject, but it turned out well! I love speaking in a branch, it is so much smaller that it almost just feels like you are teaching in Sunday school!