A Great Day

This year Mother's Day was the same day as our anniversary.  Lucky Joel!  He did a fantastic job though & really went above & beyond.  The day before he took the older kids out to a Starbucks where they had a strategizing meeting about what they were going to do for me.  Here's the outline they came up with:

 

I got to sleep in until 9am.  Then they brought me breakfast in bed.  After lunch when Kat was napping I was treated to an in-house day spa.  It was awesome!  Joel even made name tags for them all to wear:

 

First was a head massage (from Emily) & hand massage (from Jonathan).  I also received a facial (from Joel).  Then a pedicure while I was brought 2 of my favorite indulgences that I rarely get: Milano cookies & Izze Sparkling Clementine soda.  After that I got a massage & was drawn a hot bath to relax in, after which I laid down & took a cat nap on the couch.  It was wonderfully relaxing!

Here's a photo of all the great crafts the kids made for me this year either in school or at church:

 

Joel made steaks for dinner and then we went to play Putt Putt as a family.  Once the kids were in bed we celebrated our 12th anniversary by opening up a very special bottle of wine vinted by the talented Dan Neumeister.  We enjoyed it out in the back yard by our fire pit.  It was a great day!