Happy (late) Mother's Day!

Our Mother's Day was a little crazy this year. We invited a family from church over for dinner at 6pm and were looking forward to a relaxing evening with them. Sunday afternoon we got a phone call from one of the local missionaries. He wished me a Happy Mother's Day and I naively thought, "How sweet!" Then he fessed up and told me the real reason for his call. The missionaries had been given permission to Skype with their families this year rather than settle for the usual phone call home. Turns out the internet at the Church had gone out so they were wondering if four elders could come to our house and use our internet to call home. At 7pm. Well, what I could I say? I certainly couldn't deny the elders the opportunity to see their families so we said okay. Then we invited them to dinner as well since we'd likely still be eating when they got here.

We quickly called our own mothers to wish them a Happy Mother's Day with promises to Skype later in the week. Then we threw together some extra food so we could feed four hungry young men. The day definitely didn't end up being relaxing but it was nice. We enjoyed spending time with our friends and it was nice to know we'd helped the elders see their families (fyi - they're only allowed to call home twice per year - Christmas and Mother's Day). My, the times have changed since Adam was on his own mission to Singapore and he had to use an old fashioned telephone to call his mom. :)

I think this picture pretty much sums up their personalities right now. Charlie the stinker and Millie the giggler.

 

My first Mother's Day crafts from my kids. Charlie painted me the jar on the left and the picture on the right. Millie painted the picture in the middle. Thank you daycare/preschool for facilitating this!