Feelin' the Love

Jason gave me these beautiful flowers for our 6 Year Anniversary/Mother's Day. Our anniversary was actually May 1st, but we kind of passed over it because we had other things going on and Jason was working like crazy. Finally, this last weekend, we went out to dinner and a movie to celebrate.
Allary is holding her little picture she drew for me in primary for Mother's Day. It has her handprints on the front and she drew a picture on the back of her favorite thing to do with mom, watch movies together.
Between all the things Allary made for me at home, at church, and at preschool, combined with these gorgeous flowers, I was feeling very loved.


After Mother's Day and as a follow-up to my last post, I was thinking a lot about things I can work on improving as a mom. So, I asked the person who knows me as a mom. I asked Allary what I could do to be a better mom, fully expecting something like, let me eat candy for breakfast or don't put me in timeout, etc. She thought for a minute and said, "maybe we could make more cookies together." What a relief to hear that that's all my sweet girl expects me to do to be a great mom. I am working on a few other things I'd like to do to be a better mom and sometimes it's overwhelming trying to do everything and be everything and do it all with love and grace and kindness and patience....but making more cookies is definitely something I can handle. :)