Mother's Day

My parents came up for Mother's Day weekend and it was a really wonderful weekend with them. My parents made sure there were here on Friday in time to see Wyatt's baseball game and it was a great one! Then we took my parents to their first Twins game and had a great time, although with the rain delay, the game didn't get over until midnight! 

Saturday was another beautiful day, spent doing a little yard work and a little bit of fun. Matt and Wyatt went to hockey in the morning while the rest of us worked around the yard. Then we all had lunch, Blake napped, Wyatt and Pops and Matt played baseball for several hours across the street and Mom, Sadie and I went shopping for plants for my pots. Once we got home, we all went to visit my cousin's 1 year old daughter Sienna, who is at Children's Hospital right now undergoing treatment for leukemia. It was so sad to see her but also great to be able to visit with her mom, Becky (my cousin's wife) and Becky's mom as well as Sienna's big sister Avery. Kids under 5 years old aren't allowed on the oncology floor, so we took shifts with Blake. Boy, seeing something like that and so much sickness in such a little body with all those chemo drugs she is enduring sure reminds you to be thankful for healthy children. What a blessing!

Then we enjoyed a wonderful dinner on the patio at Punch Pizza. (And my parents drove our car with the kids so Matt and I got to go on our first official ride on the bike together!)

Sunday we had church and then ate brunch at Pier 500 in Hudson. While we were waiting for our table, we walked along the river and enjoyed another beautiful day. I finally took a few pictures of that...

Mr. daring was a bit too comfortable throwing his rocks in right at the edge

My mom and I on Mother's Day

This was the first Mother's Day my mom has had without her mother and I am hoping we were able to make it a special one for her. After an amazing brunch, Sadie and Blake napped while Pops, Matt and Wyatt played more baseball and Mom and I did a little shopping.

But we couldn't let them leave without planting something! 

(Matt and I keep saying that every time my parents come we always end up working on some type of project so we tried out best to not work too much this weekend, but they seriously have so much energy and are so helpful! Plus they don't really like sitting around so projects are what they love to do--unless of course, they could play with their grandkids instead all the time! And they did a fair amount of that as well!)

Matt took a short break on Sunday before they left to go for a bike ride and of course, Blake wanted to wear his shoes when he got back....this kid and shoes!

A sneak peak at my upcoming post about Sadie and her love for these little critters...

I had to take these pictures because we were laughing so hard. My parents love working in their yard/garden together and many weekends in the spring, summer or fall, I will call their house and they will have been out in the yard all day long. They just love it and thankfully they are good at it and enjoy doing it together. But they both have ideas about how some things should go and this was one of them. My mom started to empty this soil into one of my pots and you can see from my Dad's face that he had a different idea about how it should be done. But he kept his mouth shut and just watched my mom struggle until she needed his help....

My mom couldn't stop from laughing and was rendered completely ineffective in helping my Dad because of it. It was hilarious! And typical!

Meanwhile, this was going on....

Oh man...it was like a zoo at our house for a bit there but it was also so fun. My parents are so great with the kids and play with them nonstop when they are here. I really don't know where they get their energy from--Matt and I can hardly keep up with them. Yet they complain that they feel like they don't have the energy they used to----all I can say is that we would not have been able to keep up with them when they were in their early 30s!! 

Thanks again, Mom and Dad, for putting off your planting and gardening for another weekend so that we could enjoy some time with you. We all had a great time!!