A Mother FULL of Gratitude

This isn't being written ON Mothers Day,

but it doesn't mean my gratitude is any less,

because I truly have soo much to be thankful for! Most of all, these 4 amazing children, that my

Heavenly Father has blessed ME with.

Although there are many a days that I feel

stressed and overwhelmed, not just at everyday

life, but also at the responsiblity to be their

mother, their teacher, their example and so much more!

And although I constantly fall short of perfection

and have a tremedous lack of patience, I am

humbled that I was given this amazing opportunity!!

All week my kids have been extra excited and

secretive with all that they were doing for me,

to make ME feel SPECIAL.

And they surely did!!
I enjoyed a traditional

Breakfast in Bed.

Here is Ame's beautiful art work, which she

made at school, along with many homemade

card. She is an expert card maker, that is for sure!

And so sincere and sensitive. I love that about her!!

And Kaipo amazes me at his abilities

and how enthusiastic he is about becoming

a READER and a WRITER.
(the card in green says...

I am always going to love you)

Ash also made me some special cards,

and Nalu, well he just had to smile his

BIG SMILE and that is all I needed!

Not bad for a

set the timer, late for church,

family picture.

I had to get a close-up of the

BEAUTIFUL, UNIQUE lei

Quinn got me this year.

Another tradition that I LOVE.

I am always excited each year

to see what he is going to get me.

This year was definitely a favorite!

And the biggest gift of all was getting

all this green in our yard.

Quinn worked sooo hard this week

in his little spare time to get the yard all ready,

so they could lay the sod Friday Night.

Despite the sod being REALLY late and

all of our help (13 guys from our ward showed up...isn't

that awesome) having to wait, it got done.

Thank you honey for making the time, so now we

can finally enjoy our yard!

(Now its on to the flowerbeds)

Grass has never made me soo excited!!

Too see this sight out my window as the rain

pours down, is wonderful!

And this is one of the few times I will say

BRING ON THE RAIN

I feel so loved, so appreciated and so special
AND so grateful to be a MOTHER!