I hope all of the mothers out there had a relaxing and enjoyable Mothers Day (as well as all the single Dads that I know)! My day started at 7:20 when Paige and Ben brought me breakfast in bed (yogurt, strawberries and banana bread) and cards! Sam celebrated Mothers Day by sleeping in! :)

After a nice breakfast, we went to church where all the moms received roses! As you can see by the above pictures, flowers and plants were the theme of my day! I also received from my lovely family, four of the flowering plants shown in the top picture, and two of the flowering 'trees' in the next picture....I planted one in each tub that lines our sidewalk leading onto/off of the back patio. It is going to be heavenly come this summer when we sit out on the patio with the tiki torches and listen to the sounds of the forest around us!

I also received and planted all the plants I needed for my rockwall/retaining wall garden that runs the length of the back patio......

Turning into a true haven indeed! The only thing left to do out the back patio is to build a gazebo. Yes, we had one last year, but believe it or not, we had so much snow this year that it caved in the roof of our gazebo and bent the metal rods that held it up. We have decided to go more 'heavy duty' and build an actual wooden gazebo. We will use it all the time as Mark loves to grill year round and it will add a lovely accent to the house for when we go to sell it in a few years in anticipation of our move to Wisconsin!

On that note....all of you reading this who live in WI can start looking for jobs for Mark and I! He has a degree in IT so will want a computer related job (keep in mind that Mark has clearance from the Gov't so can really work anywhere!) and I want to work in a law office or the prosecuting atty's office (Legal Sciences degree!). Make sure it pays well and has good benefits! :)

Hugs
Mark, Jaye and Gang