This weekend was a blast!

My family came down this weekend to go to Brian Regan, and we had such a blast! We are always pumped when our families come down. I LOVE VISITORS! I have honestly been looking forward to this weekend for a REALLY long time! We took them to Pirate Island Pizza and the kids LOVED IT!

I thought I had won 1000 tickets....I CHEERED....I WHOOPED....I LAUGHED....I SMILED....I found out that I was NOT a winner after all. :( Look how close my spin was!!! Literally 1/4 of an inch off. Lol. Funny.


We also took them to the Washington City community center. This place is amazing. Dan and I are lucky enough to be friends with a lot of the employees of this place, and they do such a great job. My niece and nephews were out of control at this place. (And so were the adults, actually!)


THEN...after all that, my cute hubby surprised me with some perfume for Mother's Day. What a fantastic guy, huh. This perfume smells SO good. I actually smelled it in Las Vegas a few months back, and he called my friend to find out what to get me. (GREAT SUGGESTION!)

He also surprised me with another purchase coming soon. A new camera! I'm not sure which one we will end up with, so I'll wait to tell you the details. I am really excited!

Since I use blogging for my journal, I need to write my thoughts down about Mother's Day. This is the first year since I've been a Mom that Mother's Day was a "GREAT" day. I've had good Mother's Days before, but on previous years, I always had this tiny part of me that felt GUILT for all the things I was failing on as a Mom.

Over the past year, so much has changed in our lives. I can't even begin to express the gratitude I have for Dan for how hard he works for our family. I get to stay at home now. We moved to St. George and LOVE it here. I finally feel like we are in the place that Heavenly Father wants us to be. Honestly, I am happier. I'm not so stressed out all the time, and I absolutely love my neighbors and neighborhood.

As a result, I am a better Mom. I am not a perfect Mom, but yesterday, I felt so much love and gratitude for the guidance that led us here. I love my kids and even though I have ALWAYS loved them, I feel like I can show that love a lot more now that I have time to. That may not make sense to you, but I was a stress case when we lived in Cedar City for many reasons. A. I worked full time. B. I was finishing a Master's Degree and C. I was inside a lot. All three of those aspects have changed since we've moved.

Thank you to Dan and the kids for making me feel special. Thank you to my Mom who I got to have "all to myself" yesterday, and thank you to my friends who care about me.