Lessons From Lily

So I have realized that on numerous occasions Lily teaches me something very important. She teaches me things like when she wants me to hold her she typically has a poopy diaper or if you give her something to eat that she doesn't want she will give it to the dog. Also one of my least favorite things she taught me is that when I sit down to eat she will cry so that I stop eating to feed her...even if she has already eaten. But the most recent lesson she has taught me is that when she eats a bitter biscuit, she MUST be sitting in the high chair so that the bitter biscuit does not end up all over the couch or carpet.

Mother's Day

On Sunday I got to celebrate my very first Mother's Day. It was an amazing day. It started off early and fun. Bobby woke me up with Lily and a card. That's when I noticed that Lily had a purple hand...weird. Then I opened my card and realizes that Bobby had put her hand print in the card. It was so sweet. He also had my favorite picture of Lily and I framed. Then as I was holding Lily I noticed that she was pulling at her pajamas because there was something inside them. I opened her pajamas up and there was a small little box, inside of it I found a beautiful pearl ring. It was such a surprise and so thoughtful of Bobby. When I had Lily, Bobby gave me a beautiful pearl necklace. It was so neat that he thought to continue the theme. We spent the rest of the day at church and brunch with my family and dinner with Bobby's family. It was an amazing day. I think that I understand a whole different level of Mother's Day now. I used to think that mom's really desired the appreciation of their family, but for me at least, I spend my day thinking about how blessed I am to have such a sweet baby girl. She is the most perfect gift I have ever been given. And to think that I was entrusted with her is an honor. God has amazing plans for her and Bob and I get to play a part in that. I could not ask for a better day.

Trip to the Zoo

Yesterday Lily and I went to the zoo with one of my high school girls, Jen. We had such a great time and had several "zoo moments" to speak of. We enjoyed watching and hearing the lion roar, watching the baby elephant play with the big ones, and not only getting to see the sharks swimming but also getting to watch the polar bears swim too!!! It was so fun...Lily's favorite part was the aquarium.

Good Games Gone Bad

We have had an incredible year with our jr. high youth group. It is growing and we are having all kinds of fun at our Wednesday night youth group. We have been playing games based on the TV show Minute to Win it...it has been so fun. Here are a few pictures from "On the Nose" and then one with M& M's.






Then last week we thought it would be fun to play a version of broom ball...but using mops and brooms we bought from the dollar store. Well here is a picture of how dollar store brooms and mops hold up when you use them to play hockey with. Now imagine 30 jr high students swinging broken brooms and mops around at a ball and each other...chaos. But SO fun at the same time. No one was seriously hurt, just a few scratches.