Superheroes!

It's been all about Superheroes lately as we are preparing for the boys combined birthday party this Saturday. Our theme is "Calling all Superheroes". TMac is so excited. Tot will be once he sees the actual party. Being a mother of boys is so fun!

Mother's day party with the Bains.

We had our Mother's day party with the Bains this past Sunday. Above is 4 out of the 6 sons together. I like when they all sit together and laugh. We spent a lot of time in the front yard practicing the Rip Stick skateboard.

Wrestling time with Daddy.

Dana on the Rip Stick which I have never tried because it looks and is really hard and my coordination is nothing to shout about lately!

Such a cute photo - Uncle Ronnie helping TMac learn to ride.

Tot and cousin E.

Tot receiving a birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa.

I always love a Bain family party - great food, lots of cousins and fun. Ooh - and Mom made homemade ice cream - my favorite

RS birthday garden party.

This past Saturday we had our RS birthday party. I love being on the Enrichment committee. It's the perfect calling for me. Plus, I get to work with my bestie Katherine and also the hilarious Ruth. We had an outside garden party and delicious lunch. We had a demo on gardening in boxes in the backyard, I gave a spiritual thought about "Nourishing your spiritual garden" (it was probably cheesy), we played fun games, ate tons of great food, had a crazy garden hat contest and each took home a strawberry plant in a pot. I really enjoyed it and here are just some of the photos of some of the ladies who made and wore crazy garden hats. I should have taken better pictures of mine. I had seed packets above my forehead and two huge flower wind spinners on each side. After this party I went to my friend Charlotte's pink and strawberry themed Pampered Chef party and had delicious food. It was a girly girl day! There's not many of those in my world with all of the boys in my house - not that I'm complaining! I love my boys but girly days are nice. I even managed to put on mascara and my good jewelry - amazing!

A cowboy in pajamas.

These pjs have always reminded me of the type of pjs that cowboys would wear and this morning I finally remembered to grab the camera and cowboy hats for a photo shoot. So good morning pardner! It's gonna be a busy day on the Crazy Bain Ranch!

Rewind - Trying to catch a leprechaun!

Can you tell that TMac was not in a photo takin' mood? Back in March we copied a fabulous idea from my sister Erin and tried to catch a leprechaun. You have to collect some green items and toys to try to lure the leprechaun into your trap with. We also put in a piece of shiny green ribbon that the leprechaun could keep to remember us by if he got out of the trap. TMac set his trap and went to bed. He had lots of questions about leprechauns. In the morning we saw that we had not caught a leprechaun but he did leave TMac a note and .50 cents! The leprechaun said better luck next year!

Mother's day thoughts.

I made these photos for Christmas and gave them as gifts to the women in my family but I was looking at them today and they inspired some Mother's day thoughts. In a nutshell, I am glad to have lots of family women in my life. They all deserve to enjoy a great Mother's day. I love you gals!

The photo above contains the left hands with wedding bands of my Grandma McArthur, Mom Janine, myself, sister Heather and my sister Erin. It was quite the chore to take the original, uncropped color photo of all our freckly, white/orange hands and turn it into the finished product but it was fun. I am so blessed to have my Grandma here with me still alive and kickin'! My sons are so blessed to know and have fun with their Great-Grandma. Our family is blessed that we are all happily married (most days - hah hah!).

This photo I just love so much. It is 4 generations of hands - my Grandma, my Mom, myself and my boys. I just love Tot's chubby little hand. I am so glad that families are forever and I love that we all live close enough to see each other a lot. This month is one party after another and it's never a dull moment for my family.

Happy Mother's day to the great women in my life including my super-sweet mother-in-law! We need to take a photo with your hand and ours next time we're together!