Mother's Day

This post will definitely be more interesting to Andy's extended family, but the rest of you can read along if you like!

Most of Andy's siblings, including us, went in together on presents for Andy's Mom for Mother's Day and her birthday, which is today. We had the privilege of delivering the presents since we now live about an hour and half from his parents and his brother Lorne (he's in the background of the photos). Because we had our own family plans on Mother's Day, we went for a visit on Saturday.
Here's Mom with her Larry King Live DVD, which I designated as her Mother's Day present.
We all bought her the two newest Gaither DVDs for her birthday gift.
I bought little candles in the shape of letters to spell "MOM". I was going to buy cupcakes, but I forgot. When we got there, Dad brought out a pack of cupcakes he's just picked up at the store, complete with a little "Happy Mother's Day" plastic decoration, so it worked out very well!

And this goofiness......I took another photo of Dad and he wasn't smiling very well, so Mom told him to "show his teeth". I assumed she meant to smile more, but no, she meant this -- stick out your dentures! Very funny!

My own Mother's Day on Sunday was very relaxing and great too. My family gave me a lovely gold cross necklace before church. Church was really nice -- several mom's gave testimonies, and it was nice to get to know a few more people that way. Each week we feel more like part of the church. After church we went to our favourite brunch buffet at the Nisku Inn. At home I read and took a nap while my family did yard work. Then Andy & I drove into Leduc so I could get a latte and buy stuff at Canadian Tire. We ordered pizza in the evening while I watched the 3 hour finale of Survivor. A great day!