Mother's Day

Here it is almost a week after mother's day, and I am submitting my post. I am so behind!!! This was the best Mother's day of my life. I have had quite a few, where I wallowed in self pity, and had quite a few tears, but not this one. I was able to see my mom on saturday, and spend a good protion of the day with her. We were working, but it was a blast. I love my mom, she is my rock, and I owe all that I am to her. She is amazing. I really mean that too, because I know that she will never see this(she is not that computer savy). I got to spend Sunday with Terry's mom, and his sisters, who were also celebrating their first mother's day. I also was asked to speak about how motherhood realted to the proclamation in sacrament on sunday. I did not realize it was mother's day when I had agreed to talk, but I am so thankful I got the opportunity. It made we reflect on the path I took to becoming a mother. I realize that I had a very curvy path, but that it was the right path for me. I also realized how blessed I was to get to care for Ashton and Nikita for the short time that I did, and what a blessing they were to my life. With out them I probably would never have gotten to the spot where I was ready to adopt Franny, Mario, and Juan. The decision to adopt them was the best decision I have ever made, other than marrying Terry. It is also one of the most difficult roles I have ever taken on, but I love it. Motherhood is amazing. I do have to say though that I have gained so much respect for those mother's out there. It is nothing and everything I expected it to be, it is harder, and so much more rewarding than I expected it to be, but most of all it is a great blessing. I said in my talk that our children are really only "rentals", they really are our Heavenly Father's children, we just get to rent them while they are here on earth. I am so thankful that I was worthy to rent my three. They mean the world to me.
Go moms!

Quiet Play

Look I have proof, my kids do actually like each other, and they can play quietly together. I was at the kitchen table, and I heard the boys talking quietly to each other in the bedroom. I was a little nervous because I had not had to settle a dispute in over 5 minutes, and I had not heard ...You're a meaner, or I'm not playing with you, or your are dumb or I not play with you... in over 10 minutes, but just quiet talking. I started wondering if they were plotting something, and then I walked to the hall way and listened. To my surprise, they were actually just playing together nicely. I had to document the occasion because I knew without a picture Terry would never believe it.