Two Wonderful Mothers!

Because today is Mother's Day, I am of course thinking about Great mothers.    I realize that of all the mothers in the world, I am one of the lucky ones who gets to have great mothers in my life.  In fact I am completely surrounded by great mothers.  I pay tribute to two in particular today.

 

Here they are (both with Zachary)!   I think that they have many similar qualities some of which I will list.  Short and Sweet and then I must get on with the festivities.

1.  They love their children totally and completely

2.  They are two of the most Christ like people I know (everyone would agree, except of course, them)

3.  They are both extremely selfless.

4.  They are both beautiful women

5.   They are the mother's of wonderful children :)

6.  They are both great cooks, housekeepers, seamstresses, and I could add to this list forever...

7.  They are two of the most fun people I have ever been with.

8.  They both love to be with their families.

9.  They teach by example.

10.  They both always know how to make me feel better

11.  They are both always there when needed, I can talk to them about anything.

12.  They are the best possible Grandmother's to my children (what more could I ask for)

Mom,   I love you very much.  Thanks for the example that you are to me.  I couldn't have asked for a better mother and best friend.   I am grateful for all that you have done for me.

Ilda,  I love you very much.   You raised a wonderful son for me to marry and you are truly a mother to me.

I am the luckiest daughter and mother that I know.   

1. My Mom

2. Erik's Mom

3. Nicholas, Benjamin and Zachary

Yummy!!

Nick loves yogurt.   Especially if he is lucky enough to get this kind:

I bought a box at Costco, and he has been happily eating it for about two weeks.  Tonight he was eating some and said, "Mom, isn't it weird that this new kind of yogurt has strawberry and it also has blueberries in it?"  I was, of course cruising the internet and not paying much attention replied, "interesting."  He went on to say, but these blueberries taste really gross."   I went to look at the yogurt and find that is is filled with little round patches of mold.   Disgusting.   After further questioning, "blueberries" have been in all the yogurt in this box.  Apparently, Nick has been eating mold every day.  There are two left in a box of 16.   He said "oh well Mom, it tastes really good after all the blueberries are gone!" 

Warning:  Don't read any further if you like pink food!

Just a side note:  while getting this yogurt picture off the internet I came across this lovely tidbit.   Mold isn't the only gross thing in Nick's yogurt.    When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods.

           

Oh, I saw something on a friend's blog that I liked, so I will copy it.  She puts three things she is thankful for at the bottom of each post.

1.  Nick

2.  Non-moldy yogurt

3.  yellow, blue or green food

So I am taking pictures of Ben and Zachary because they are sitting so cute together, and Zach is actually sitting on the couch for the first time.  Amy and Laurie will have to give me some photography tips obviously, (bad lighting, bad positioning, getting a 3 month old to hold still for two seconds).  Zachary spit up all over, pretty much right when I am taking this last picture so I run to get a burp cloth.  I come back, can't be more than 10 seconds later and this is what I find.  I don't even know where Ben went.  If only I could fall asleep like that.  Obviously he gets it from his Dad.

Go Transformers!

It was a sad day for Nick.   His last soccer game.  He has actually turned out to be quite a good little socccer player.  He is very aggressive and really goes after the ball.  He loves to play "defender."   He is super great at blocking goals and he hangs out in the middle of the field waiting to stop the other team.   Our coach has observed this and has given him some great tips to improve his game.   We have tried to encourage him to follow the ball after some of those great kicks of his so he could score some goals, but he is quite reluctant to leave his self-appointed position.   The weather has been crazy.   We have had so many beautiful days this spring.  It seems like all week is beautiful and on Wednesday morning sure enough it looks like another weird day.  (Rain, snow, sun, rain again, sun... etc) and then by Wednesday night we are sitting by the phone at the last minute waiting to see if the game has been canceled.   We had eight spring games scheduled, four got canceled and we froze at all four of the others.  Unfortunately we don't play on the same field as my photo savvy sisters, so we only have my snapshots of the only game I actually remembered a camera.    Poor Zach spent every game freezing in his carseat and Ben kept asking where his team was.    He will be so glad to get to play in the fall.  Next on the list T-Ball.   Nick said "Yeah, Mom sign me up, but it will be boring and I will goof around instead of listening to my coach"  At least he remembers it the same way I do!

Charlie Bit Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

I think this is hilarious.  These boys are so cute.   Nick and Ben keep asking me to play it over and over again.  You will have to copy and paste it to your browser, I couldn't get it to play on my blog.

We took Grandma Berge to visit a friend in the hospital, and I snapped these pictures by the waterfall while we waited.

Bountiful Lake

On Sunday we went for a walk around Bountiful Lake.  It turned out to be a great day, but a bit breezy.    These pictures aren't the greatest, but we had a great time.  You might even be able to see the little "treasures" that Nick collected while we were walking.   We saw lots of different birds and it was fun to see how many different creatures the boys could identify.   Zachary talked the whole time.  He loves riding in the stroller as long as he can see Mom's face while we walk.