Happy (late) Birthday Mom!

Yesterday was my mom's birthday and we had a great day! We had a delicious birthday lunch at my aunt's courtesy of my sister. Thanks Nat! And then we had a scrumptious birthday dinner at one of our families favorite places- Fredrico's. While at Freddy's we learned that my sister-in-law Chelsea got accepted into the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at USU. We are so happy for her and ourselves that her and Brett will be around for at least 2 more years!

The birthday girl

My cute mom and me wore the same sweater

Getting ready to blow out the candles

Not to get all sappy- but I really love my mom!! I don't know how I got so blessed to have her as my mom. She is such a great example to all of us. She is a very hard worker and has been her whole life. My sister mentioned on her blog about what a big sacrifice my mom has made for us. And she really has. She is such a hard worker that she is the teacher of the year at Wellsville Elementary. (She loves that we keep bringing this up :)) She is such a great grandma to my kids. Gracie just adores her and would rather have her over me. Brooklyn loves her too and loves spending time with her. Happy Late Birthday Mom! We love you so much and appreciate all you do for us!

My first quilt

About 5 years ago when I graduated from college my parents gave me a sewing machine- which has been sitting in the box this whole time until last week. My sister has been doing quite a bit a sewing and making some way cute stuff so I decided it was time I put my machine to use. My friend is having a baby and so I decided that instead of buying an outfit I would make her a rag quilt. Nat helped me learn how to use my sewing machine, cut the squares, layout the design, and sew some of the x's. I have got to say I became hooked. I did this whole thing- my first project in 1 day. The cutting took some more time and I washed it last night and it looks great. I am excited to give this to her. I am excited to have a new hobby!

Happy Valentine's Day!