mother's day 2021

i am so so blessed to be a mother. although i can say truthfully that i want to kill my children on the regular, i love them so much it hurts. you know how it is, you want to kill them one minute, you'd die for them the next. but i think i did okay. they are fun, funny and pretty damn cute.

so, to all of the mothers out there, happy mother's day. to those who have lost their mothers, i hope you felt them close today. i have been so blessed to be loved by two mothers, my own mother and my husbands mother.

my mother is everything i have ever wanted to be and the most incredible example of service. my mother in law raised the man who has been the greatest blessing of my life. she raised him to be strong, determined and respectful, just as she was. i am grateful for her example and miss her every single day.

i am truly grateful for my parents mothers and cannot wait for the day we are reunited. for my beautiful nanna who raised the woman who became my mother. without her example and beautiful spirit, i would not be where i am. my mother is amazing and i owe it all to my nanna. and for my grandma, who i am apparently most like. for her fiery temper and ability to stop someone dead in their tracks with a look, for her cooking and her singing - all things i have managed to inherit.

but most of all, i am grateful to be a mother in the gospel. for the mothers who are alongside me cheering me on and helping me to make it through the hardest of the days. there is so much peace to be found in the gospel and in the presence of those who are here to help us through. ❤

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maddie and i were asked to sing in relief society today as part of their mother's day lesson and it was so lovely. i am so glad that she loves to sing too and we can have these experiences together. we sang "teach me to walk in the light" - a perfect piece for mother's day.

teach me to walk in the light of his love

teach me to pray to my father above

teach me to know of the things that are right

teach me, teach me to walk in the light

come little child and together we'll learn

of his commandments that we may return 

home to his presence to live in his sight

always, always to walk in the light

father in heaven, we thank thee this day

for loving guidance to show us the way

grateful we praise thee with songs of delight

gladly, gladly we'll walk in the light

❤

mothers day with borders

i have been so blessed to have these two amazing mums helping me every step of the way. those of you who know my mum (let's face it, if you are reading this you probably do) will know how incredible she is. she is so talented, can make anything... she cooks, she sews and when you need anything, if she doesn't have it, she will find it. she truly is life goals and i hope that one day i'll be just like her. 

a lot of you don't actually know my mother in law, but she is also amazing. she is so generous, always looks out for me and would do anything for me. sometimes she calls and says i have made dinner, come and pick it up. seriously so blessed. i am twice as lucky to have them both and absolutely treasure them. happy mother's day to the women who made me who i am.

i saw this on facebook this week leading up to mothers day and it is so true. love it so much. mum truly is the best friend i have ever had. i can tell her anything and never have to worry about it, because she listens, she understands and always does her best to help. i love you mum. ❤

 

this mothers day was a little different with regional borders in place... we couldn't go and visit mum! so i took advantage of some amazing local businesses in her area, owned by my best friend jennifer, who makes custom cookies at baked on benrua

and another friend chloe who runs a flower farm not far from mums house - called the grange farmhouse. they put together these amazing presents for mum and i was so stoked, it was almost as good as seeing her, knowing she was looked after.

my gifts from the kids were so cute - they bought one each from the school mothers day stall (all done online thanks to covid-19) a candle from madeline and a beaded bracelet from joseph, plus a cute keyring from each of them that they had made in class. i was quietly cracking up. madeline's had a bunch of flowers drawn on it and she had written "you smell nice." i must have cracked a smile when i saw it, she very quickly said, it's cause you wear deodorant every day! hahahah. this is from the child that spent years sniffing my worn t-shirts, so obviously she must like my smell. she also made me a coupon book and a card and joseph made me a "fill in the gaps book" about his amazing mum. super cute!

these little people test my patience on the daily but i love them madly and am so, so grateful to be their mum. ❤

alex is eleven months!

what the heck is going on? how is time going so fast? this time next month i will have a one year old and i don't think i am okay with that!

this month alex has:

-crawled around gotten into absolutely everything

-pulled out all the dvds over and over and over

-been kicked out of his capsule and into a rear facing seat so that aunty jenny's new baby millie can have his capsule

-put anything and everything into his mouth

-pulled out the cereal at any possible opportunity and when it's the froot loops tips throws the box onto the ground and tries to eat them off the floor like i don't feed him

-walked along on his hands and feet rather than crawling, kind of like he doesn't like to use his knees... it's so funny!

-for the last month or two he has been threading his necklace over his thumb when he sucks it. he just likes to have it there to feel. it's super cute, but very annoying when he tries to do it with my necklace and almost chokes me!

baby alex, you are so, so loved! ♥

maddie is eight!

"god gave me red hair because he knew i needed a warning label"

that quote was 100% written about my daughter.

i genuinely do not know how this day has arrived, but somehow my maddie is eight years old today. i always laugh when people say "oh it feels like just yesterday" but here i am thinking it wasn't all that long ago the midwife handed me a little girl all of my own to take home and love - and now look at her. she is witty, funny, inquisitive and the best person ever to hang out with. i feel like i am constantly arguing with a miniature version of myself, but she just gets me! i know she was sent to me for a reason, we were absolutely meant to be together.

this weekend we will celebrate again with family and friends as she is baptised a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. i am so proud that she wants to be part of the gospel and can't wait for her special day.

madeline we love you so much and i am so, so proud to be your mum