Mother's Day!!

This past weekend was Mother's Day weekend and I was so excited that my mom was going to be able to come visit me for Saturday night.  Tate was gone on his bachelor party in Vegas so I really was glad I was going to keep busy with visitors.

On Friday night, my friend Leah came over and we went to dinner.  It was nice to catch up and see her because it had been awhile.

Saturday morning I attended a seminar called 'Super Saturday'.  It is for our travel business and I am so glad I did.  I learned so much and met some great people.  I love attending these events and I am so excited and grateful to be a part of such an awesome company.

My mom visited with her parents on Saturday morning and then drove up to stay with me.  I had planned a very  nice Mother's Day dinner on Saturday evening for us.  Before dinner, we went and did some shopping.  We went to DSW to see if my mom could find some shoes for the wedding.  She did, but they didn't have her size...so I am in the process of trying to find online for her.  We also stopped so she could get some calligraphy pens because my WONDERFUL mother will be addressing all of our wedding invitations.  She does calligraphy so well and I am so glad she has agreed to do it.

Here was my food for our Mother's Day dinner @ Trattoria da Vinci.

{The quality of pictures may not be the greatest...from my phone}

I have fallen in love with this restaurant ever since Tate brought me there the night we got engaged.  It is sooooo good and just a great atmosphere.  My mom loved it also.

On Sunday, we went to church and did some yard work before it started to rain.  My mom is very good at yard kind of stuff so I always like her to help me with stuff when she comes and visits.  She also worked on some of the envelopes...





















I can't wait to have them all done and to see what they look like.  She did a few @ the house and I love them.

I want to end my Mother's Day post with a quote that my oldest brother left on my Mom's FB wall yesterday.  It was so perfect...so I am stealing it :)

"Mother" is such a simple word,
But to me there's meaning seldom heard.
For everything I am today,
My mother's love showed me the way.
I'll love my mother all my days,
For enriching my life in so many ways.
She set me straight and then set me free,
And that's what the word "mother" means to me.

Thanks for being a wonderful mother, Mom!!!  I love you.

{Yes this picture is old...it's from 2006}