mothers day weekend..

we started our mothers day activities and celebrations a bit early...

thursday was our mothers day weekend celebration kick-off...

i took jones to the flower fields of carlsbad...

i thought it was very mothers dayish because there were millions of flowers...

i love that legoland is less than a mile from this place and so they made a small flower field of lego flowers... and a lego sign...

we paid extra and got to ride the tractor wagon! i knew that would be a huge highlight for jones...

top of the hill... sincerely... millions-of-flowers!

"stopping to smell the flowers"...

type of flower = Ranunculus

he wouldnt say cheese... this is as good as i was going to get...

loved the yellow!

cant resist a good corn picture... jones loves these things... there were three of them and i had to take his picture in each one...

my favorite part of the park... the sweet pea maze... not only does it smell amazing! it was so fun to see jones so excited to find the right way to go... he ran the whole maze!

i wish i had this maze in my backyard!

there was a playground there too... and i loved this pink house... and that huge mushroom... behind it there is a slide coming out of the house... it was such a cute park... so whimsical...

then... the exit lead you through the nursery that is in conjunction with the flower fields...

which is my new favorite store...

i wanted to buy so many wonderful gardening things!

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but we settle for some honey straws... cinnamon, clove and mint...

and playing with the bobble-head gnome...

and buying only one new plant... our very own strawberry plant...

5/6/2010

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friday part of our festivities were a trip to the grocery store for some chocolate** and i found another new favorite...

dagoba chocolate: dark chocolate mint and rosemary essence

jones and i finished that off quite quickly...

and who doesnt love a chocolate covered gummy bears???

as for the third... i guess that is being saved for the actual mothers day day...

**whenever i say the word chocolate, i hear it how my cousin brevin says it... ask me sometime... i will tell you the story...

5/7/2010

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but maybe we didnt have to save a chocolate bar for mothers day... because my sweet love sent us/me this above... and that below... (but the smaller versions... even if i wanted to... there is no way i could eat that much chocolate covered fruit!)... we will eat what is left for breakfast... thats right... breakfast... its mothers day and i can have chocolate for breakfast!

i love fruit... i love chocolate... especially good chocolate... and good fruit...

if you have never had edible arrangements... you must arrange it for yourself to have them!

so beautiful... but tastes even better!

chocolate daisy pineapples and chocolate dipped apple and pear truffles...

but i would never ask for more than this picture below... this is all i ever could want and wish on a mothers day!

this sweet boy having such a good time...

smiling and laughing...

and being sincerely, truly happy!

5/8/2010

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happy mothers day!

i cant not express enough how amazing women are... a huge blessing in my life is knowing so many wonderful women... women who know who they are and live with such strength in their lives... they are huge examples to me and i am so proud to know these women... i strive to live like them and they all lift me daily to be a better me!

special thanks to the woman who is my mother...

you are beautiful in so many ways... literally and also speaking of who you are...

i never stop learning from you...

special thanks to the woman who is my mother in law...

i could never ask for a better m.i.l.

thank you for all that you are...

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thank you to friends and family who have made my mothers day amazing... and it is yet only saturday night/sunday early morning (12:47am)...

x0x0

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