We really missed our Daddy

Bradey has training, or "school" is what we call it, every six months up in Boise. And last week we had no Daddy for 4 days!! He left Sunday afternoon and didn't get home until Thursday evening. We had A LOT of activities planned to make the week go by quickly, although night time was the hardest. Londyn has a hard time going to bed if either one of us is gone, but especially her Dad. We made sure we had storytime with Daddy on the phone every night before we went to bed. It was SO priceless, because Londyn "read" to her Daddy each night, because he couldn't read to her. It melted my heart to see this bonding moment. Each morning she woke up and asked, "Mommy where's Daddy?" I'd say, "He's at work Honey." She'd get her whiny/crying voice out and say, "I wanna got to work too, and be with Daddy." Break my heart!! And there was nothing I could do about it because once he's in school there's no talking to him unti he gets back to his hotel room. Carter would wake up as well in the morning and yell for his Dad. It's a bit easier to divert a 19 month old's attention to something else. We'd play tickle monster or something to get him happy and going. But like I said we had TONS of activities to keep both kids happy each day.

Monday we went over to my Mom's house to play with my sisters kids. They had a lot of fun getting into everything! :)

On Tuesday we went out to see Abbi and Alex's pigs and the cows that the pigs are by. My kids LOVE farm animals, but the day was REALLY windy, so we didn't get to stay very long .

Wednesday we had dance class, achievement days, had a play date with a couple of boys who are my parents' neighbor, then headed to volleyball in the evening. I was SO proud of them all day long!! It was a VERY busy day and they did great!!

Thursday we had our very dear friends, the Carter family, come over and have a play date. My kids enjoyed playing outside all afternoon in the dirty!! :)

Bradey finally got home Thursday evening. Carter was SO jacked, Londyn was sleeping. Carter was pounding my front window when he say his Dad getting out of the car. HE was screaming, "Dad, Dad, DAD!!" I took him outside and he ran to his Dad like there was no tomorrow!! :) It adorable. We woke up the next day and took advantage of the beautiful day. We took the kids to the park. They didn't want anything to do with me, so I was behind the camera the entire time. As you can tell by the pictures they had pure joy playing at the playground with their dad! I enjoyed watching. It really made me fall more in love with Bradey watching him be an amazing father that he is. It's no rare occasion to see these moments, but not seeing him daily was really hard on all of us.

Mother's Day was Wonderful!

I don't have any pictures from my Mother's Day, but I have a lot to tell!! :)
The Saturday before Mother's Day we went to our nephew's birthday party. Londyn just had a birthday, so she was really excited for the presents and cake. You could tell she was really bummed that NONE of them were for her. WE kept telling her its not her birthday its Kason's.

So Mother's Day is a NEW day!! Well we wake up and Bradey tells Londyn to tell me "Happy Mother's Day!" This was her reply, "NO! It's not Kason's birthday, it's not Mommy's Day, it's LONDYN'S DAY!!" with a very stern matter of fact voice!! :) It really made our day bright, because I couldn't stop laughing!! It was adorable. So we told Londyn "Happy Londyn's Day" and let her pick out breakfast. I received a beautiful hanging basket the day before and I am super excited to put it up in my flower bed!!

We went to church and had no problems, we rushed home because my entire family (minus my loved ones in Washington of course) were headed to my house so we could have a VIDEO phone call from Elder Leonardson!! WE were frantically putting the web cam together on the computer and trying to make sure it would work all before 1 (we get out of church at 12!!). Well 1 came around and NO phone call. He was calling my dad at 12:30 so we assumed he was still on the phone with him. When it came to 2, we became concerned. So I got a hold of my dad to make sure they weren't still on the phone together. NOPE they were not! WE couldn't figure out why we hadn't heard from him, plus we had to be in Aberdeen at 3 for dinner with my Nana Cooker. Well we ended up having dinner at our place. Grandma brought everything she cooked over, and we had a delightful dinner together while we waited anxiously for THE CALL!!
Well after hours, and hours, and hours of waiting there was NO phone call. Maybe we'll find out what happened this weekend when he e-mails up. But at least he got to chat with my dad. And my Mother's Day turned into a wonderful family event. We even got to video chat with my dad!!


I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. Whether your a mom of many kids, one kid, an aunt, Grandma, or really great friend!! "ARE WE NOT ALL MOTHERS?" ;)