Congrappy Mothulation Day

Warning! There are no pictures, I need to get them from my Mother-in-law, but hopefully they'll be coming soon so check back.

Mother's Day weekend was a very busy weekend for us. My brother-in-law Michael graduated from ISU on Saturday and they were getting together with my in-laws for dinner that night. We were planning on going to Pocatello to join them for dinner, but got the brilliant idea to have them come to our house for a dinner. Michael and his family are moving in a week so their house is not in the best condition to host a number of people and we figured the kids would enjoy themselves more at someones house rather than at a resturaunt. So the night before his graduation Kenny called Sarah (Michael's wife) and asked if they wanted to come to our house instead. She called back late that night and said it sounded great if we didn't mind. So instead of cleaning my house the rest of Friday night, I watched some TV and went to bed. I'm such a procrastinator.

Because of my procrastinating ways we were VERY busy on Saturday. Luckily the weather was nice so Kenny went to the church to borrow some tables and chairs to put out on the lawn and I cleaned the house. We found out halfway through the day that Kenny's sister Karen, her husband, and their 5 girls were going to be able to make it after all. We were so excited to be having family over we didn't mind the added work it made for us. After getting the tables and chairs Kenny went to the store to get some food while I continued cleaning and started cooking.

The next few hours were all a blur. We cooked too much food and tried to make the kids keep the house clean while we waited for everyone to arrive. Sarah came with her 2 boys around 4:00 and then Michael and my in-laws made it about 15 minutes later. About 20 minutes after their arrival Karen and her family arrived. Kenny and I finished cooking and he set up the tables while everyone visited and pitched in a little when they could. The kids really enjoyed playing together outside which made the evening so much more enjoyable for them than a restaurant would have been. We finished cooking around 6:00 (only a half an hour later than we wanted) and sat down to a delicious (if I do say so myself) and large meal.

The rest of the evening was full of kids playing and adults visiting. It was so nice to have family over and to watch the kids play. We've really wanted people to come to our house for a gathering and this was just what we were looking for. Being that the next day was Mother's Day we decided to combine Michael's graduation party with a early Mother's Day celebration. Kenny bought a rose and some Pepperidge Farm cookies for each of the Mom's and bought the only cake he could find (an army cake complete with hummers and a helicopter) and had them write on it a combined graduation/Mother's Day message, 'Congrappy Mothulation Day.' That way everyone was covered. Don't I have the most creative husband? Everyone got a kick out of the cake and the labeling.

When it got to cold to play outside the kids came in and played downstairs with all the toys. They put on a show with all the creative outfits they could come up with out of our dress-up bin and just simply enjoyed playing together. Around 9:00 everyone headed out and even though we still had some cleaning up to do it was nice to know we didn't have to drive home. We had a wonderful day and hope Michael enjoyed his graduation party.