happy mothers day, NOT. jk. but not really.

thursday I made 100 mini loaves of bread and 20 bread bowls.  I also had a couple of extra kids at my house at the time.  thankfully the weather was cool enough for the oven to be on for four solid hours.  My counselors came over to help me wrap the bread and freeze it so it would be fresh for Sunday.

friday

• 9:00 we went to forest school with lots of friends and got worn to pieces.  
• noon- Aaron and I met for lunch and then swung by at a carpet store to order new flooring.  hardwood downstairs, new carpet upstairs
• 3:00 pm I helped three different friends with their kids-- crazy afternoon but fun.  
• 6:00 pm Zack's music concert. the kids end up eating dessert for dinner cause I forgot to feed them.
• 8:00 pm Aaron and I leave the kids at home and run to the store. Snacks for his hike, cheesecake for a RS activity. We wanted to get dinner on the way home but the restaurant was closed and taco bell didn't sound appetizing.
• 9:00 pm I get dropped off at a girls game night in the neighborhood.  way fun.  I laughed so hard. I miss the girls from my old ward.
• 11:00 pm Jane and I leave the party early because we're SO tired but then end up talking for another hour in my driveway.
• midnight Aaron and I go over plans for the next day.  He informs me he has a tennis match (among a million other things going on that day.)  I ask him to cancel because I need his help.  He shrugs.

saturday

• 6:00 am  Aaron, Ben and Zack leave on a 5-mile hike with a bunch of other scouts.
• 8:00 am I get up and exercise, but I feel like crap.  Luke and I spend time laughing our guts out over crazy cat videos on youtube.
• 9:00 waiting for Aaron to get home so I can leave to run errands.  He has a friend drop off the boys because he went to his tennis match.
• 10:00 I take all five kids to do important things.  It's hot and they stay in the car for the majority of the time. Simon is a monster.
• noon- we get home and shower.  I put the babies down for a much needed nap.
• 1:00 the sister missionaries come over to discuss a few items of business.  they are cutie pies.
• 2:00 Ben, Luke and I run quickly to walmart.  Ben bought a $100 lego set and all of the people were missing out of the kit.  He was begging to exchange it at this was the only time.  
• 2:45 we leave for Calico Basin to take family pictures.  Not the best timing, but this was a fundraiser.. we've already paid for them.  So glad we went even though it was cray-cray.
• 4:00 home from pictures I whip up two big pots of soup.. creamy potato and cheesy broccoli.  I take the bread bowls out of the freezer.  
• 5:00 I pack up Aaron's car with a bunch of food and head to the church for a dinner for the single sisters in our ward.  Simon and Zack come with me and Aaron promises to come later to help with the nursery.  
• 6:00 I made a humongous olive garden style salad at the church and the food is ready.  other sisters help set up the tables and decorate to perfection.  
• 6:30 the dinner begins.  I text Aaron and wonder where the heck he is.
• 7:00 we end up having other helpers in the nursery and Aaron is still a no show.  I do not know whats up, but I text him to at least pick up our boys.  Simon needs to go.  
• I have no idea when he actually shows up, but the dinner is fabulous.  We talked and talked and talked and ate soup and salad and cheesecake. 
• 11:00 pm  I arrive home to a house asleep.  I cleaned the kitchen and wound down.  
• 1:00 am.  Aaron calls me thinking I'm not alive.  I tell him I will come upstairs (but I was actually thinking about sleeping in the guest room.)
• 2:00 am we stay up talking about our crazy day.  Aaron apologizes over and over.  Not exactly sure what happened but we just weren't in sync.  I forgive him easily.  After hanging out with single mothers who have been through SO MUCH hardship, having a husband unaware of my needs is a minor thing.  I think we finally fall asleep around 3:00 am

sunday

• 6:00 am  kids wake me up with toast, eggs, homemade cards and presents.  I love them, but I'm tired.
• not really sure how the morning came and went, but I didn't get much done and didn't go back to sleep.
• 11:00 am visit a few sisters in the ward who are struggling.  Mothers Day can be really, really hard for some women who want so badly to have babies!
• didn't shower or really get ready for church.  not sure why.  I think I was just tired.  I did apply makeup on the drive.
• 2:00 pm  Aaron speaks in sacrament meeting. not his idea of a good time, he does a great job.  
• the primary kids sing a special song for mothers day.  Ro tried to follow the boys up to the front, but I grabbed her and she screamed.  Wish I could have seen/heard my boys sing.  Roma is a brat.
• during sunday school a bunch of women finish assembling the homemade jam and the bread.  the tags and tool look super cute.  my new secretary is all about the details and that's exactly what I need.
• church is long and tiring but I truly do love serving in the relief society.  I have grown so much.
• 5:30 we finally get home but I need to head out and make a few visits.  Aaron warms up soup leftovers and whips up a yummy salad.  We have chocolate milk to drink.
• 6:30 the kids are cranky during dinner, so am I, but the soup still tastes yummy.
• I decide to put my feet up and try to write in my journal while everyone else clean up.  Roma follows me upstairs.  She takes my pen away, hits me when I try to sing to her and eventually I push her off the bed.  She needs to go to sleep asap.
• Aaron comes upstairs to see how things are going.  Roma is having a full blown tantrum.  While Aaron and I are talking, Ben comes up and tells us that Simon opened a 2-liter of Sprite and poured it on the kitchen floor.  Aaron rolls his eyes and says, "I don't think anything could make me happy right now, not even winning the lottery."  which makes me laugh.  sometimes life just sucks.
• Survivor finale is on.  the kids and I have been watching all season (the only tv show we watch.) I decide to take a bath instead.  which was really relaxing but kind of depressing too.  
• WHY is it that on mother's day all we really want is a break from our kids?  
• Aaron and I decided that next Mother's Day we are going out of town and not having any responsibilities.  We should probably do that for Father's Day too, but do Dads really need a vacation from their responsibilities on the weekend?  nah.    

despite it all, the miscommunication and crazy schedules and naughty kids, I am grateful for my husband, our children and the life we've built together.  I got some killer mother's day cards (and a great apology card from Aaron) that I will keep forever.  Motherhood is rough sometimes, but definitely worth it.