Happy Mother's Day!

 It has been a beautiful Mother's Day!

Louis Dean didn't sleep well so he opted to take the day to rest while I got dressed and went on to church where I met up with Amber, Mike, and the family.

They had cool photo ops set up inside but we decided to skip the lines and do our own outside.

Seems I am loving my black and white outfits lately!

Kailey got the memo and wore hers, too!

The kids are growing up so fast it makes my head swim!

We all went out to lunch at On the Border and was surprised at no lines!

Several years ago I went to church with my oldest son, Jesse, and his family and we ate out afterwards as did just about everyone else!

I suppose the restaurants are not seeing as many patrons just yet.

After our meal, Mike took the kids off to see his mom and Amber and I went shopping!

TJ Max and HomeGoods! Two favorites!

I bought these four pieces including the sandals and will wear this as one of my traveling outfits either to or from Kansas City. That trip is coming right up in just 10 days!!

I had such a good time shopping.....I truly don't go to many stores except Aldi, thrift stores and Dollar Generals. Love this cute little black and white broom!

And I got so many little things I needed and one thing I just saw, wanted and so I bought it!

That would BEE the Bee coffee cup and I shall be drinking out of it in the morning!

Tea, candle, dust pan and broom, mascara, grooming tools, dry shampoo and more.

I have been using the L'Oreal rosy tinted moisturizer since Christmas when Amber gave me a jar.

I also bought another jar of the night cream and some makeup remover sheets.

I have ruined so many white washcloths!

Summer recently bought a nice stack of brand new ones for me and I am pitching all my old ones and will use them as rags. Do you have a 'rag bag?' I do!

Mike and the kids arrived and Kailey was racing through the house noticing the new fridge and the changes in Louis Dean's bathroom and exclaimed, "Everything is CHANGING around here!!"

I'm not sure about where I'm going on his bathroom but I do know I want to stucco the walls, seal them and paint them using a faux glaze - much as I did in the laundry room.

No clue what I am going to do with the cabinet. I have sanded it and will use stripper to get the rest off.

I have a can of chalk paint I bought awhile back and will dabble with that.

I figure it will come to me as I go.....or I sure do HOPE so!!

I've spent the better part of this evening making Texas Trash...about half the amount I normally make at Christmas. This batch is crispier than what I made in December because I'm using more 'goop'....aka butter and Worcestershire sauce.

All four of my children went in and bought the perfect Mother's Day gift for me and I am loving it!

But I don't have a single picture of it yet but I'll fix that by tomorrow night's journal entry!

Now it's back to the kitchen making trash until time to go to bed.....which will be when the last batch comes out of the oven and cools enough to put in the trash bag! Because I really do use a trash can for this!