Happy Mother's Day to ALL Moms...

I once heard the quote, 'the closest thing to heaven is a child' and how incredibly true is that!!!

Daddy and the kids let me sleep in a little bit today, I no more than opened the bedroom door, walked out and I see Dylan running down the hallway... he jumped into my arms with a card yelling, 'Happy Mothers Day Mommy'! Those words melted my heart!

Until I had children I never knew how purely 'natural' motherhood seems and actually is. I have never felt more love than the love I feel for my children. When they hurt...I hurt more, when they cry...I cry harder, when they smile...I feel my eyes twinkle, when they giggle....my heart melts. Our children are the biggest blessings in our life, the biggest testament of our love. I always wanted my Mom to have the very best for Mother's Day. The Mom's in our lives deserve to be saluted. But to me, I don't need anything special for Mother's Day, just a hug and a kiss from my loving husband and kids is all that I need.

Daddy planned the day for us today! He decided to take a rain check on our traditional brunch and instead we headed out for a little road trip! We packed a small cooler and snacks for the kids, a blanket and ball for Daddy and Dylan to play...and we were off! We headed up North, to McGregor, with our final destination being Pikes Peak State Park!

It was a beautiful morning/afternoon for a drive. The sun was shining, everyone had a good night's sleep in anticipation of a family day filled with lots of fun! We stopped in McGregor to have some lunch and we chose a pub/brewery called Old Man River. Here we had a fabulous lunch in this newer brewery/pub. They had a wonderful brunch menu special for Mothers Day. This is a place that we marked on the map and will definitely venture back to this summer. The atmosphere was great and the food was too!

After we got our belly's full we headed up to Pikes Peak! We couldn't have asked for better temperatures for a day at the park. We took a walk down a few trails, looked out the observation decks and stopped at the playground. Dylan thought it was so neat to look down at the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers, and Daddy even got him pointing and saying, 'the mighty Mississippi'! We spent just over 2 hours playing and relaxing and enjoying the nature around us. Great job Daddy planning a fun little road trip for us!

That wasn't all Daddy had in store. We headed back into town and just before we hit home Daddy turned the car around and we headed to Biaggi's for a wonderful dinner! We dined and ate the best Italian food, had a glass of wine, listened to Dylan's re-cap of our day today...a perfect wind down to a fabulous Mothers Day.

There are SO many Mom's out there who are incredible women, women in our lives who I really love to learn a thing or two from. I don't like to think there is any special tricks to the trade of Motherhood. I like to think that it does come natural, to give to your children all they need to have... a wonderful life filled with lots of love and laughter. I just want to be the most supportive, nurturing, protective and loving Mom that our children could ever ask for. They are our world, our everything. They have taught me so much about life and how truly valuable it is. I am very honored to be the Mother of our fabulous children. I love you more than words can say, Dalton, Dylan and Danielle, I am so happy to be your Mommy!~