I had a nice Mother's Day. We were able to go to the campground on Friday evening. We did have some bad luck though, we ended up getting about 40 minutes up the road and realized we didn't have the camper key...needless to say, we turned around and made it there before dark. We were able to enjoy some s'mores by the fire and unload some things we needed. On Saturday we finished up the landscaping - looks wonderful! If anyone knows about Jellystone Campgrounds they know that there are activities all day long! Well, we figured Gabi would be going from one activity to the next and swimming...nope, she was a fisherman all weekend long. Ben definitely is enjoying this! Trenton and Tyler took her across to the channel and taught her to bait her own hook (with waxworms - the red worms are a little difficult for her because of the size), cast (with an open faced reel!), and take the fish off the hook all by herself! What a trooper she was. She could not wait to show Ben and I what a big girl she is! There was one point when I had walked across to the camper, heard Gabi screaming, turned around and she caught about a 14 inch Bass all by herself!!!! She was so excited!!!
Ben and the kids got me a Cindy Bear shirt and a Yogi mug for coffee for the campground...how cool! We woke on Sunday morning to a pancake and sausage breakfast, courtesy of the campground, and made our way home to have our annual "Mother's Day Cookout" at my parents' house. The whole family comes - that is one thing about my mom's side, we certainly enjoy the get togethers! We enjoyed the corn hole, croquet, the kids enjoyed the pool and hot tub, good conversations and great food! It was wonderful. Later in the day we visited with Ben's dad and we also layed some flowers at mom R's grave, always a bittersweet moment...she is missed...
Beautiful weather, great times, and lots of love - a wonderful weekend...there is no greater thing than being a mother!
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