Mother's Day Gifts

This was the first year that I have ever bought my own gifts for any occasion.  But with our tight budget, I knew it needed to be free (or practically free) in order for the kids to be able to get me anything at all.  Besides, I already knew exactly what I wanted.  So, along with all the homemade with love gifts you see below (my VERY favorite), I also got.....

some CLEAN EATING COOKBOOKS!  Wondering how I got them for free... almost?  (The kids think Anthony ordered them... sneaky, aren't we?)  Well, wonder no more.  Some of you are probably already using Swagbucks but if not, you should be.  All you do is use it as a search engine and it gives you points for certain searches.  I don't know how it decides when to give points but it does.  And for every 450 points, you can order a $5 Amazon gift certificate (among other prizes) or you can wait til they add up to more.  So, I had $30 worth of Amazon e-certificates and only ended up paying $6.42 since the total was $36.42.  Tell me that's not cool!  You can type anything in the search engine.  If you know you need to go to Amazon, just type in amazon.com and see if you get any points.  Just use it instead of google (it combines google and ask.com anyway) or whatever search engine you usually use.  It's GREAT!!  See that link to the right in my sidebar?  Click there, sign up, and you and I will both be earning Swagbucks!!  (Do you love C's shirt that's on backwards?)

Or click here.

And once I devour the contents of these books, I'll let you know what I like about each of them.  They all contradict each other to some degree.  But I'll give my opinions so that if you are thinking of getting one, you can make a decision based on your needs. 

my thoughts at church on Mother's Day

• Hmmm, every woman seems to be wearing a yarn lei with a tag attached.  Did I miss something? 
• Lots of babies were born in our ward during March and April, most of them being boys.
• Cute as the baby boys are, a couple with a brand new baby girl sat right in front of us and my heart fluttered!  I want another baby girl.
• I realize that now is NOT the time to be thinking about having another baby.  But, oh just look at the cute little bows and headbands they have for baby girls these days!  When I was having girls, the 'in' thing was still the skinny band with the little tiny bow.  Maybe someday I'll get to use the big chunky band with a big ol' flower that's bigger than my baby's head. 
• By the time I have another girl, the 'in' thing might be the skinny ones again.  I better hurry!
• My girls are so cute up there on the stand singing to me.  Makes my eyes water every time!
• C is being awfully cute watching his sissies up there on the stand.  Speaking of, why in the world is he being so good?  Hmmm... something's up.
• That was nice of them (the family behind us) to share their goldfish crackers with C.
• WOW!  We made it through sacrament without having to take C out at all, except the one time when he needed to go potty.  It's a miracle!!!!  Next is nursery.  Not expecting this goodness to last through that!
• SHOCKER!  He went to nursery without throwing a fit! 
• Too bad I wasn't better prepared for my lesson today.  Went a little short. 
• Church is almost over and we've not had any problems arise with C.  It really is a happy Mother's Day. 
• Oh good, I finally get my lei (after church). 

Later today I'll post a pic or two of my Mother's Day gifts and such.  Have to wait til Anthony's home with his phone. 

OH!  Guess what!!  I will be getting my camera back TOMORROW.  Yippee!!  No more 'lens error'.  I love warranties.