Mother's Day

Yesterday I celebrated Mother's Day with Drew's mom and nana. Drew, Nana, Mom, Samantha, Abbie, Greyson, and Brad met up with me at the soccer pitch by Lake Catherine Footwear out Malvern Avenue. Samantha's team was playing against the Hot Springs team. We ended up cheering her on to victory, 1-0. Go red! I looked like an awesome soccer mom out there, with my big sunglasses, denim capri pants, Sperry's, and white top. Only Drew's mom cheered louder than I did. I was SO proud. Sam is an awesome soccer player. She can really kick the fire out of the ball, and knows what she's doing. I wasn't proud without a reason! But I thought for a little while there Drew and I were going to absolutely die from allergies. We did the smart thing and sat RIGHT NEXT TO the honeysuckle. Luckily Tracie and I usually carry a small pharmacy's worth of allergy meds in our purses.

After soccer I got the joy of taking the fam to one of my favorite spots in Hot Springs-- Rod's Pizza Cellar! They were running the buffet, so I got to eat all the godfather pizza I wanted while everyone else sampled such tasty things as the chocolate chip dessert pizza and pepperoni and jalapeno (that was Brad's choice).

Garvan Woodland Gardens was our last stop for the Mother's Day activities. It was really beautiful. Drew's mom ended up taking some really cute pictures of Drew and me (all of which I also put on my facebook).

Drew and I next to some running water at Garvan Gardens.

After saying goodbye to my (hopefully) future in-laws in the parking lot, I went back to my dad's house and took a cat nap before my Mimi and Papa Miller arrived for a steak Mother's Day dinner. I was in a terrible mood... it probably had something to do with my allergies, overexposure to my family, and being in the sun all day. Regardless, the food was delightful and my awesome gift to Caroline made her *almost* cry. It was a super sweet metal sculpture of a rooster. And my mimi almost did too. She's not taking compliments too well these days, so our sweet scribbles on her card were too much for her to handle.

I ended up going to bed fairly early, since Drew sent me a txt that night saying that he was driving down from Little Rock to go to church with me and my mommy on Mother's Day (today!). I woke up, had Missy trim my hair, got dressed, and hopped in my car to drive Drew and myself downtown to First Presbyterian in downtown Hot Springs. The service was really great. The pastor talked about seeing things through a mom's eyes and the wisdom and virtue that mothers have to bestow upon their children. The best part was right before the children's sermon when they ask all the children to come to the front of the sanctuary. For whatever reason, the lady chose the phrase, "release the children!" So, naturally, in unison Drew, Mom, and I all say, "RELEASE THE KRAKEN!" I'm super happy we're all the same kind of inappropriate.

After church we went to Don Juan's... which wasn't super great because Drew and I had JUST been there on Cinco de Mayo just days earlier. Mom and I split some fajitas and I seriously had a blast. When I'm around my family I always have the best time cracking jokes and being ridiculous. With Drew there with me, it was even better. At one point Missy looked at Drew and said, "What's wrong with you?!" to which he replied, without missing a beat, "which thing?" Love him.

After lunch, Drew and I raced to my dad's house to look up showtimes for Thor at the local theater. Apparently neither of us is very good at looking that type of thing up on our respective smartphones. We were already 15 minutes late for the showing when we left the house... but when we got there we had conveniently JUST MISSED all the previews... which was super great because we sat down and got right to the feature. What wasn't super great was the fact that we were on the second row. Gross. But, on the bright side, it made it that much more epical! I'd give a full-on movie review here, but I'm just going to say it was awesome, exceeded my expectations, and revives my desire to get an Yggdrasil tattoo... someday.

Yggdrasil. Mine would, of course, be my own version!

After the movie, we were super stoked and called my mom. She met us at a gas station and got her Mother's Day gift of a terracotta turtle with a slate grey finish. It's a planter. I hope she plants ivy in it.

We came back to my dad's house and watched Despicable Me. Love that movie. Ended up crying... again. It's just so touching. When the movie was over, we helped my dad out in the yard a little with tiki torches. Then Drew left.

After Drew left I didn't do much, really. Hung out with Missy a little, ate a PBJ, that sort of thing. Dad and I talked a little about me moving to Little Rock ASAP versus later in the summer... which I love. He said to me, "I mean, you're going to be driving back and forth anyway..." Oh yeah, also, he told Missy he likes Drew. THAT was the part that made my day. A Dad-approved boyfriend I'm head-over-heels in love with and can joke around with my family. Winning!