Mother's Day

I think Mother's Day is really all about being with your kids, if you can be, and just enjoying the day together. I'm a mom that is most happy when my kids and my husband are happy. We had a happy day together on Mother's Day and that was my joy!! I missed Aerin, but I know she was a blessing to her momma yesterday too! So we spent the whole day at the lease. First we fished a little.I caught the first one... and then I didn't catch one other thing all day! BUT I CAUGHT THE FIRST ONE!!!Yep... Tyler did go with us... and as an almost 13 year old informed his family, "You know... I don't really like to fish." That's ok Tyler. He enjoyed the outdoors on his ipod and playing his game boy. He did drop his line in the water and hoped maybe a catfish would swim by and take it. No takers.We had a picnic lunch and took a mid-day nap (which was kinda my favorite part of the day!) Then we decided to try and get a turkey for Tyler to shoot. Because he DOES like to hunt. We all four got up into the tree stand and waited. God overly blessed us with two bucks and four does that came up under the tree and grazed. That was so amazing to watch with the boys. But we didn't have any turkeys come in. So Johnny and Johnny Jr. (Hayden) decided to call in some pigs... you know those piggy grunting sounds you sometimes hear people make... and by golly, it worked!!This is the happy Tyler and his triumphant pose... too funny. And you say, Shalyn, were's your picture with the stinky smelly gross hog? Um, I declined to have my picture taken. And I don't feel bad about my decision at all.And so now we have hog to eat!! I'll start googling some recipes today; this is a new one for me. Thank you to my boys for a really amazing Mother's Day I will never forget!