Happy Mother's Day

Another one done and over....another year to try and be a better mom. We had a quiet day at home...why is it on a day to celebrate being a mom I can't seem to find enough patience with my kids? Do I need more guilt, really? The boys were just being their everyday regular selves, with a little extra annoyance mixed in...I think it should be arequirement that all kids on Mothers Day MUST be nice to all their siblings.....boy, that would really be a challenge around here :-)

The funniest part of the day happened today at church. Our priest was giving the homily and he was talking about how we are both receivers and transmitters of Christ's love. Here's a brief synopsis of what he said and what happened next:

Fr. Jay: 'So, let's pretend I was a phone salesman and I sold you a phone...you get home, look at it and see that all I sold you was the receiver, what would you do? You'd march back and demand your money back, since obviously you can't transmit any message with just the receiver. Don't you want to be able to transmit Happy Mother's day when you call your mom today? You are going to call your mom today, right?'

Now, we all knew this was a rhetorical question, but leave it to sweet, silly Eric to think he is REALLY asking, and in the 2 seconds of silence before Fr Jay spoke again, Eric piped up and answered his question with a resounding 'RIGHT'!! All 300+ people in the church cracked up and Father Jay liked it too!! Hey, at least he was listening!

Bill called so the kids all got to talk with him and then he called back again on the computer so we all got to see his happy face!! My uncle helped get us set up on Skype, so we can call each other on the computer and see each other-it is so great and a little weird actually! How can he be 7,000ish miles away yet look like he's in his office? I have to say that it made me miss him more not less :-(

Back to the weekly grind! Have a good one.....