50!

My mom turned 50 on January 30th. My aunties (her sisters) threw her a surprise party. A week before the party, my aunty had asked me and my siblings to write her a letter. Here is my letter:

To my mommy and best friend,

                First off, you are fifty! Fifty, Mom! I can’t believe it. Hehe It’s ok though because you definitely don’t look it! I was asked to write you a letter and I’m unable to think of what I want to say. There is a lot to say but since I talk to you regularly, I feel like I’ve said it all. I’ll just start off by saying that I appreciate all that you do for me and for the boys. I just want to make sure you know that everything you have done is appreciated and none of it goes unnoticed.

                You are my best friend, not just my mom. We’ve always had each other’s back (so to speak). I’ve cried on your shoulder and you’ve cried on mine. We argue, fight, have gotten mad each other (these are rare but they have happened), but we’ve also had so much more good times together. You raised me to be the best I can be. By your greatest achievements, personality traits, and efforts, you have taught me that I can be a great person and a great mother to my children. You’ve taught me to not care what others think and to treat others how I want to be treated (cliché I know.. but it’s true). By your mistakes and bad choices, you’ve taught me many things as well. No one is perfect and EVERYONE makes mistakes, so I don’t care about the things people have to say about you nor do I care what they may think (besides, no one but ME has been there to know anything anyway). You and I both know that you are a great person with great intentions who loves everyone and is always set out to please everyone (which you should stop and learn to say no :P ).

                I honestly have no idea what I would do without you. I still can’t believe I even moved here to Utah. I bet no one would have thought that, huh? I miss you like crazy every day. I miss our daily ventures to “run errands” where we would land up buying things we didn’t need. I miss the days when you would bring me food I was craving or food just because (you know I love food). I miss having my mom with me. I miss your 10 minute meals. I miss your hoarding.. HAHA. You’re so far away and it sucks. But you know what? I’ll see you again (hopefully SOON) and we’ll make the best of it. I’m also going to work on getting you to move up here.  ;)

                Are you crying yet? If not, stop holding it in and trying to be tough! Hehe. I’m crying while typing this, so it’s ok Mom. I guess I’ll end it here. I hope you have an amazing dinner and I’m grateful for Aunty them for making this dinner for you. You do deserve it! I truly wish we could all be there, but it’s ok. You’ll have a good time anyway! I wish you a Happy Birthday and MANY more years to come (I need you!)  I love you so much, Mom. Forever and Always.

Love your daughter,

Caprice <3

My aunties took those letters, printed it in a nice font, and framed them. They set it on a table along with her cake and a picture of her and her siblings. 

Here is my mom (who does not look 50!) with Rayne and her husband Harold. 

Here is my little big sister (she's younger but a lot taller than me) and my older brother with my mom. 

It's just missing my older sister and I. 

My mom said she had a great time. She was really surprised. She loved the letters. Everyone was crying when they were read. I wish we were able to be there, but I'm just glad she had a good time with the rest of our family. :)

Company For Dinner

Today was kind of a busy day.

I woke up and started on my Psych paper that was due tonight. Then, I went to Walmart to get a bunch of groceries. We invited Reisa and Devon for dinner, so when I got home we had to clean up the house. I cleaned the bathroom and living room while the hubby cooked and cleaned the kitchen. Tayven helped me take out the trash and then he and Trenton played outside.

We had chicken enchiladas and shoyu chicken with rice. Then for dessert we had a turtle pie with neapolitan ice cream. Tayven had fun playing with Devon, Reisa was excited to see how big Titan is getting and that he had 2 teeth (lol she found out the hard way), and Trenton was just pooped out from playing and grocery shopping that he starting dozing off while eating!

Also today was day 3 of toilet training for Trenton and he did really well with NO accidents!! He even took a nap for a few hours and stayed dry. We bought him a Thomas seat thing that you just put on the regular toilet (i don't use those little pottys) only because he LOVES Thomas the train! We also bought a stepping stool to teach him to stand and pee later on. I'm very proud of him. Hopefully he'll be potty trained by the time he's 2 1/2 like Tayven was :)

Dinner Tonight.

Tonight I made bell peppers stuffed with seasoned ground beef, rice, red onions, and black beans. We also had honey roasted red potatoes, red onions, and asparagus. Yum!! I love veggies :) 

The boys had spam & green beans.