Mother's Day

Our Mother's Day has been going very well. Not only is today a special day for Mom, but it is also Jack's birthday. Our mom has given us so many gifts, but her wisdom and love are two of her greatest gifts to us. She is just about the most humble and hard-working woman I've ever met. All of her children agree: we are blessed to be able to call her mom!

Today, we woke early and began to make an "unusual" Mother's Day breakfast.

Scones! Our mom likes scone a lot, however the breakfast we traditionally give her has always been croissants with fresh fruit. This year we decided to branch out.

We made three different kinds of scones. The above and very blurry picture taken by yours truly are the blueberry scones and delicious lemon curd.

We also made some cranberry almond scone. (Those were my favorite.)

And the sweetest of them all (Jack called them "cookies!") chocolate-pecan with a wonderful maple glaze.

Immediately after eating, we gave mom her gifts. (And Jack received his.)

She got these wind chimes.

Dad picked them out, and they sound and look just splendid! Mom really liked them.

We also gave Mom the movie Return to Cranford. We watched her movie this afternoon.

For lunch we made pesto from our basil plant and then made pesto turkey sandwiches on croissants of course. Mom also really likes blackberries, so we made her a blackberry-mascarpone tart.

We are now getting ready to leave for church this evening. A perfect way to end the day!

I hope you all are having a wonderful Mother's day.

~Momo