Family By Divine Design:: Happy Mother's Day to me!

16 May 2012

Happy Mother's Day to me!

I had a very pleasant Mother's Day. I prepared my awesome breakfast, and my even awesomer dessert the previous afternoon. Church was lovely - both of my kids sang "Mother I Love You" with the ward primary (first time for both of them even though Dietrich is six - I cried a little bit). I signed up to have the missionaries over for dinner so we started getting dinner ready a couple of hours after we got home from church. We had grilled pork prepared like this, garlic mashed potatoes, roasted broccoli, and lettuce wraps (spinach leaves wrapped in a romaine lettuce leaf, dipped in ranch). It was a fabulous dinner! And dessert was so rich one of the elders couldn't finish his serving. :) Pretty sure I'm going to make that dessert a Mother's Day tradition.
My gifts were not all received on Mother's Day. I got the road bike a couple of weeks before, but it was close enough that I decided it was a Mother's Day gift - especially b/c even though we got a good deal it was pricey (to me). The Wii game I bought the week before b/c I wanted it and there was a great deal on it, but I saved it for Mother's Day to show my kids. Totally worth it. I ordered the crocheted slippers a month previous (but didn't get them until today) and said they could be from my kids. haha So, yeah I'm just in the habit of getting what I want (or a few things anyway) and finding an occasion for it to be gifted.
But I especially loved the bike b/c it represents perfectly how wonderful my spouse is and how he supports me as his wife and mother of our children. I was not determined at all to have a road bike or even a new bike of any kind for the triathlon that I'm doing, but David insisted on it. He also has been (and continues to be) completely supportive and helpful as I prepare for it and the marathon. And I'm so grateful. He could have easily told me that I shouldn't bother with these lofty goals and I would have yielded without much fuss or regret, but he didn't. He didn't even think it. Therefore, I officially dedicate these races to him because he's the person that made me feel like I was capable of doing these things in the first place. I also dedicate the marathon to my sister-in-law, Julie. She was the first person that I knew personally to complete a marathon (I was there at the finish line and watched her during the race), and although at the time I said to myself that I would never do one :), I super admired her for doing it. And if I hadn't witnessed her doing it I can't imagine that the idea to do it myself would ever have entered my head.

Me with my "new" used road bike.

Closer look - shoes included. :)

Crocheted slippers - I also got the pattern. W00t!

"Family Gift." After Dietrich's b-day, I decided I wanted it and we needed it. haha

4 comments:

The Wisconsin Wheatleys17 May, 2012 08:05
You are amazing on so many levels!
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Heather17 May, 2012 08:58
Awesome!! Looks like a great bike.
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Celeste17 May, 2012 09:18
Sounds like a great day to me! :) That dessert!!! Mmmm...I am trying to cut back on desserts and that is NOT helping. :)

We bought Just Dance 3 for a ridiculous reason--the "Robin Sparkles" song ("Let's Go to the Mall"--it's a fake song from a character on "How I Met Your Mother" and it cracks us up to hear it like it's the real deal!). So funny. But the game is super fun. :)
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Raree (RAH-ree)17 May, 2012 12:02
haha I had no idea it was even on there, but it made me laugh a lot that it was. :)
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David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."