Patiently waiting

yes, we are patiently waiting for Luke, Steph and Leah. They ended up driving from Sacramento. I'm just so excited they are almost to Iowa! I'm sure it's been a long trip, but once they get here, it will all be OK.

I haven't blogged in a few days so I guess I will start with Mother's day. It was a beautiful day. We had Tom's mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, boner, sandy and danny and barb. We had brunch up at our house. We made eggstrada, Linda made a french toast casserole and Boner made an egg bake, with lots of meat and eggs. Everything turned out great. Here are a few pics. I got all the "moms" a washcloth and a little candle. I think they all really enjoyed it. I was happy to be able to host all of our wonderful mothers.

Here's the bouquet of flowers I bought, aren't they pretty?
Before everyone got here - see the washcloths and candles?

And one after eating.


Bone man, I have no idea what you are doing here.. don't post this on facebook!

My sweetie!


A Barrett family picture - where's John?


There he is!


After we got all cleaned up, we sat outside for a while, it ended up turning out to be a beautiful day, but when the sun went under a cloud, it got chilly. Later on in the day, Tom and I went to my aunt Andy and uncle Bill's house for BBQ chicken. Oh man it was so good. We got home pretty early and called it a night.

I got my hair cut and colored tonight so I'm all ready for the big wedding. I'm so excited for Chris and Kristi, we are ALL going to have a great time!