Mother's day and more

It's been awhile since I've blogged and even though I'm tired, I need to write a little.
Today was Mother's day....a day to remember, be remembered and appreciated. We went to church but skipped Sunday School in order to have brunch at home. Sam (she's becoming a great little cook) and I made pancakes, hashbrowns, eggs and chopped up apples fried with butter and brown sugar. That's really good on pancakes. Then I took the kids over to "Nini and Petey's" (you know who you are!) for the afternoon. Thanks! They had fun playing games and baseball.
Kevin and I then headed to work for the afternoon. Chris and Sandra and kids came later and we BBQ'd and gave mom her gift. It was a gift certificate to get her nails done before they go away on holidays. She really liked it as she'd been thinking about it for awhile. Chris came over and helped Kevin move cement blocks and scrap wood from where our deck and patio were. It looks so wierd. I'm gonna miss our deck and pool terribly this summer but I must think to the end result of our project! We are adding a piece to the house! I'm very excited about having a bigger kitchen and dining room. Our area is so small now even for the five of us. We are also adding a garage that will have a mudroom in it where we can come in and leave coats and backpacks, and other things. The new part will have a basement under it. We're not sure what we'll use it for yet but figured we might as well have that extra space. Then we'll build a nice big deck out back somewhere, and eventually a pool and hot tub. That is the plan. We'll see how it all goes this summer and fall. Hopefully we'll be in it by Christmas, with it all done. I'll try and post pictures along the way.