Strange Mother's Day Gift

What a fantastic Mother's Day yesterday! I got up, went to church, and enjoyed a great day of worship with my church family. Then we went over to my MIL's house to give her a Mother's Day gift: We put up her cucumber trellis so that she can start her garden. No cards, no flowers, just sheer hard work... with SWEAT!

Now she knows how much we love her! She was THRILLED! My mother in law is certainly not the gift giver kind. When you look up "practical" in the dictionary, there's Norma's picture! We learned very early on, that "flowers die, candy makes you fat, and cards are just a waste of paper" (of course, you have to say that in a near whisper Southern accent for it to have the same impact).

It was a successful Mother's Day.

Afterwards, we came back home and my boys got to work on MY Mother's Day gift: a homemade pool heater.

 

My guys toiled and toiled away all afternoon; cutting, sweating, hammering and whatever else one does to make a homemade pool heater. By the early evening, we were ready to put a fire in the hole and try it out!

Now I know how much I am loved!!