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This past weekend Matthew and I had our first mother's day when we both had two mothers to celebrate! In order to honor both of our mother's we had to split the day between the two. Matthew's mom, my mother-in-law, came to our new church with us on Sunday morning. It was a great service and I think that she enjoyed it very much. After church we took her out along with Morgan to Panera Bread for a mother's day lunch. It was a great time of food and conversation and we even got a surprise visit from Dean and Kylie. Unfortunately I had to leave the gathering prematurely in order to make the mac-and-cheese that I had promised for our mid-day extravaganza with my mother. I went back to the apartment at 2:00 to uphold my promise and await my mother's arrival. When my mom finally arrived we had to wait for Matthew to get back from spending time with his mother. It didn't take long because he knew that we had things to do and places to be.

We all piled into my mother's car and we were off to my brother's house to have a mother's day dinner and spend time together. It was also a big thing to mention that my brother recently became a father so we had to see the baby as well. We all hung out and ate some food, cause food is always at the center of most any gathering. It was a great time celebrating mother's day at my brother's and hanging out with little Wesley Allen.

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