The Best Mother's Day Ever

Today was a beautiful day filled with family time. Dustin in his time out with his clients bought me gorgeous pastel colored pearls and numerous purses for my mother's day gift. As he did not get back until midnight the night before, the boys and I walked down to Starbucks for a mother's day breakfast. Today was a steamer--getting up to 92, but there was a nice breeze which made the walk pleasant. When we got home, we all got in our swimsuits and left for the beach pool. We had a great time playing in the sand and water. After playing here, we got ready at the clubhouse and had a quick lunch. The boys took a short nap and then we headed out to church. On our way, we saw quite a site. There was a truck in the lane next to us, that was filled with ducks. Yet, not how you would necessarily see them at home. Let's just say if PETA was allowed into the country, they would have just keeled over. There were three levels to the truck bed. Sort of like the flats you would see flowers sold in. The ducks looked like they were just sitting there out of their own good will. (This is were I pictured PETA getting excited as I doubt a duck would voluntarily ride in an open truck down the highways of Shanghai). I have never seen anything like this before, and we tried to get a picture, but it went through the toll booth before us and we never caught back up. We are always amazed at the different ways that the Chinese haul and carry things from one destination to another.

We enjoyed the church service and after service, Dustin went to get Danny and I went and picked up Josh from the nursery. They had given flowers to the children to give to their parents, and Danny was so sweet with his. When he saw me, his whole face lit up and he came running at me holding his flower. He was so excited to give it to me. It was one of those moments I will keep the rest of my life--so touching and loving. They had also made signs, and Danny just kept wishing me over and over again a happy mother's day. What a joy. We grabbed our traditional McDonalds for dinner as it was getting late and we still had to travel home. Overall, it was a great day.