Happy Mother's Day! I had a lovely Mother's Day weekend. It started Friday night with presents. Presents! I arrived home from work about an hour early and found Kris and Annika sleeping. Since I was having friends over that night, I started cleaning up a bit (dishes, countertops, bathroom - you know, the standards). There was a bunch of groceries on the table and I guessed they were the non-perishables for Friday night's dinner. Since I wanted to finish cleaning first, I ignored them. When Kris came downstairs he immediately went to the table and asked if I had found my present. In amongst the grocery store bags was a lone Target bag apparently. My ears perked up at "present" though and I said "Presents, for me?" Kris asked if I wanted my presents early and of course I said yes. Kris gave me the 10th Season of Friends on DVD (rounding out my collection) and the new Red Hot Chili Peppers CD (my favorite band). I think I've listened to it minimum 3 times by now and I love it. LOVE IT. It's actually a 2 disc set and yes, I've listed to both discs at least 3 times. Saturday morning Kris also bought me tickets for the Chili Peppers concert! They've kicked off a tour for this new CD but they aren't coming to St. Paul until November 5th! It's the last date on the tour. Tickets went on sale Saturday morning and Kris was at the computer refreshing Ticketmaster until they went on sale at 9am. He got seats in section 105, row 2(!) at the Xcel Center. It's going to be great! He could have had floor tickets if he wanted but we're not that wild and crazy anymore. Or ever. So, I was sufficiently spoiled for Mother's Day.

Saturday night we had dinner at Dusty and Kim's house to celebrate Mother's Day with Grandma Lona (now called Nana) and Grandpa Dale (now called Papa). As soon as we got there, Annika took off chasing their dog, Babe, a bulldog. Annika and Babe had a great time running all over the house. They ran so much that Annika wore out the dog. She had so much fun, laughing and squealing in delight. However, at one point she was running on the hardwoods, tripped, fell on her knees which stuck to the floor and she topped forward on her mouth. There was blood coming from her upper lip and she cried for a minute or two as Daddy cleaned her up. As soon as the blood stopped flowing though she was back to running and chasing the dog. We checked Sunday morning and she didn't bite through her lip or anything, she has a couple cuts on the upper lip inside where it hit her teeth, but she'll be just fine. The only tragedy from the evening is that I forgot my camera at their house! There were some great picture opportunities yesterday with Annika and I didn't have a camera! Argh! Hopefully Kris can pick it up this week for me.

Yesterday morning Kris and I ran in the Minneapolis Race for the Cure. It's a tradition with us now. I've run it 5 years in a row and Kris has run it 4. It was a little cold and drizzly so Krystle met us there. It was held at the Mall of America so Krystle and Annika spent most of the time inside the mall while Kris and I were running outside. After the race (where my time sucked but at least I didn't have to stop and walk!), we dashed off to brunch with Gramme and Mathias. Brunch was divine. They had a huge spread of food, desserts and even a kids bar with yogurt, cereal, fruit snacks, juice boxes, etc. Oh, and they had 99 cent mimosas! Now that is a spectacular brunch! After gorging on food, food, more food and then lots of dessert, including a chocolate fountain, we went home and Annika and I napped together. We worked around the house in the afternoon a bit before going back out for dinner. After dinner Annika and I played for a while and after she went to bed, Kris and I watched a movie snuggled up together on the couch. See? A wonderful day. I could not have asked for more. I am so lucky.

And now it's back to work. But only for 4 days!