Roses and Raspberries

I had a lovely first Mother's Day.....Collin came home Sunday morning with roses and cards in hand....I am not a huge fan of paying $$$big money for cut flowers....so I was quite impressed with the beautiful flowers that he managed to get for $5.00 bucks....I shouldn't have asked how much he spent on the flowers but they are soooo much more enjoyable at $5.00 versus $25.00....I also got two wonderful cards from Collin and Dylan...we quickly got the car packed and headed out Sunday morning to Rapid City to spend the next day and a half with my mom in Rapid City....it is about a 4 1/2 hour drive and Dylan slept almost the whole way....which allowed some really nice visiting time for Collin and I ....I also got to read the whole Sunday paper...which is just unheard of at this time of our life.........it was very nice.....we got in about 2:00 in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day and Monday visiting and watching Dylan play.....on our way out of town we stopped at my favorite nursery center and picked up 7 really good looking raspberry bushes which were also apart of my mothers day gift.........now with raspberry bushes I am not nearly as cheap as I am about cut flowers....they will continue to bring us enjoyment and raspberries for years to come....and every year I will look at them and remember that we planted them for my first mothers day.............Collin worked really hard early this year to put in raised beds in for my vegetable garden and made a additional garden spot for the raspberry bushes and for the strawberry patch....I think this week we will find time to plant the garden and get the raspberry bushes and strawberries in the ground......and with that its time to go....