A Mother's Day

A day to remember how lucky I am to have these two.  Wasn't but 9 years ago I wondered if I'd ever be a mom...How blessed I am to now have not one, but two boys that call me Mom.  Here we are at part of the Abiqua Falls trail on a little hike we took after church.


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