Mother's Day 2012

This year we had Dom and Kelly visiting over Mother’s Day weekend. We had a really nice time! Together with Dom and Kelly, we made Lavender Lemon Bars from Joy the Baker, using culinary lavender that my mom bought for me. 



We also had a lot of fun decorating the house before my mom’s arrival for brunch with flowers from my front and back yards. I had 3 big beautiful rose blooms that I brought in, and my clematis was also in peak bloom and I brought a few flowers inside as a little centerpiece.







After a nice brunch, we headed out on my back deck for some official Mother’s Day portraits with my mom and her progeny, which Kelly did a great job taking for us. 



I am going to include the other two solo shots because they showcase my 2012 clematis, and also because everyone looks great and I love all the spring colors.







We had a very nice Mother’s Day brunch with my mom, Dom, and Kelly. Later in the day, Ilya and I had dinner with Ilya’s family and welcomed home our nephew, as pictured in the previous post.

Welcome Baby Nathan!

As I mentioned in my last post, our nephew Nathan was born on May 9 while we were on our trip. We got to meet him the next day, and he was a super precious little perfect and squirmy baby. Here are a few pictures of him on Mother’s Day, the day he came home from the hospital.

Here’s one of us that really shows how tiny he was by comparison.

He has already grown and changed so much. Pretty soon he will be doubled in size! We can’t wait to see him keep growing, learning, and changing into his own little person.