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Mother’s Day Weekend Shenanigans

May 13, 2013 | family, holidays

I hope everyone had a fabulous Mother’s Day weekend! We went to my parents house, and my buddy Karen and her husband came on Saturday and stayed the night so we could hang out. I hadn’t seen her since marathon weekend in January so it was great to catch up. Saturday morning, we went to eat brunch at a spot we always go to when they come into town, The original Broken Egg café. I t was pretty crowded, but we had a good time with great food.

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After brunch the guys started playing Xbox…and literally didn’t stop until dinner. Karen and I chatted then went to get everyone snow balls! Most people call them “sno cones” but not here in the New Orleans area. You go to a snow ball stand. Just how we were raised! Anyway, they were amazing (I had wedding cake cream, my usual) and we were kind enough to bring them back for the boys.

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My dad BBQ’ed for dinner and Karen made the most delicious dessert, ooey gooey toffee cake like at Liberty Tree Tavern in Disney World. It was amazing! Must. get. recipe. Let’s just say I was in sugar overload.

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We chatted late in the night and left the boys up…you guessed it, playing Halo! This morning we had breakfast and chatted some more before they had to go back home. It went by too quickly!

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We both have on #ClaimYourJourney shirts! Not planned, just great minds. Smile

For Mother’s Day, my mom claimed she wanted a hand written card. Ok then. I busted out the crayons and drew her some stick people and Bobby drew on it as well. She absolutely loved it as you can see from this picture.

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We ate lunch outside on the patio and enjoyed the last of the cooler weather, and then headed back home to a very messy might I add, house. I still haven’t finished unpacking from my trip. Oops.

I hope you got to spend some time with your loved ones this weekend like I did. Enjoy your Monday!

QOTD: What did you do for Mother’s Day?

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  1. Karen says

    May 13, 2013 at 4:22 am

    Aren’t homemade cards the best? When I had my kindergarten students make cards for their moms this weekend I made one for mine 🙂
    Perhaps you can share the ooey gooey recipe with us?! 🙂

    • Heather says

      May 13, 2013 at 3:28 pm

      Plan on it, it was so good!

  2. Jan @ Sprouts n Squats says

    May 13, 2013 at 4:48 am

    That Toffee cake sounded yum! My mum, sister and I did a charity walk for Mother’s day to help raise money for breast cancer research.

  3. Ali says

    May 13, 2013 at 6:43 am

    Whoa…snowcones come in flavors other than fruit kind? In my area we only had like raspberry, blueberry and one other flavor. I’ve never heard of wedding cake cream but it sounds really good!

    • Heather says

      May 13, 2013 at 3:27 pm

      omg DOZENS of flavors! You would die.

  4. Miz says

    May 13, 2013 at 6:14 am

    OMGOSH I LOVE YOUR MOMS FACE.
    and treasure the homemade too.

  5. Laura @ Mommy Run Fast says

    May 13, 2013 at 7:18 am

    Sounds like a great weekend!! We like to do homemade cards, too. Love that you caught your mom’s expression!

  6. lisa fine says

    May 13, 2013 at 8:51 am

    I love hearing about southern foods – so different from what we eat in New England and NYC! (Although snowcones sound kind of like these Italian ices you can get mixed with dairy. They’re called milk ices up here.)

    My fiance and I spent the morning with my family for brunch, and we spent the evening with my future mother-in-law, just watching TV and relaxing.

    • Heather says

      May 13, 2013 at 3:27 pm

      never heard of milk ice, so interesting!

  7. Kristen @ The Smith Summary says

    May 13, 2013 at 8:01 am

    I hope you share that toffee cake recipe!

    • BrittsRunningStyle says

      May 13, 2013 at 4:30 pm

      I agree!! Share please if you get it!

  8. Jen says

    May 13, 2013 at 9:24 am

    SO fun you got to see Karen! I cannot believe she made the ooey gooey toffee cake, yum!

    Aww your mom is the cutest! Glad you had a good day with her!

  9. Tara @ I'm Fit Possible says

    May 13, 2013 at 9:52 am

    Awww it looks like you had a great weekend! I wasn’t able to be with my mom this year (we live about 8 hours away from each other) but we spent about an hour on the phone! xo Tara

  10. Meranda says

    May 13, 2013 at 10:50 am

    Hi Heather,
    Glad you had a great weekend. Was thinking about you when I heard about what happened at the parade in New Orleans and was wondering if you were there. ( Glad you are safe)
    So are these “snowballs” like Rita’s italian Ice?

    • Heather says

      May 13, 2013 at 3:26 pm

      I don’t know what the italian ice is!

  11. Pavement Runner says

    May 13, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    That’s cute that it doesn’t change. Mom’s love things made by their kids.

  12. BrittsRunningStyle says

    May 13, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    I love toffee! I want that recipe too 🙂 We had a mother’s day brunch at our house and I ran a 5k. It was a great weekend!!

  13. Lisa Jones says

    May 13, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    Mmmm toffee! We went down to Va Beach oceanfront for a group run on the boardwalk (my Sunday Starbuck running crew). My 4 year old was with us and he did a one mile run. It was a lot of fun. No serious run, just goofing around (got my run in on Saturday). Then got bagels and coffee for breakfast before my hubby had to head to the ship to work. It was a great day!

  14. Karen :0) says

    May 13, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    I’ll bet your card is on your moms fridge right now! LOL Love it! I had such a fun weekend! Can’t wait for next time!
    PS, there’s a link to the Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake recipe under the recipes tab on my blog!

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