happy mother's day!!!!

we celebrated mother's day early at the fox house this year!! for one shawn and i are taking advantage of nana being here a whole weekend to get some us time, and secondly my guys went mother's day shopping on wednesday afternoon and can never wait to give me my gifts!! we went out for dinner to "the rock" (a wood-fired pizza place) and opened gifts on wednesday night. on friday, gabe's class had a mother's tea. while at the tea, the kids shared poems they had written for their moms and we received leaf imprints they had painted! they also made a slideshow of reasons they loved their moms and read a poem in unison that they had been practicing for 2 whole days!! (that is according to gabe!) gabe and i had a great time at the tea! gabe and grady will be busy being spoiled by nana this weekend and shawn and i are heading to friday harbor for hiking, relaxing, and whatever else strikes our fancy!! we have heard a lot of great things about friday harbor -- so we will post some pics when we get back!