Mother's Day

Yesterday was a very nice day. My husband and beautiful daughters took me to a nice brunch at Matty's (our local bar, believe it or not, but it's classy there:) They have a beautiful room in the back that is full of windows, and the natural lighting was incredible! They only take a limited number of reservations, so it was a nice intimate setting--it wasn't loud, and it wasn't crowded--it was perfect! And they came over and gave each mom a pretty potted African Violet!

From there we drove to Boerner Botanical Gardens (part of the same park system that has our Wehr Nature Center)--it's only about a mile from our house. We've been there to see some of the summer concerts there, have taken nice long walks on the roads and on the trails, have gone cross country skiing, and have gone to the many playgrounds (it's a very large park), but sadly we've never actually gone into the gardens in the whole nine years we've lived here! (We even looked for a house built along the park for easy access when we were house-hunting, but decided we didn't want to pay Milwaukee County taxes:) What a hidden treasure! The girls had a wonderful time running around, looking at the beautiful waterfall, climbing rocks, walking across the wooden bridge; and mama had a wonderful time with her camera:)