Celebrating Mother's day is always a mixed feelings for me because I am so far away from my Mom. Being a Mom myself, I appreciate everything that my Mom did for us growing up and it kills me that I can't even give her a hug during special days like this or on a regular basis for that matter. I just console myself by looking at my children and how blessed I am to have them in my life.
My kids are growing up very fast and sometimes it makes me sad to think that they will have their own lives soon and will be leaving our nest. I am however happy that they are growing up to be good individuals. As parents, we can only hope that they would grow up to be good people. The only thing that we can do is to guide the,m every step of the way.
Anyway, on continuing with my goal to take at least one family picture every month. Here is for the month of May. We had to take three because the dogs keep moving lol.
Our big dog, Bolt, gets it though. Every time I set up the camera, he would sit beside us and get ready. Our Jack Russell Terrier is a different story, he doesn't get it at all lol.
Our children have been serving masses almost every Sundays and we are glad to see how they enjoy doing so.
We went to the cemetery and visited my in-laws after we ate dinner at Theo Yianni's. Then for the last part of the celebration, we played tennis at Starvaggi's Tennis court.
"Make May your Bae" is the theme this month from Beauty Box 5. Aside from the regular 5 products, they added a surprised bonus this month to pamper Moms. The products includes lip conditioner, exfoliating body scrubber, eye and lip pencil, bare necessities highlighting pencil, 24 hour liquid lipstick and an added bonus of Arnic Salve for cracked skin.
My favorite of them all is the mulberry liquid lipstick. I love this because it really stayed on your lips even after you eat. The Arnica Salve is another favorite of mine because I have cracked heels and I am not confident in wearing shoes that shows my heels because of it. Hopefully this would help my feet.
Beauty Boxes are so much fun! They are always chalk full of surprises and it's so nice to receive a little "gift" in the mail each month to spoil yourself with. It sounds like you had an awesome Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteI love that you pampered yourself! Another state we should be pampered. You know it I think mother should be pampered even when it's not Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteOooh. There's some nice stuff in there! Those products look great, and so do you! I have to try this!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a fabulous Mother's Day! I have been hearing a lot about the Beauty Box 5 and would love to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI need to take a family photo every month! We do not have nearly enough family photos in our album.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a wonderful Mother's Day with your loved ones! Kids really do grow up fast.
ReplyDeleteYou have a LOVELY family! I also used to get Beauty Box 5. I really miss getting it. Always got some great products to test and found a few favorites from them too!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a wonderful Mother's Day. We spent ours at brunch and then relaxing together at home. I even took a nap--and it was pure heaven!
ReplyDeleteI celebrated Mother's Day with the whole family and my parents. I love subscription boxes.
ReplyDeleteWow! That looks great! I love it. All photos are looking great as well.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you!! I hope you had a great day and your family is beautiful as always!!
ReplyDeleteThis Beauty Box 5 sounds amazing and I would love to try these products. My favorite things are lip glosses and eyeliners. This 24 hour liquid lipstick sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing this awesome box and your awesome photos.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that you are so far away from your mother. I am lucky enough to still have my mom close by. Mother's Day is a great day to think about the good things in life that you have accomplished with your children.
ReplyDeleteI do love that lip color on you!
I love seeing all of these boxes. This looks like a great one too. You received a lot of nice products.
ReplyDeleteI miss my mom too. She passed away almost 7 years ago. :(
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had an awesome mother's day. I am so sorry your mom is far away. Hopefully, you got to skype with her.
You have a beautiful family!
ReplyDeleteWe celebrated with a delicious brunch out with the kids. Brunch is my fave meal and my fave restaurant has the best brunch!
Bolt is such a great name for a dog! My kids love the Disney animated movie with Bolt the Super Dog.
ReplyDeleteThe boxes are such time savers. And great idea on the family photos.
ReplyDeleteWe went out to dinner to one of our fave restaurants here in the city. The food were superb and my husband and son were amazing for making Mother's Day extra-special for me, as always. Happy Belated Mother's Day to you!
ReplyDeleteyou really had an awesome mothers day! Happy Mothers day sis!!!
ReplyDeleteSis, your babies are growing up so fast. Miss Burrito is almost look like a little lady already. Loved your living room. Beautiful family photos and that includes the fury babies as well.
ReplyDeleteI've never gotten a beauty box, but it does look very cool! I love the family photo and that your biggest dog totally gets it lol
ReplyDeleteBelated happy MOther's day Ate, sorry pirmi ako busy sa work. Dalaga na si Rylie and so pretty, mana sakin hahaha.
ReplyDeleteI like the natural color sis, makes your natural beauty glow, your son is so handsome, bagay mag pare.
ReplyDeletenice idea on the family picture thing every month. I agree that we moms need to have time for ourselves too. We should take care of ourselves so that we could take care of our family more.
ReplyDeleteYour kids are growing up fast and I'm glad to know they are doing well in life. It's nice to take snaps of your family regularly. It brings back memories when you all need to sit down and look back on how it was growing up.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of a beauty box but it sounds like it's a lot like the other subscription boxes out there. Cool.
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy Mother's Day, mommy Rose! Parang gusto ko rin yang idea mo na take one family photo every month.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet Mother's Day celebration you had! You're so blessed to be the mom of two adorable, smart and responsible kids.
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