Sunday, May 12, 2013

Mom's the Word

Happy Mother's Day!

To all the moms in our life: you're wonderful and deserve one million high fives and an afternoon to yourself so you can go to the movies, eat an ice cream cone, and then sit alone in a quiet house with a bottle of wine. But since that will probably not happen, just know that WE LOVE YOU!

Here are some of my favorite moms:

Mother's Day, 2013

Maureen with her Power Posse in the '80s (and obviously, Trevor's in the 'coon skin cap)

My cousin Cathy with her flying niece
Grandma and Grandpa Madel

Auntie Desiree (mother of three girls [the youngest of whom just had her own baby girl! Congrats and love, Maddie!] and one boy) and her second youngest, Audrey

Grandma and my cousin Michael
My cousin Erica, Cathy and her daughter Jana, and my cousin-in-law Rebecca
 
Ella and her pretty mom Kate!

Simona with a baby "in"

Simona with a baby "out"
Grandma, Mom, Auntie Carol, and Auntie Mary

Marianne and Paula

Me with my gorgeous mom-friends Angelica and Robyn

Fran, Angi, and me

Kevin and Margaret Walsh (hint: Margaret is the "mom" in this picture)

Fran

Fran and Mom

Auntie Char

BRAND NEW MOM JULIE!
Congrats on a beautiful little Henna, Julie!

Another Julie (mother of Maxie Five Cents) with her mom Peggy

Angi as a brand-spanking new mom

Grandma, doing a super mom-type thing: baking

Not all of these gals are moms, but most of them are, and they're all hot

Marianne with a tiny Bo

Some almost-moms

Paula and some tiny cow person

Mom, not very happy that I'm making her put her grandson in a tiny chair for a funny picture

Our friends Martha and Meagan at our wedding. Meagan told us on this night that she was going to marry her new boyfriend, Michael

And she sure did! Meagan and Michael, dancing at their own wedding, and soon to be parents of Owen!
Me and Fran, at her bachelorette party

At the wedding

And at a baseball game (I have a lot of amazing pictures of Fran)

My friend Lisa and her tiny Violet

Lisa with our friend Shiela, both amazing moms

Me and Mary, supermom and superwife

Caren, our amazing friend (and realtor!) with her youngest, Lindy

Talia and Emily, two of the coolest moms in McHenry County

Of course there are tons of other moms in our life, so if you're not pictured here, know that you're pictured in my mind and I'm giving you one of those one million high fives you deserve. Thanks, moms, for all you do!

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