One of my greatest joys....

 There is no denying it, one of my greatest joys in this life is getting to be the mother to Levi & Riley Jo (and soon to be one more little boy!).

This year for Mother's Day, Craig was super sweet and checked us into a fun local hotel.

We all jumped on the bed as soon as we got in to room

(What- isn't that what everyone does?)

Then my crazy kiddos crawled under the covers and pretended they were asleep- 

so Papa jumped in and joined the fun:

 

We quickly went up to the pool to enjoy the lovely water on a HOT day.

Riley didn't last very long, so Craig took her to nap while me and my little water bug spent a few more minutes at the poolside.

When it's this beautiful, how can you leave?

 With the sun beating on the hot deck, it became quite toasty- so Levi took on the task of cooling it down and making a trail from our seat to the ladder.

He had a blast!

Love this little guy to pieces!!!!

 Just me and my little guys:

 Then after a lovely dinner at the buffet, we put on pj's and had a dance party to their favorite song...

"Shake it off"

hahaha

Loved waking up Sunday morning to these cute faces

 And the hotel  brought this fun surprise at breakfast :)

Then we snuck in one more trip to the pool in the morning- we couldn't resist:

After re-entering A/C room- they assumed the snuggle and stay warm position:

:)

 Too cute!

We then decided to take a road trip while the kids napped to a "jungle area" outside our city,

and this was just a glimpse of the beauty we got to take in:

So thankful for the opportunity to love on these littles,

and even more thankful for a wonderful husband who made this year's Mother's Day so memorable.