Late Mother's Day

My Mom and I

 I didn't write a Mother's Day post this year.  I was home on Mother's Day with a sick child.  To be honest I can't think of a more appropriate way to spend Mother's Day.  John felt bad that I had to stay home because he needed to be there to teach primary, but if I were at Church I would be thinking about Alan at home anyway.

John was sweet and called me on his cell phone while Hyrum was singing with the Primary in Sacrament meeting so that I could hear him sing.  Feel free to tease John about making phone calls during Sacrament meeting. :)  I wasn't thinking about blogging that day but I have been meaning to do it ever since.  The following is part of a post I wrote for my food blog.  If you would like the recipe I am talking about go here.  Sorry I am late Mom.  I love you!

This summer my husband and I will celebrate our eleventh wedding anniversary.  We both wanted a simple small wedding that was low budget so instead of a reception we had a morning wedding followed by a luncheon for family and close friends.  My mother planned the food for the lunch.  To save her sanity she had a few of the items catered but most of it she did herself.  My mom is an amazing cook and I was the sixth child to get married so she was pretty much a pro at this point (Did I mention that I only gave my mom two months to prepare?  We went for the short engagement).

About a month before the wedding I came home after work to find my mom had two pasta salads in the fridge for me to taste.  I have no recollection of one, but the other I completely fell in love with.  This pasta salad will never get confused with one that originated from a box.  Fresh basil, olives, and roasted corn give this salad bold flavor.  She made this one for my wedding and I have been enjoying the recipe ever since.

My thoughtful Mother packed up some leftovers and put them into an ice chest and sent them with us as we left on a road trip for our honeymoon.  We had planned on eating out on our honeymoon (actually I am pretty sure we didn't "plan" anything for food), and we ate at some great restaurants that week.  But when driving through the middle of nowhere eating pasta salad and other wedding food was much preferred to the fast food joints that were our only other option.  Thanks Mom!