Meet La Madre

My mom came to visit last week!

In this post I introduced my sisters. Now it's time to meet my mom!
This picture is actually kind of old- taken during my sophomore year of college- but it's one of my favorites.
 This is Lorraine. She's awesome.
People always say we look alike. I'd have to agree.
She actually never wears her hair like this- usually it's super curly but like I said, I just really like this picture. She is a pretty tough cookie. She is also very honest and straightforward and usually has some good advice up her sleeve. I like to think that she did a great job raising her children despite the fact that we always outnumbered her and wrapped my dad around our finger. She has instilled in me so many important values- everything from the disdain of jarred pasta sauce to the love of reading.
I owe Lorraine a lot.

While my mom was visiting last week, we took a road trip.

Here are the highlights:

 we decided to take a road trip - the gps took us on the most back-woods route known to man - we went to visit my cousin melissa, who just happened to be in the area! - did I mention, she's pregnant with her first baby! - then mom and melissa looked pretty - the end

I've decided that having your mother come visit you in your own home for the first time is a little bit weird.

I mean, I had an apartment in college, but it was different back then. My mom would stop by, but she never visited. She never stayed the night. I guess it's just different because even though I was living at college, my real home was still with her and my dad. 

But this is my home now.

So yeah, it was definitely kind of weird. 

But also really fun.