Here is a picture of what my family did for me on Mother's Day.
It's hard to see but the walls, and I mean all the walls in the house, were covered with paper hearts of all sizes. There were some that were cut into a heart shape but most of them were origami hearts that they worked really hard in making. There were so many hearts that is must have taken them days to make them all and hang them up everywhere. It was so sweet and a wonderful surprise. I still have most of them on the walls. I don't want to take them down. I know I will have to eventually but not right now.
I think the reason they were able to pull off such a large "heart attack" of the house for me was that I was gone on Mother's Day weekend. I left Friday afternoon and didn't get back until Sunday just before midnight. I went to Denver for the weekend to be with my Grandmother as she went through the Temple for the first time. I was so grateful that I was able to be there for her at her baptism last year and now for her special day this year. After my Grandmother had gone through the Temple for herself the family and friends that were able to attend went to a sealing room with her and we had a lot of family sealed together for time and all eternity. My Grandmother was sealed to my Grandfather, then two of her children (my mother and my aunt) were sealed to their parents, and then my Grandmother was sealed to her parents. I was asked to be proxy for her mother (my great-grandmother). It was so exciting. Then after her family was done. My dad had sealings to be done for his family. His parents were sealed together and then he was sealed to them. I was also asked to be proxy for his mother. I felt so blessed that day. There was also another sealing of family members that were related to my Grandmother. You can imagine the spirit that filled our hearts that day.
My Grandmother in front of the Denver Temple with her two daughters, Sharlene in the green, and my mother in the red. (You can't see it very well because the picture is so small, but that is my family in the background making faces at the camera.)
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Megan has become a ham for the camera. Any time I have the camera or the cell phone out (she knows there's a camera on the phone) she poses herself and says "cheese". Then she runs to the camera so that I can show her the picture of herself on that tiny little screen. She laughs as she slaps her knee and points at the picture. It is so funny. While we were at the house she saw the camera in my hand taking pictures of the cabinets so she grabbed my hand and pulled me into the front room. She stood next to the wall, fussed with her hair, and said "cheese". I was laughing so hard I almost didn't get the picture.
She is such a character. Another thing she did the other day that had me rolling was at breakfast. She was in her chair and I gave her cereal with her spoon so that she could practice using the spoon. She got a bite in her mouth without spilling anything and I praised her and told her what a great job she did. She put the spoon down, leaned forward, and patted herself on the back. I just about died of laughter. Where did she learn to pat herself on the back? I always praise her with words, I have never patted her on the back before. It's just like the time she started howling like a dog at the fire truck's siren as it drove by. Such random acts that make me wonder.
The sprinkler system was installed. 
The house was painted. It's all down hill from there. Here is the picture of the doors set up in the basement for their paint that I thought looked really cool. It was like the scene in Monster's Inc. where they had a bunch of doors in a line and each one opened to a different place. It was fun imagining what exotic lands were on the other side of each door.
The final grade and leveling of the yard for the sprinkler system has been done. 
The gravel next to the driveway was delivered and spread. 
The back porch has been poured. We were only allowed a 12x12 patch of concrete so the porch does not go all the way around the window well but what can you do. They should pour the stairs fairly soon. 
The sprinkler system has been delivered.
The paint package and finish hardware have been delivered.
The cabinets have been delivered. After paint and linoleum they will be installed. We moved them into the basement to protect them from the paint. (Side note: a pet peeve of mine is water bottles. See the water bottles on the cabinets? Those are constantly being left behind in all the houses and I haven't figured out who's doing it yet. When I do find the culprit, I will have some words with them. They may not clean up after themselves at home, but it is so rude to leave their trash all over other people's homes.)
We are getting the house ready for paint this week. Paint prep is a boring, tedious, painstakingly detailed job because so many little things must be done in order to insure only the things that are supposed to be painted get painted and all the construction work is covered up by the paint so that everything looks smooth and flawless. Even though it is not a fun job everyone in the group is so happy to finally be doing finish work that we are nearly done with paint prep on all the houses except the last one that just finished framing and doesn't have drywall yet. This picture is of the doors being prepped. We had to take them all off the hinges and cover the hinge holes with tape so that paint does not clog the holes. We had to cover the spot for the hinges on the doorways as well. The doors are now in the basement standing upright waiting for individual paint. I forgot to take a picture but it is amazing how they got all the doors to stand upright. I will hopefully get a picture in this week. 
We had to tape off the tubs and any underlayment that was already installed.
We had to cover all the windows and take the hardware off the main doors. Since we couldn't take the doors all the way off we had to tape these hinges while still on the door. The outside of the main doors will be painted a different color than the inside so that is why we couldn't take off the doors. There are so many other little things that have to be done before any painting can take place. But the house is prepped and should be painted this week.