Happy New Year everyone who reads this blog! We are HALF WAY to surprising our THIRD mom! Wouldn’t it be fun to surprise a mom at the beginning of the year?! Wouldn’t that just be the best way to start off a new year?! YEAH!!
I would like to encourage anyone who reads this blog and thinks it is something special to make a donation! Even if you just have $1 to share! $1 is $1 closer to our next surprise!!
So anyways, everyone have a great new year! Be SAFE and enjoy your night!
Well it looks like we are not going to get the $150 by Christmas, but I still wanted to wish everyone HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Be safe and enjoy the time with your families!
What do you say?! I’ve got $15.00 as of yesterday (thank you Sherry!) and would love to surprise another mom before Christmas! I know we are all spending money for our families, but wouldn’t it be fun for a mom to get her own little “Christmas surprise” right before Christmas?!! huh? huh? LOL!! Come on…what do you say? 
Yesterday my kids and I drove down to Provo to surprise my second SAHM! My sister-in-law, Holly, and her 3 youngest kids came with us! We spent some time walking around the mall. It was pretty empty and everyone seemed to be eating lunch! We spotted a mom cleaning up her food and approached her to tell her about what we were doing. Unfortunately she was leaving to drop her daughter off at pre-school. We spotted another mom who was actually going to pick up her daughter at school. We decided to go scope out the kids play area. Our kids started to play and we saw Karla. She was sitting nursing her little baby. We knew she was the one! As a mom of two, I know what it’s like to have a new baby and NOT have any clothes that fit! It sucks! So…we were off to surprise her!
You know it’s funny, it’s hard searching for a mom, but when I find the one who is being rewarded, I just know she is the one! So off she went to go shopping….
Hi Melissa,
I wanted to thank you again for the wonderful act of kindness you have performed. I got home and called all my family and friends to tell them about it. I couldn’t help to think how blessed I am for this wonderful project. I hope others feel as blessed and favored as I have!
Just a little bit about me, I am a stay at home mom, with 4 girls. My oldest being 6 yrs and in 1st grade. I have twins who are 4 and then a new baby who was born a few days before Halloween. My life has been very eventful and exciting. Although I love being a mom and wouldn’t trade it for anything, it is sometimes so hard I wonder if I am doing any good. Like you I only wanted to be a mom when I grew up, and that is what I got. I have very rewarding days where the girls will tell me they like me the best and then those days where the one girl has colored her face and arms with a permanent marker while the other one has smeared butter on the computer mouse and desk after finishing trying to butter her toast by herself. All I can do is to just laugh to keep from crying… and know it really be funny another day.
On Wednesday, I had to take my car into the shop with my three youngest girls. They gave me a loaner car, but of course switching over all the car seats was a nightmare. I thought while we are out I will go get some baby pictures of out little 6 week old baby. Again, another disappointment, the waiting was long and then baby got hungry and wouldn’t cooperate. So I went to feed her and then went back and she still wasn’t real happy because she was too tired… and then it was time for her to eat again. I thought we would go to the play area for a little break. That is when I was surprised with the project SAHM and was offered $150 to go shopping.
It was so nice to shop for myself! I told myself, this is my turn and I deserve it! I found it weird shopping for myself, but delightful. I haven’t shopped for myself for so long I didn’t even know what size to go for. Last time I bought something for myself was a pair of jeans before I was pregnant and I got them at Savers trying to save a few bucks. (Nice jeans but you see where my priorities where.) I was able to get a pair of jeans, a button up shirt, and a t-shirt to go under the button up shirt. I ran out of time to get much more, and also trying to be thrifty as a mom does. With the remaining money I went out the next day to buy a pair of much needed dress shoes (my husband has been hating the flip flops I call my dress shoes) and some earrings and a necklace too.
What a wonderful treat! Thanks again for doing this. I know I will definitely get the word out on this wonderful project. I know as moms, we need to take time for ourselves too. It just seems it is in the 25th hour of the day that never comes. I often feel guilty if I tell the girls NO we can’t do that because I need to do something for myself. It breaks my heart when I tell them they can’t go to the store or run a simple errand with me and I am trying to be quick and yet also really need a little breather. This was a real treat. I will very much enjoy wearing my new clothes (especially to my husband’s work party) and think of you who I have to thank it all for. Hopefully I can balance things better and give myself more of the time and attention I need for myself. Thanks for it all!
Thanks again for making my year!!
Karla Hayes
Is the day I’m going to do my second surprise. My kids and I went out today to do it, but ran into some troubles with ATM machines not letting me make a withdrawal and Target not offering $150 cash back LOL! We tried 2 banks and 4 times through the ATM machines. I had some what of a blurry brain today so I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t able to get the money! he he he!!! I did get my daughter a cute (much needed) pair of shoes at target during the whole ordeal, but and came home with quite the headache.
So on Monday I think I’m going to go south 45 minutes to a mall in Provo. I’m hoping my sil, Holly, will be able to come and hang out with us while the mom is shopping and my kids are playing!
So stay tuned and check back on Monday (maybe Tuesday depending on when I get the chance to post pictures and get the mom’s story).
From our second suprise! Looks like the kids and I will be going out this weekend to do our second suprise!!
OK, OK, I am so excited to do my second surprise, I’m going to chip in the last $7! All donations from today on will be for our THIRD surprise!
I wanted to introduce myself! I think I forgot that people who don’t know me will be reading this blog. My name is Melissa and I am a SAHM of two cuties and also am a very part time photographer. I have been married to my awesome husband for 5 1/2 years and have been together for 8 1/2 years! We met on a blind date and were married exactly three years later! I enjoy friends, family, scrap-booking, photography, my computer, games, eating yummy food, my favorite shows on TV, and Lake Powell during the summer!
My journey as a mom has been interesting, fun, hard and rewarding all at the same time. When I was growing up, I remember ALWAYS wanting to be a mom. Now that I have been a mom for four years, I find it is the hardest thing that I have ever done! Boy, do kids push us to our limits!! My kids push my buttons (and I have to admit that I let them most of the time). They fight, they scream they…well, they are kids!!
But I love it when my son (4yrs) comes up to me out of the blue and says “I love you momma” or my daughter (2.5yrs) runs up to me and gives me a big hug. They can be soo sweet some times!!
Anyways, that is just a small glimps about me, but now you “know” who I am! Thanks for supporting this!!!
Durring the first week of project SAHM, this blog got over 1,000 hits!! But slowly those #’s are declining! I’d love for anyone who feels this is a good thing, to pass it on! pass the link to all your friends and family and have them do the same! Lets get the word out there!! We are SOO close to surprising our second mom and I’d love to surprise many many more!!
We are about $60 away from surprising our second mom! How exciting!
I wanted to thank everyone who had posted my link on their blog, or emailed it around to friends and family! I very much appreciate it! thank you!
I also wanted to clearify that the reason I started this project isn’t because I think SAHM’s are better than any other type of mom. By NO MEANS do I think that! We all have our own struggles and challenges as moms!! The reason I started this was because as a sahm, it is something I feel is important. So this is where I wanted to put my efforts.
