Happy Mother's Day

Since it is Mother’s Day tomorrow I wanted to write a little about my mom. (I think this was Mom's graduation from BYU--'cause that isn't a West Side color!)

My mom loves homemaking. I learned so much from her. She had seven children. She taught us, she fed us, she sewed for us, she took us to church, she faithfully held family home evening. She likes a clean house and she taught us how to clean. (I still remember the lesson on how to clean the bathroom.) My parents paid for me to take piano lessons. My mom taught me to cook and sew. Every now and then I can still hear her instructions as I cook or do sewing projects.

These are all homemade dresses (either Holly Hobby was all that was available or else we just really liked her because 3 of them are Holly Hobby fabric!) Two of the dresses (Darcee's and Andi's) had duplicates. Mom liked matching dresses (so did I but others didn't.) I think my mom also made the dress she is wearing.

We were excited about our new purple night gowns (I think Danna is holding hers upside down. It looks rather large for her!)
Mom and I made these matching p.j.s for a family camping trip. (Where's Andi, you ask? I was wondering the same thing!)

She was the Young Women president when I was a Mia Maid. It was always fun to have her at girls camp and at mutual. She supported my in Jr. Miss and comforted me when I dismally failed.

My mom is a hard worker. She has always had a beautiful garden. She cans fruits and vegetables.

Every time I have had a new baby, my mom has either come to help with the baby or has taken my older children to her house. After Brandon was born I got really sick so she took me and my kids to her house until I was feeling better.

My mom has helped me so much in the past year. The day after I was diagnosed with cancer we went down to my parent’s for General Conference. It was so comforting to be there. I watched in amazement as my parents shed tears over me. I knew that they loved me. I talked on the phone quite often to my mom during that time. It helped me so much to know that Mom cared about me! The day before my first chemo treatment she came and helped me clean my house. She took Mary and Drew for a few days when I had surgery. Drew was very homesick. She gave him my baby blanket to help comfort him. She took very good care of them. It meant so much to me at that difficult time. Then she came every Thursday while I was doing radiation and drove me to my appointment. Then she took me out to lunch. She also brought my family dinner on those days. It was a very long day of driving for her but for those seven weeks, I looked forward to Thursdays so much!

My kids love to write letters to their grandma. She always writes back to them. She is a very good grandma. We always can expect to recieve Halloween and Valentines treats in the mail. Thanks Mom for all you do for us!

Thanks so much for your example and for teaching me the gospel. I’m very grateful for all you have done for me! I love you!

P.S. I no longer have a scanner so all of these photos are photos of photos. Not the best quality at all, but you get an idea of what we all look like.