Mother's Day May 13, 2012

I love mother's day!!!!
I feel like everyday is mother's day for me.  I have the best husband and the greatest kids, who make me feel loved and special and who show me gratitude everyday.  I love my family so much, and I am so grateful for them.  I also love mother's day, because it gives me a reminder to pause and think of my own wonderful mom.  She was super mom when we were all kids, and now that we are older she is even more super.  She amazes me, at her love, and patience that she has for each one of us.  I also have the best mother in law.  I feel like I have known her forever.  I could not have chosen a more perfect family to be married into.  I am one mother that is counting her blessings on this special day.  I have been surrounded by such special people, and I am HAPPY!!!

Umm,  I also love my house!!!

Scott with his mama!  We love you so much and are so grateful for the wonderful influence you are in our lives and  in our children's.

Mom and I with Rachel, Mary and Jennifer.  We had a delicious dinner together.  One of the greatest blessing in our lives is that we live close to family.  The influence you all have on us and our family is priceless.  I love you mom, happy mother's day!!

This is a wonderful picture, but with it comes a bit of a sad story.  I hesitate to tell it, but for the sake of history I will.  All day mother's day I was anticipating "my missionary phone call" from Dallin.  I carried my phone with me everywhere I went.  I even walked out of the Branch meeting, because I had forgotten my phone, I did go back so that I could hear Scott's talk.  It was a beautiful tribute to mom's, to Sherry and to me.  He is so thoughtful, loving and spiritual.  Anyway.  By 4pm I was getting worried that Dallin wasn't going to call, because it would be 8pm his time.  So I started to get teary and emotional.  Then at mom's people were asking me how the "phone call went" so then I got more emotional.  DeWitt and Scott wrote an e-mail to Dallin kind of laying on the guilt.  Not kind of really laying it on.  On Monday when Dallin read it, he felt bad of course, but he explained that he had asked a sister in the ward, to send me an
e-mail explaining the instructions of how to call.  I was supposed to skype him, so he was waiting by the computer all afternoon, waiting for me to call him.  Oh my heart breaks when I have to tell this story.  Dallin wrote not to dwell on this, but that we would talk this afternoon, and everything would be fine!  He is such a joy.  I forgot how his smile would make me smile.  Talking and being able to see Dallin made me so happy.  I felt like I had no worries in the world.  I love being a missionary mom.  I love watching DeWitt prepare for his mission.  He is anxious to leave already.  I love to see all of my kids living and breathing the gospel.  I love to see their testimonies in action.  The joy that I'm feeling right now, cannot be described in words.  I love my family so much, and I'm so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who has blessed me so much.  The only thing I can think of to repay him is to live righteously and be an instrument in his hands, which I'm so willing to be.

Dear sweet Polly isn't here, because she is at Sun splash at a reward party for straight A students in her middle school.  We are so proud of her.  She was so sorry to miss this, but I video taped some and we have these pictures.  Dallin called when DeWitt was just getting home for lunch, so we told him to go back and get Lillian.  He ran into the Seminary building and hollered, "let's go, Dallin is on the phone"  Lillian ran out without any hesitation.  We got to talk for about and hour and a half.  So much more than last time, and this time was so satisfying!!!

Goodbye Dallin!  We'll talk with you in December, hopefully without the drama!!!!  Dallin is at a cyber in Centenario, his companion whom we met is Elder Gomez.