This lady here is the best mom and Gram anyone could ask for. She goes above and beyond for her family and I wanted her to know that I love her! I know Mother's Day is still a few weeks off and so is her birthday, but Cory & Angie are getting married on her birthday and I may forget to say what a wonderful person she is.
I'm not as great as Britta on being a very thoughtful blogger, but here are some little and well-known things about my mom:
*She's a hiker...she leads hikes for the Biggest Loser Ranch at Fitness Ridge.
*She loves her grandbabies.
*She is in the best shape of her life.
*She took "Flat Ryan" for a whole month and photographed "Flat Ryan" doing all kinds of sun stuff.
*She has beautiful eyes...seriously so blue!
*She has her mother's teeth.
*She has a tropical oasis for a backyard
*She keeps me from having anxiety attacks when I'm overwhelmed.
*She helps me with work in our office when she comes to visit Elk Ridge.
*She beat me to the whole texting world...I'm still going to get on that band-wagon.
*She wears a size 9.5 shoe
*She always loves to hear funny stories about my life and my boys.
*She works wonders as a member of her Relief Society Presidency.
*She spoils us rotten when we visit in St. George.
*She taught Ryan to read when he was 4 by offering him money.
*She taught Ryan to tie his shoes...offered him $5 before she realized that it would only take him about 10 minutes to learn.
*She does my ironing every time she comes to visit (and sometimes it is A LOT).
*She treats everyone as her equal.
*She isn't above doing hard work.
*She thinks she's not creative, but she really is and her home shows it.
*She is someday going to teach me how to do some genealogy stuff.
*She is very outgoing.
*She is almost always positive and tells me to be less depressing when I get in a (how-shall-we-say???) funk.
*She loves to camp in her motorhome.
*She has her own Can-Am four-wheeler.
*She doesn't like her food mixed up...no gravy/corn/turkey mixtures for her.
*She's very compassionate.
*She has a Bernina sewing machine and has used it worth it's weight in gold.
*She is a quilter and a crochet-er. I love the blankets she's made us.
*She can teach any kid to swim, even if they are afraid of the water (luckily my kids are like fish and you can't keep them out of the water. I think Nick will learn to really swim this summer).
*She will share her birthday with Cory & Angie's anniversary (they can never say that didn't remember what day her birthday was on).
*She makes delicious homemade Oreo cookies (my friend Whitney used to beg for them in high school).
*She rides her bike all over St. George.
*She lost most of her toe nails after doing the Maui 1/2 marathon a few years ago....took forever for all of them to heal.
*She knows how to drive her four-wheeling into a barbed wire fence.
*She gives great lessons at Church.
*She always acts on a need when she sees it.
*She let Britta & I play all week long last week while she watch babies and encouraged our crafting and baking efforts.
I'll stop, but I really could go on and on.
Love you Mom!
