East to West Coast Gratitude: My Wonderful Mom

I am sure I am not alone in saying that it is not easy to put into words the feelings one has for their mother. They are feelings that grow over a lifetime and continue to develop as the years go by. Now as a mother and grandmother myself, I now know that one’s mothering skills definitely increase as we mature with age and experience. I am eternally grateful for my mother and her willingness to work at becoming good at parenting. I have fond childhood memories of my mother. Her example of faithfulness to God, her husband, and her family has blessed my life. I am so grateful that she is still here to bless my life, the lives of all my posterity, and the lives of all her know her. The following are pictures from mom's 80^th B-day party on October 8, 2011 in Cedar Hills, Utah. (My family members who are missing from these pictures are my dad who passed away three years ago, David & Jessica's who live in Arizona with their three children, and Lindsey and Adam's and two daughters who live in Kansas.)