I am a mom

I thought about a lot of things yesterday.  I even thought about writing a post just about my mother.  But I didn’t get round to it.  I wondered if that made me a bad daughter.  Hmm, I think I was a good daughter.  I wasn’t perfect.  I made mistakes.  I made a lot of mistakes and wish at times I could take them back.  But I am pretty sure my mom loved me anyway.

I thought about when I became a mom for the first time.  How much I loved holding my little baby girl.  I was only 18.  I was a baby myself.  But I didn’t think so.  I loved being a mom.

Ahhhhh then I became a mom 2 more times.  Well I guess I never stopped being a mom after my first baby….

I was still very young.  24 when my 3rd baby was born. 

I made mistakes.  I made plenty of mistakes.  Yeah, I would like some do-overs.

I think my children turned out to be pretty darn good.  So I guess I didn’t do to bad as a mom when they were still at home.

I tried to protect them from life’s bad stuff, I kissed their boo-boo’s and sang them lullaby’s and played games with them.  Of course we didn’t have a lot of money so they didn’t get lots and lots of toys or video games or i-pads and electronic things, because those things were not invented yet.  Even cell phones were not invented.   I survived getting stuck on the side of the road because I didn’t put gas in the car…and I had to walk to a pay phone to get Bob to bring me some gas in a can.  He was not happy.

I think I was a good mom.  I still get hugs and kisses from my grown up kids and they tell me they love me.

Bob tells me I was a good mom.

It is hard to convince yourself sometimes when you think, maybe if I had done this or that differently.

But I think the birthday cake I made for Natalie when she was 11 out of a Jiffy cake mix that cost a dollar….and then frosting the cake with another cake mix because I thought it was a frosting box…well, that’s being a good mom isn’t it?  At least we went to the ice skating rink afterwards.  I will always remember that cake.  Good think we can laugh about it.

I do know that raising children when you are young has a lot to do with energy, because I could never do it if I was well, older-ish.  Being a grandma is fun, it is like being a really cool mom except you don’t have to be mean, you can always be really nice.  Most of the time.  99.9% of the time.

I like being a mom. 99.9% of the time.

I loved my mom.  I wish I had told her more often that I loved her.  She was one special lady.  I didn’t realize how special until she wasn’t around anymore.  We sort of fought a lot.  Even when I became a mom myself (I was sooo young) I thought I knew it all and knew how to raise 3 kids… when my mom raised 7.  Boy I didn’t have a clue. (sigh) But I am sure she knows how much I still love her, and miss her.  For some reason this Mother’s Day I have really missed her.  Maybe because I am finally understanding……finally…….after all these years…..how hard it can be sometimes to be a mom. 

Never wanting to change a minute of it. 

And those are my thoughts on me being a mom.

For a great laugh! Love this lady!

I just have to share….my SIL sent me this in an e-mail.  It is the end of a busy work day and I needed this to end it.  I hope you all enjoy it and please please listen to the end.  This woman is truly funny and CLEAN spoken, which is hard to find in a stand-up comedian now-a-days.   To ALL my friends of many faiths this is NOT intended for anything but a good laugh. HUGS everyone!

 

River rafting with the Baptists

Thank goodness God enjoys a good laugh too . . .

( For those who have never heard her, Left Brain is her nickname for her husband.)  Very funny lady.
Click on the website below to view this hilarious video. Its funny and clean!

http://jeannerobertson.com/VideoBaptist.htm

have a fabulous weekend!

only in St. George…

The other day I decided to go over to my favorite place for my lunch hour.  It is a place I can go and sit and just relax and the day was so beautiful…

I went to the convenient store and got my lunch…

  yeah I know, very nutritious.  Well it is better than fattening ice cream!  Every other day they change the flavors, this day it was strawberry and vanilla. (frozen yogurt)

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS

 

 

 

I was minding my own business, enjoying the music on the radio with my windows open, eating my lunch and I had planned on taking a walk afterwards when all of a sudden…..

A dove appeared on the hood of my car….

 

we started to have a staring  contest…

I rolled up my windows.

 

 

This bird didn’t budge

 

 

 

 

Even when I put my finger on the windshield and tapped….

 

 

WHAT!  this bird was not alone….it had a friend and they both decided they were going to just park themselves on the hood of my car…

 

 

 

Then the friend decided that he or she wanted to say something…I didn’t think it was very nice, but I laughed in spite of myself…

then there was one, because the other jumped to the roof of my car…at that point I decided to start up the engine and move to another spot, bird poop is hard to get off of your car…..and I felt like maybe I had offended them because I was laughing….anyway…I started up and moved to the play area…

and then much to my delight I came across a school field trip!

I just pretended that I was a part of the trip…and got my camera out.  There were a lot of people taking pictures so I didn’t look out of place LOL

 

Park Rangers were there and had probably been teaching the children about park “stuff” and then I saw it….

 

I have NO IDEA what it was…maybe an antelope, or a deer or something…but the kids were loving it! and so were the adults…I was smiling…

 

Because the teacher were smiling and the children were smiling and I thought is was funny no one questioned the strange lady taking pictures.  Maybe they thought I was just a grandma or with the local paper or something…that was making me laugh to myself.

The adults waved the children goodbye…and so did the animal with the antlers…LOL

 

 

Then….the animal jumped into the parks little park truck and off they went to where ever you go to take your head and fur off…

 

I decided at that point since my yummy frozen yogurt was eaten and I had my fill of the field trip I would get out and walk over to the river bank.  This is the one that was raging with flood water in January.

The waters were low but still enough of a flow and not a trickle like it normally is.   The river is still flowing…

 

 

 

The flood has left the banks with a lot of sand

like the beach….

 

YES LIKE A BEACH….this made my day….a family decided it was warm enough to pitch an umbrella and let there kiddies play in the water.

We live in the desert.  A community well known for it’s beautiful green golf courses and there are MANY of them…..

 

Only in St. George can you go to the beach on a sunny day, and have it all to yourself…and enjoy the sunshine and beautiful red rocks and green grass.  It might catch on..as long as the river is flowing…I just couldn’t help but smile. 

Hope you all have a weekend that makes you smile.  I didn’t have to go far and I wasn’t even looking for anything to take pictures of.

I guess that is just the beauty of it. Right?

This is for all who have raised children and those who are still raising them….. :) keep smiling

GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN) 

To those of us who have children in our lives, 
whether they are our own, 
grandchildren, 
nieces, 
nephews, 
or students... 
here is something to make you chuckle. 
Whenever your children are out of control, 
you can take comfort from the thought that 
even God's omnipotence did not extend 
to His own children. 
After creating heaven and earth, 
God created Adam and Eve. 
And the first thing he said was 
' DON'T !'
'Don’t  what ? ' 
Adam replied.
'Don't eat the forbidden fruit.' 
God said.
'Forbidden fruit ?
We have forbidden fruit ?
Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit ! '
' No Way ! '
'Yes way ! '
'Do NOT eat the fruit ! ' 
said God. 
'Why ? '
'Because I am your Father and I said so ! ' 
God replied, 
wondering why He hadn't stopped 
creation after making the elephants 
A few minutes later,
God saw His children having an apple break 
and He was ticked !
'Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit ? ' 
God asked..
'Uh huh,' 
Adam replied.
'Then why did you ? ' 
said the Father.
'I don't know,' 
said Eve. 
'She started it! ' 
Adam said.
'Did not ! '
'Did too ! '
'DID NOT ! '
Having had it with the two of them, 
God's punishment was that Adam and Eve 
should have children of their own.

(Natalie and Family 2 yrs ago Easter)

(Owen, Ryan, Lauren Jan 2011, Mike and Camille’s kiddies)

 

(Brad and Family 2010)

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, 
don't be hard on yourself. 
If God had trouble raising children, 
what makes you think it would be 
a piece of cake for you ?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT !
1. You spend the first two years of their life 
teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend 
the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward 
for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why 
some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. 
In fact, 
they usually repeat word for word 
what you shouldn't have said
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties 
is to remind yourself that there are children 
more awful than your own

Ryan , Kyler, Owen and Lauren

(except these cuties they are PERFECT hehehe)

6. We childproofed our homes,

but they are still getting in. 

ADVICE FOR THE DAY: 
Be nice to your kids. 
They will choose your 
nursing home one day

(Mike playing with kids at Potters Pond 2010)

AND FINALLY:
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION 
AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, 
DO WHAT IT SAYS 
ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
'TAKE TWO ASPIRIN' 
AND 'KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN'!!!!!

PS a note to my children:  when I am old and don’t remember who you are…just put me on a cruise ship!  make sure I have a name tag and a cell phone with  pre-programmed phone numbers and I promise I will call!