Audrey 8 Months
10 years ago
Its been a wonderful week leading up to Mother's Day and then Mother's Day weekend...its been wonderful because I have spent it with a couple of my children!!
To start the week off right Hillary and Quentin came to visit on Thursday...we had such a fun fun time. Spent the weekend in Monterey at the aquarium, Q seemed very uncomfortable with most if not all of the sea creatures.
From the aquarium we went to the beach...windy, cool but sunny and the kids loved it!!
Saturday we went to San Francisco to a Giants game...AWESOME seats and perfect weather!
During the week we went to a park called Happy Hallow...Q wasn't too happy most of the time as again, there were animals that he wasn't really interested in getting to know better!!
Friday the doorbell rang and a HUGE surprise was smiling back at me....Haylie!! What a wonderful wonderful surprise!!! Don and Haylie planned this weeks ago and what a nice surprise for me!!!
We drove down to Santa Cruz on Saturday...sunny, cool and windy...but beautiful for sure!!!
Sunday was Mother's Day Which means my missionary gets to call home! Doesn't he look great and he sounded just as great! I miss him so much but I am so proud of him and he is loving being in Guatemala!! Tomorrow are transfers, his companion is going home, so changes are in his future!
Mom, mother, mommy, grandma....those are my favorite words in the whole english language!!
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| For my niece Kimball who is expecting a little girl...her first |
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| Farmers Quilt...a forever project right?? |
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| For my other niece, Bergen, she is also expecting her first and its all about pink for her! |
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| This is for Haylie...she saw it on Pinterest and loved it! It is called..."Read between the lines". Haylie loves to read and so this quilt spoke to her. I don't have the pattern, but I think I have the dimensions figured out pretty well...finished project will be posted in the future!! |
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| The other day I was watching a class I signed up for on Craftsy and Camille demonstrated this....I just had to make one. She has it as a quilt, but for now mine will be a wall hanging to add my my quilt wall. |
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| So Andrew really knocked it out of the ball park when he worked it out and got us tickets to attend General Conference. He got tickets to the Priesthood session and then the Sunday morning session. Haylie had come down to hang with us, but was going to hook up with friends and get in the standby line with hopes of getting in to conference. While eating breakfast her friend texted and said they wouldn't make it up to Salt Lake in time to get in...immediately Don said, "Haylie have you ever been to conference?" she said "no" and he told her to take his ticket, that he had gone last night to Priesthood so she should take his ticket. He started crying I'm sure with the thoughts that she would have a wonderful experience. I started laughing at him in the most loving way or course...he has such a tender and soft heart!! When I kissed him goodbye at the airport I called him a cry baby, but let him know I wouldn't want him any other way!! We did have a wonderful experience!! Thanks dad and Andrew!! |
I asked each of the kids to write about one of their memory gems...everyone of them made me cry!! I truly do love being a mom!!
(this time I am going to start with Andrew and work my way up to get it in the right order...)
Andrew....
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| I always remember when I was younger and I had a nightmare I would always go to moms room and she would always come and sing me back to sleep. She always got right up and I never heard her complain. Whenever she would sing, I'd fall asleep immediately and I wouldn't have any more nightmares that night. This is one of my favorite things about mom! Love you mom!! Happy Mother's Day! |
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| Moms not only just my mommy but she's my best friend. Something that both of us have noticed is that I usually only get super sick when dad is out of town. That has its advantages and disadvantages but I remember countless time when I was sick and went into moms room and woke her up. When I told her I wasn't feeling well she would tell me to crawl into bed with her and we would cuddle until I fell asleep again. |
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My favorite memory: My last day in Panama was a Monday. President had told me that I would see my parents Monday evening after we had completed the days activities. Cheng, Storey, and I had our interviews in the city at 8 am. We finished and then had free reign over where we went for the next few hours. We went down to the waterfront, then to the rich mall, then to the poor people mall. We finally decided to head over to the temple early and grabbed a taxi to get us there. We arrived at the temple. Next to the temple is a large building where the temple presidency lives and is also a guest house for those who travel long distances and need a place to rest. The building has a main entrance and then various side doors. Since it was a monday, the temple and its facilities are basically closed to everyone, except missionaries leaving the following day. We went into the building using a side door that some construction workers opened for us. We then entered the main salon of the building and I look to my left and see two gringos sitting there. I did not know who they were at first. Then upon further observation, I realized that it was mom and dad sitting there. I was completely surprised and happy to see them. I was a bit upset that the mission president lied to me. But I was so happy to see mom and dad. It was an experience that I will always remember. Love you mom!
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Dolder Hillary Corbett:
Most recently mom changed her flight so she could help me when Q came early. I didn't have to ask her and she didn't act put out by coming. This is just one example of moms ability to know what each of us need and how she always goes out of her way to help, sometimes at her expense. She has given up time, new clothes , hair cuts and sleep to help each of us and in my 26 years I have never heard her complain. She is my role model and best friend
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