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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| Aren't pumpkins just awesome, I love looking at them, they are like snowflakes...no two are alike. |
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| Sunflowers are another favorite...my bucket list would include standing in the middle of a huge field of sunflowers...they just say "Happy" to me! |
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| All right...this is the cutest pumpkin I have ever seen!! I love having a little one to take to the pumpkin patch...I haven't been for about 3 years now cause all the kids are "too big"...what, no one is ever too big! Every fall I tell Don, "I want to go to the pumpkin patch", but we just never got around to it, but no more!! Thank you Quentin for humoring grandma!! |
Pebble Beach...what a beautiful place!
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| Visiting the Cluffs at Nauvoo IL |
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| Such a beautiful temple! |
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| Joseph and Hyrum leaving Nauvoo for the last time |
A visit to Nauvoo...
We stayed with the Cluff's and had the best time ever. What a beautiful, wonderful, spirit filled place!!
It was wonderful to stay with the Cluff's and review our friendship. They made our visit so memorable and life changing. The spirit that dwells in Nauvoo is unmistakable...you can almost feel those people walking down the streets with you and the temple...the temple is breath taking and again filled with truth!
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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