On being a mother

all i ever wanted to be growing up was a mom. my mom's friend would ask me what i wanted to be when i grew up and i would tell her jokingly a doctor's wife! i really just wanted to be married and be a mom.

i was very young when i had kiley, of course being older now i realize how young we were but i was so happy being a mother. and these 2 kids of mine...

i don't know how we got from these little care free days taking little driving vacations with these 2 little silly kids... (the water was freezing:)

to these 2 who love each other but don't say it in so many words. who were becoming their own persons and who were 2 great kids, not without driving their mom crazy a little but more than anyone could ask for!

to these 2 who are now grown in some sense of that word. they will always be my children. i realized that when we were in utah and matt was feeling so sick and his dad went in and layed by matt and although the rest is personal to them i will always remember the scene in which i realized your children are always your children and you love them as children even though they are grown with their own lives.
it is a hard time for me. kiley is getting married and caleb is going off to college and then a mission. it is hard to see them grow up and especially to have them leave me,but all i can do is hope that i taught them what they need to know, that they will look to the Lord in all things and love their families and do what is right. i will always feel like it was never enough and there is one more thing but the rest goes on faith!

i was blessed to be able to raise these 2 near a mother and mother in law, their grandma's. they were always there for us. helping us in every way that you could hope for. they taught me so much, mostly in their love and support of us. happy mothers day to them. we love you.
kiley and my mom
matt's mom at the st. louis temple dedication

i do have ones with caleb too these were just the ones i came across!

i wish all of you mothers a happy mothers day, you have been examples to me and you are examples to my children of wonderful mothers. it is the most important job of all!!!