Happy Mother's Day

When I think of someone in my life who has help me during the difficult times and who has been there to celebrate during the happy times it is my mom. She is an amazing person inside and out and on this Mother's Day I want everyone (well the people who read my blog) to know what a wonderful person she is. Here are the top 32 (one for each year she's been a mom) things that make my mom so special.

1. She never complains about anything (unless you choose the slow line at the grocery store)2.When you need something she never hesitates to lend a hand.

3. If you ask her to play outside in the snow she won't. She likes to look at it from inside.

4. Her favorite show is Law & Order

5. She adores her grandkids

6. Her N.C. t-shirts are all she wears when we're in North Carolina.

7. She has the nicest butt out of all the girls in our family

8. She loves wearing jeans and t-shirts

9. Diet Coke is her drink of choice

10. She decided to go back to school when we were young and ended up getting her Masters Degree. Go Mom!

11. I have never spent a day with my mom when she wasn't suffering from a major headache (you would never know though because she never complains)

12. She was my swim coach for my whole swimming career.

13. She was voted nicest legs in college (or high school I don't remember)

14. She has always had a strong testimony and has never been afraid to share it with others

15. Her bedtime snack is a bowl of cheerios with chocolate

16. She exercises all the time. She use to get up at like 430am to spin before she had to leave for work

17. She never judged any of the people we brought home. I'm sure she was wanting to say something about a few of them but she held her tongue

18. Her favorite season is winter. She loves the snowy, cold weather

19. She was always at our sporting events (mainly because she was the coach). She loves to watch her grandkids play their sports as well.

20. Whenever she visits Utah or Arizona she love getting the Pork Salad from Cafe Rio.

21. She hates waiting in line for things. It automatically makes her headaches worse.

22. She is an amazing cook. She makes the best gingerbread, cinnamon rolls, cheese potatoes, roast and mashed potatoes, meatloaf, etc, etc.

23. She has a wild side to her. She knows how to bust a move on the dance floor if the right song comes on.
24. She is amazing a playing the piano. I love listening to her when she sits down to play a Yanni piece.

25. Her favorite color is purple

26. She hates clutter especially things on her kitchen counters or her stairs

27. If you were to walk into her room you would never find an article of clothing on the floor (unless my dad was just in there) or the bed unmade

28. She was against getting any animals when we were young but eventually caved and each animal we've had has been her best friend at one point in time

29. I once went with her to the store to buy a couple of things but when we got there I realized the couple of things she was talking about were condoms and bananas for her health class at school.

30. She loves my dad more than anything and we have never doubted that

31. If I asked my mom to be in the delivery room with me when I was having a baby she would say "NO!"

32. And the final thing that makes my mom the greatest mom ever:

She raised some pretty good-looking kids!!!