Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom's Birthday.

My Mom is turning (Fop-i-Fop-Top-Yop, Nop-i-Nope-e) today. I guess if you want to know how old that is you will have to learn the OP language.

Here are some of the things I love about her and memories that I will always cherish.

1.) She is super fun to hang around with and I never feel like I have enough time to spend with her.

2.) She has taught me to work hard and follow through with everything I do.

3.) She loves my Dad even when he makes a fool of himself in public. (like the bun-darts Dad)

4.) She works for the Post Office delivering mail.

5.) She has an amazing singing voice.

6.) She is a great pianist and plays for church when asked.

7.) She is good at everything she does.

8.) She loves her family more than anything.

9.) She has passed on to me her beautiful knees, thanks Mom!

10.) She falls asleep in every Movie we go to even if it is not late.

11.) She loves her feet rubbed and doesn't care who does it.

12.) She took 4H as a kid.

13.) She is a great friend and I can tell her anything.

14.) She has funny sayings that I find myself saying to my own children like (in you go coca-mo, Ihatethecold Ihatethecold Ihatethecold, bye bye butterfly, and so on)

15.) She is crafty and a fabulous seamstress.

16.) She is the oldest of 4 girls in her family.

17.) She has a great laugh/cackle and sounds just like her sisters.

18.) She always encouraged me follow my dreams.

19.) She made helped her Mom make her own Wedding Dress. I am impressed!

20.) She spent a lot of nights sitting at the end of my bed listening to me cry, and listening to my worries and fears. She

is a great listener.

21.) She is a great friend and loves me despite my faults.

22.) She is a super decorator.

23.) She is very generous and would share anything she has with anyone.

24.) She has a great sense of humor and is very quick-witted.

25.) She is an amazing cook!! We love it when she cooks and used to go to dinner every Sunday night when we lived there in town. Boy do I miss that!

26.) She is a Woman of great faith and loves the Lord.

27.) She always told me to stop tap-dancing in the grocery store I think it would embarrass her, then she would demonstrate. Hilarious.

28.) She is honest and can't keep a straight face very long.

29.) She took me to Toronto, Canada to audition for Broadway type shows. She believes in me.

30.) She can fall asleep anywhere - it is her hidden talent.

31.) She is crafty and can make any thing.

32.) Shaylie calls her - her "Black Grandma" because of her dark hair.

33.) She loves to camp in the dirt.....NOT, have you seen her gorgeous cabin? That's the way she camps.

34.) She loves Musicals!

35.) She is part Mohican Indian.

36.) She plays the organ at church and makes fun of herself, which is pretty funny. She will say did you hear that loud BBBBB, wrong pedal I guess.

37.) She raised 6 kids - four girls and two boys - of which I love her the most!

38.) She is adored by her family and friends.

39.) She would always tell me "Everything will be better in morning" and it always was.

40.) She talks a foreign "Post Office language" that you can only understand if you work there. It is hilarious to listen to, and when speaking it with Kay it is always followed by a cackle.

41.) She can't stand Milk, Sour Cream, & Eggs.

42.) I used to make her scrambled eggs for every holiday, birthday, & no school days and serve them to her as breakfast in bed. She would always manage to choke down a bite, even though she can't stand eggs. I can't believe I didn't know.

43.) She is always doing for others and doesn't know how to say No.

44.) She used to make fruit leather in the backyard and it was so yummy!

45.) She used to tell me on Sunday - "You're the musical number". We would throw something together really fast and then I would have to sing it in sacrament, that has really taught me to go with the flow and to be ready at a moments notice if needed.

46.) She taught me to have compassion and love for others by her example.

47.) She is proud of each of her children for their accomplishments and I love listening to her talk about us individually.

48.) She let a complete stranger nurse me when I was a baby. ha ha ha ha, actually I think she left me with a babysitter who just happened to be a wet nurse.

49.) She is a good sport, once when we were out to dinner after she had finished her bowl of chowder My Dad managed to sneak some Blue Cheese dressing in to her bowl. She took another bite thinking it was the chowder and could have been really mad. I would have been. She just laughed and continued to wipe off her tongue with a napkin.

50.) She was always my biggest fan at whatever I did, she followed all of my performances with compliments, even if my skirt fell off while dancing on the Opera House Stage.

51.) I loved singing by the piano while she played. It was our special time together and I cherish it!

52.) She broke her leg Snow Skiing while standing in line to catch a ride up the mountain. She just fell over in line.

53.) When I was a little she used to let us roll fresh strawberries in sugar and eat them. MMMMMM!

54.) She worked hard while we were growing up so that we could take Dance, Piano, Voice, Baseball, Soccer, Ice Skating, Basketball, and so on. Thank You!

55.) I never knew how much she loved me until I had I my first child. Believe me I know now!

56.) She is the best Mom any child could ever ask for.

57.) She shares my obsession for the Twilight Books, Music, and TV Shows.

58.) I know that she will love me know matter how much I may continue to embarrass her.

59.) She loves me unconditionally.

It has always been the most important - how she felt about me. I needed and still need her approval. I wanted her to be proud of me and have always wanted to do better when I am around her. She is the most amazing woman, not only is she talented, giving, and loving. She is a fabulous grandmother. My children adore her and so do I. She has taught me everything I know. I love everything about her and can only hope that I can someday be as great of a Mom as she is.

I love you more than I can ever express in words Mom!

Happy Birthday Mom