Swiss Days

I can't believe we spent five hours in Midway and this is the only picture that I took!  Good thing it's a keeper!!!  We met at Mom's at 2:00 in the afternoon; Laura, Becky, Erin, Mom and Me.  We wedged into Mom's Buick and started giggling soon after.  We'd stopped for drinks {big gulps huh, well see ya later} and by the time we got through the endless traffic and finally arrived we all almost peed our pants.  Swiss Days was so much better this year.  In trips past, we've gone and not bought a thing.  There have been years when the vendors were so similar that it was almost a waste of time ~ if we weren't wasting time together and strengthening our bonds of sisterhood!!!  But not this year, there were boothes everywhere.  The barn had vendor booths, the grocery store had vendor boothes, and there were so many new and different vendors ~ it was so much fun.  Our favorites were back, we visited with the gourd lady and the felting lady and got some really fun ideas.  By the time we stopped for dinner we were exhausted and starving.  Our dinner at Ruby Tuesday was good but the service was slow.  It was just barely 9:00 when we got out of there and the outlet stores were closed...  On our way down Parleys Canyon, we had a little problem with the breaks but thankfully Mom had looked a little tired and everyone agreed that Erin should drive.  We think it was the anti-lock breaks because once we got off the freeway the car stopped making the sound...  Once home we shared some fabulous cup cakes and watched our childhood version of SLN's Church Chat.  And again we almost all peed our pants.  So much fun, can't wait to see what will happen next year!!!

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Happy Birthday Mom!

My Mother is the GREATEST mother in the world. You might think yours compares but you'd be wrong. Unless of course you are Laura, Wendy, Jeanette, Becky, Krista, Tom or Erin ~ then it would be a tie!

She is one of my best friends and I love her for many reasons but mostly for just always, and I mean always being there for me. She is such a great teacher, thanks for all of the help with my homework! She has been retired for years as the beautician of the family but did pass on the desire to three of her daughters, thanks for all of the home perms! She is a wonderful cook and I love to make many of her recipes ~ I hope she knows how good it makes me feel when she calls me and asks me a cooking question, I ask her so, so many! She is such a good listener. I call her on a daily basis and she commiserates with me about the woes of potty training, raising a question queen, and finger sucking complaints ~ she has been through it all! She is so fabulous at finding a good deal. I love using the grocery smart web site and try saving money but she was the original coupon lady. I don't know how she kept us all fed and clothed but I never, ever thought she worried about putting food on the table. There was the dinner of liver she served that I still question but I like to try a new recipe every once in a while!

There are many more reasons why my mom is the greatest mother but none more important to me today than that she takes such good care of my dad. I know it is hard but I am so grateful that she is my mother and my children's grandmother! I love you!

Happy Birthday Mom!

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