WE BRAKE FOR GEESE

On my way home from work a couple days ago I was sitting at the intersection of 3300 S. and 700 E. At 5 p.m. this is a pretty busy intersection. It seemed to be a pretty normal night home from work until I looked at the crosswalk...there was a mother goose and seven little goslings walking across the street. They were staying mostly in the crosswalk lines until the very end of the street and by that point oncoming traffic was at a stop for the gaggle of geese. They made it across the street safely! I was PROUD of my fellow Utah drivers for taking time to let this little family make their way through the city. The question that I want to know is what were those geese doing there in the first place?

THOUGHTS ON MOTHER'S DAY

Mother’s Day…

I am so happy for all those mother’s out there who had an exceptional day with breakfast in bed, flowers and showered with gifts all day long. Really, truly, from the bottom of my heart, bless you for all you do, you deserve it! My day however was a little different. It was a nice day :). My siblings and I have a tradition of cooking my mom dinner…I look forward to that. This year we tried some new recipes and it all turned out beautiful! The company was exceptional and delicious food always makes moms happy.

I was at the Doctor’s office this morning and a couple moms were talking about their day and one made the comment that if she didn’t have any expectations that her day goes great. Another mom made the comment that she tries to be the best mom on mother’s day. For that weekend leading up to mother’s day they go and do a bunch of fun things as a family. I was sitting there taking notes. As a new mom, I think we all have these preconceived notions, voiced or not of how the day is suppose to go. Don’t get me wrong, I had a really great day. I felt the spirit of womanhood very strong and I can’t complain. I am just jotting down my feelings for next year. No expectations and I want to be the very best woman/mom I can be that day.

The other thing that I think about on Mother’s Day is how many women out there that are not technically “mothers”, but are very much mothers. There are so many single women that need to be celebrated as well. I feel it should be a celebration of not only mothers, but womanhood in general. Let me take a minute to thank the mothers of my life. Thank you most of all to my own mother, Debbie Felt; you are one remarkable woman. You are an example of faith, grace and beauty…I honestly feel that all good things I learned from my mother. Now for the other mother’s, Judy Norman and Dixie Hall have been two other mothers that have taught me great things. Judy has taught me to love diversity and knowledge. Dixie has taught me to love art and nature. Then there are all the single women that have passed through my life teaching me and nurturing me, Jan, Cindy, Karen, Susan and Jenny are just a few. To all those women out there…Happy Mother’s Day, you are a mother to me!

CATCH-UP

Here's one big post to get me caught-up for the last week or so.


On Saturday morning I joined about 18, 000 other people, as well as some dear friends and we did the Susan G. Komen, Race For The Cure 5K. What a great cause, but what makes it so special is all the women who we are running for. Here's to finding a cure for Breast Cancer!

Rob and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary on May 8th. 7 years...that flew by! We had a nice date night (dinner and a movie was never so sweet). Thanks for the beautiful Gerber Daises, "Babe".

ANNIVERSARY, RACE FOR THE CURE AN

Twlight Trailer

Okay, so like most of you who read this Blog, I am a TWILIGHT FAN! My friend Misty loaned me her book a while ago and needless to say, I now own the entire series and have been onto stepheniemeyer.com to read any updates, outtakes and any little morsel of vampire romance I seemed to be missing in my own life. Misty once again came to the rescue and forwarded on this link to the trailer. Up to this point in searching out the characters that will play in the movie, I was disappointed mostly on Edward, but... watch this and you'll see.

Trailer Link;

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33429578

Women's Conference

I was asked a couple months ago to participate in Women's Conference by doing a sharing station booth. I grabbed some of my most talented friends and we embarked upon a new adventure. For those of you who haven't attended Women's Conference it is a couple days filled with speakers and service options. The part that we participated in was a sharing of ideas. We were in charge of decorating and providing useful information to fill an 8x8 booth. The topic that we were given was "Changing Family Dynamics: Loving Your In-Laws and New Step-Parents". So our little catchy phrase was "In-Laws Not Out-Laws"...we had fun with a western theme.

The night was actually pretty fun. It was great to see all the women that came and fun to hear some of the comments and questions that people had on our topic. I was impressed at how many good women there are in this world and how many are trying to be better at the many different hats we wear. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Steph and Becca! You two are amazing!

Women's Conference Website Link; http://ce.byu.edu/cw/womensconference/