Beaming Mother

Having a perfect daughter you would think that I would be used to hearing great things about her but I tell you, it never gets old.  Today she went above and beyond, again, and made me the proudest mom in the world.  She serves as the ASB secretary so is privy to all the goings on in the student council.  The officers in charge of naming the Athletes of the Week for pep rallies came to her and informed her that she would be getting the second and final Athlete of the Week for being one of the tennis captains.  The first one was going to the other captain.  Both of the captains are seniors and are very good tennis players but our sophomore #1 singles player is in a whole different league from these girls.  She NEVER loses.  She is probably going to end up a tennis pro and my daughter couldn't imagine her not getting an Athlete of the Week award so she told the ASB officers to give it to her instead of taking it herself.  She was sad about not being recognized in front of the school but knew that if you really look at what the award is then she would have to defer to her teammate who is much more skilled.  I was so proud of her for doing this hard thing.  I would have loved to see her get another T-shirt (she got this award last year) and be recognized in front of her peers but her character is the best thing she could wear.  A junior varsity player who is in our ward asked my daughter if she was getting the award with the younger player and when my daughter explained what she had done the JV player told her that she was her hero.  That is a wayyyy better prize than a T-shirt.  She will always be my hero.  I love her so much I can hardly stand it sometimes.  If this award was for the Human Being of the Century she would win it for sure:)

Michelle!

Today is my second daughter-in-law's birthday and the last of the tributes for my girls for this year.  Michelle is a great wife and mother.  She has dedicated her life to taking care of her husband and children and I couldn't be happier about that since her husband is my son and her children are my beloved grandchildren.  She makes dinners every night for her hardworking husband and spends nearly all of her time teaching and loving her children.  She reads the Book of Mormon everyday and strives to live the gospel.  She makes sure that we see pictures of our grandchildren very regularly and makes time to visit us and facetime with us on a regular basis.  In other words, she is a dream come true for a daughter-in-law.  When raising boys it's always hit or miss with who they are going to bring into the family and I have to hand it to my sons, they have picked the cream of the crop and I couldn't be happier with my daughter-in-laws.  Thank you, Michelle, for making my son and his parents very happy people.  I hope you have a wonderful birthday.  You deserve it!  I love you:)

He Has a Porsche!

My dear sweet husband fulfilled a 40 year dream/wish for himself last month.  He bought a Porsche.  I know.  I had a heart attach too until he explained that it was old (1999) and quite a bit cheaper than the reasonably priced car he had just bought me.  After seeing this man with this toy I can honestly say that he could have paid 3 times as much for it and I wouldn't be upset.  Every day is like Christmas for him.  He will come home and say something like "It was one of those days where everything went wrong at work, I got cut off in traffic, etc. but.... I have a Porsche!" and then he grins from ear to ear.  It's now a family joke.  If anyone is having a bad day they say "but Dad/Pat has a Porsche!".  Even the daughters-in-law have caught on.  I literally laughed out loud when Aubrie texted Pat the other day, "I was having a bad day but then I remembered... YOU HAVE A PORSCHE!".  This wonderful man has sacrificed so much to make my life perfect and to give all he has to our children that I can happily and whole heartedly shout to the world, "HE HAS A PORSCHE!",