Happy Mother's Day!

Mark has made my first Mother's Day great! He took me out to Cracker Barrel for breakfast yesterday which is like the best place to go for breakfast and I love going out to breakfast so that was fun and he got me the movie "Newsies" which is like my all time favorite movie and I have wanted it and looked for it for like the last 15 years and never been able to find it so that was really exciting too. (It was a great deal too like 9 dollars!) He also threw is some Gerber Daises and Ballons. Its so fun! I am excited to have another holiday to celebrate and can't wait to celebrate Father's Day for Mark. I know he will be an amazing father!

Speaking of amazing people, my Mom is such an amazing person! She is the most generous and forgiving person. She always works so hard to make sure that everyone in her family is taken care of. My Mom helped instill in me a strong sense of self-worth and I appreciate that so much, she can always make me feel good about myself. I know that my Mom has a strong testimony of the Gospel and has always been an excellent example of showing the love of the Savior for others. I am the youngest of 5 children and once I was old enough to go to school she started teaching full time. Now that I have worked in an elementary school the last 3 1/2 years and seen all the extra work teachers do and all the junk they put up with it amazes me all the stuff my Mom did for us and the kids in her classes. She is a very creative person and an amazing teacher.
I know that there are many things I have gained and learned from my Mom over the years, here are just a few:
1. Patience
2. How to be a good Listener
3. Forgiveness
4. A huge love of holidays
5. Generousity

I am so thankful that my Mom loves me so much and took such good care of me!

And here is a pictue of me taken today after church, just past 17 weeks! I am feeling fine and just starting to show. I am even starting to like food again! I wore this dres on purpose because you can see a bump forming. Although I had sweater on at church so you couldn't really tell. I am still aprehensive about telling the whole world. My next appointment is on the 18th and then on the 26th we find out if its Jared or Lydia coming. You can't really tell in my regular clothes yet but give it another week or two and then all will know. I hope everything is going well!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!