{Happy Mother's Day}

 

In this last General Conference, Elder Packer said, "One of the great discoveries of parenthood is that we learn far more about what really matters from our children than we ever did from our parents." I was taught so many things by my wonderful mother, but it's true, there are some things I can only learn from my children. I'm thankful for the lessons they teach me.

In honor of Mother's day, I made a goal this week to get a picture of me with each of my children. So, I broke out the tripod and used the self timer. For each child I chose to photograph an activity that we do often together. These images are not necessarily moments of fabulous photography, but are moments of heart for sure. I'm so very grateful for all the loving, teaching, and helping moments with my children.

So, this morning, after I was served a yummy breakfast of course, I hurried to get everyone ready for church. I had one more picture in mind and I really wanted to make it happen, but honestly, what were the chances. Jake had early meetings, so we were talking about a tripod, a self timer, five minutes, and five semi cooperative kids here. But, I was lucky, magic happened and I got a picture of me with all five of my wonderful children. Happy Mother's Day to me!!