"Mothers of teenagers know why animals eat their young." ~ Author Unknown
(HAHA we loved this saying and if you knew either of us as teens, you know that we were not easy to raise. Keri - " I was pretty loud, stubborn and obnoxious...and wait, I still am, just a little more grounded hopefully. Thanks Mom!"Matt - "I liked to break the rules and basically tried to sleep through high school, if Mom would have let me").
Since we are still waiting to hear about Matt's Masters Program acceptance what else can we talk about but our mothers. We are truly blessed to have the best mothers (and mothers-in-law)! And we just can not thank them enough for their love and endless support. We have both kind of gotten hooked on Talk Radio lately (namely Glenn Beck and Dr. Laura) and after each listen, we can not walk away without being so grateful for the family that we have and the values that our parents have instilled in us.
Top 10 List To Our Mothers - Linda & Kathy
- You have taught us both how to be good, hard-working people
- You feed us anything we want - even when we ask for Belgian waffles, bacon, eggs, Orange Julius, and cinnamon pull-aparts all in one meal
- You have shared your musical talents with us and helped us find our inner rock stars...or barbershop stars :)
- You have a unique and creative approach to all you do
- You show us what it means to live unselfishly - you truly forget yourself and go to work
- You indulge our crazy hobbies like playing Rock Band with us or going hiking with feral cows
- Your make each family member feel like they are your #1
- You are our biggest cheerleaders (next to Matt & I, of course) and you've also been one of our best coaches...but also a pretty good referee
- You teach us what is right and you always know what we need...sometimes before we do
- You live each day with never ending love and patience
"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." ~ Tenneva Jordan
Just to highlight a few of the many wonderful things that our mothers have done, we'd like to share some of our favorite memories of our mothers:
Keri: Sending my brothers and Dad off to Father & Sons Outings and having Girls Night - shopping for
matching outfits (mine pink of course, and Tori's yellow) and watching "Cutting Edge", "Pillow Talk" or "Pure Country" over and over.
Matt: Mom trying to spank us with the wooden spoon and having it break on our butts. She would get so mad and we would just keep laughing.
Keri: Singing around the piano while Mom plays anything I want - or performing together at ward talent shows, care homes, etc...(Tori & I singing, Mom playing the piano)
Matt: Mom makes my favorite food for me every year on my birthday...especially chocolate eclair cake and she made these awesome caterpillar cakes when we were little. Mom also used to have after school snacks for us when we got home every day. I wish I still had those now.
Keri: Mom always being involved in whatever I was: being my room mom, my soccer mom, PTA president and talking me into being the only kid PTA secretary in history, selling candy to raise $ for my marching Band, bringing cupcakes or peanut butter ice cream rice crispy treats to my classes for my birthday, helping me make clam chowder for my 4th grade class to get an A on my report on clams...and campaign manager when I ran for president in 7th grade - even coming up with an awesome slogan like (Jon Adams, Jon Quincy Adams...Keri Adams - it just makes sense).
Matt: Mom helping me with school work when the assignments were hard or when I needed creativity...like dioramas and poster boards and what not. And also taking care of me when I was sick and teaching me the BRAT diet which consisted of Banana, Rice, Applesauce or Toast.
Keri: And let's not forget touring Europe together - Mom keeping the peace between Tori and I always as we battled between shopping and art museums (snooze), taking us to Les Miserable twice & Lion King, and Mom busting our her high school Italian to tell our Rome taxi driver whats up.
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
- Jewish Proverb
We love you Mom and Mom and hope you both have a Happy Mother's Day!
- KerMatt
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