Road Trips
In June 2008, when I was 17 years old, I was one of the bride's maids at my aunt Vickie's wedding. She got married in the Oakland California temple and the reception was in Santa Clara, California; that meant we got to take a trip to California. My brother couldn't go because he had summer school (not because he wasn't a good student, but because he was getting ahead in his core classes so that he could do marching band, choir, and theater), so my dad stayed home with him while my mom and I took a road trip! It was so much fun! We made a few mistakes with directions. On the way there, we forgot to change freeways and went too far North and almost drove into Idaho before we realized it, that added an extra 2 hours to our first day of driving. Then, when we were trying to find the Oakland temple, there was road construction, so our printed off instructions were no longer valid! (This is pre-smart phone days.) We got off the freeway and called my dad - who couldn't help us, he was in Utah. We tried calling family members who were also going to the wedding, but no one was answering their phones. We prayed and felt impressed to get back on the freeway. Right as we got back on, my uncle Mark drove right by us! So we followed him to the temple. The rest of the trip was full of singing, laughing, and talking.
During the summer of 2012 we drove up, just the two of us, to Nampa, Idaho twice to visit my great grandma. The first time was a family reunion to celebrate my great grandparents being married for 70 years. It was really fun, and there were no driving problems since we knew where we were going. I was also pregnant with Benjamin, but didn't know it at the time! The second time was for my mom's cousin Chad's wedding. I did know that I was pregnant, and I was so sick. This trip was slower because we had to stop a lot for me. Even though I enjoyed seeing everyone, I can't say that overall I enjoyed the actual trip. We only stayed for the wedding ceremony because I was dying (it was an outdoor wedding). But my mom took really good care of me, and we enjoyed each other's company.
Grocery Shopping
During both of my pregnancies, I got to a point (generally by the third trimester) where I could not go grocery shopping by myself. It exhausted me so much that I could not drive myself home. So, my mom started going grocery shopping with me. She would pick me up, we would have our own carts - or share one depending on how big our list was, and shop together. It took much longer that way because we would talk and forget things, but we had a lot of fun. We still go together every once in a while, and we really enjoy it.
LDS General Women's Conference
March 2014 was the first General Women's Session for General Conference. We went together, and then went to eat at Chili's afterwards. To this day that is still one of my favorite sessions of conference. The talks, which were about unity, were so wonderful and spiritual, the music was beautiful, and the time with my mom was great. We decided that we would go to the women's session together every six months. On the second time going, we changed our eating location to Red Lobster because Chili's had too long of a wait. Then I fell in love with Red Lobster! Gerson doesn't like sea food, so the only time I can go is without him, which happens to be every six months on the night of the women's session.
I love my mom so much, and I'm so grateful for the relationship that we have. She is an amazing person, and I have always and will continue to look up to her.
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