Thirty is YOUNG

Thirty years ago today Ron was driving me through the icy streets of Salt Lake City to the hospital - the baby that I had been protected inside of me was about to make an appearance.  In 1984 there there was no way to detect the gender of a infant prior to birth so we had no idea if it was to be a boy or girl, where as now you can almost certainly know the sex of a baby before it is born and be ready! 

Audrey Lynn Gailey decided to make her debut in the early afternoon of January 5th 1984!  She was perfect and I had really NO idea of how to be a parent.  I soon learned quickly and over the last 30 years I have made my share of parenting mistakes but I have also had many successes!   I will always be grateful to a loving kind Father in Heaven who gave me a very forgiving, patient and loving first child.

A  ngel like Hair

U  nique Sense of Humor

D  evotion Unwavering

R  ejoices in Motherhood

E  ternal Daughter

Y oung at Heart

Happy Thirtieth Birthday Audrey - Love Mom

Worth It

John and I left Thailand on Friday afternoon December 28th and arrived in Seattle on January 28th at 6:30 pm.  The flight takes about 20 hours and we go back a day.  Jet Lag is inevitable - John's hits him hard the first week and I seem to adjust but then it kicks in the second week.  It just so happens the second week was the week that I dropped of John for is first semester of collage - now that was emotion filled for me. And I am running on little sleep! 
In order to get him to college I had to take a flight from Seattle to SLC then drive up to Rexburg.  Due to the storm in the Northeast my flight was changed, delayed and almost cancelled out of Seattle.  Arrival time at the Sea-Tac airport was 8:30 AM - departing time for SLC airport  was 9:45 PM.  Eleven hours in the airport for my 2.5 hour flight - then in the morning a 4 hour drive to Rexburg where I had to help John unpack and set up his college room - then say goodbyes and return to SLC to take a flight to Las Vegas.  I thought I was in the clear - but then my flight to Las Vegas was changed and delayed - nearly 6 hours!  I was traveling with some bad JUJU!  I was emotionally drained, physically tired and was developing an aversion to Airport waiting areas....

But finally it was all worth it....

Nana and Austin ...Movie TIme

Launching

The day has come...I am not sure that I am very excited about it, and I am not sure that my eyes will not leak tears as I drive away - but today is the day that I launch John!  He is starting BYU- Idaho on Monday and so I will be living without my constant companion of the last four years.  John and I have had many experiences, from diving in Malaysia together to driving 8000 miles across the United States! 

I will miss my "Baby" - although I can hardly call him a baby at 6' tall and 210 pounds!  

The Launching Party