Friday, May 17, 2013

Happy Birthday Mom!


57 things you may not know about
Barbara Anne Brown Wall Smith
   She skipped the 6th grade
S She graduated from BYU at age 19
   She loves to play the piano
   She is known as “Barbie” by her family and childhood friends
   Throws a football and baseball left handed
   Her date to Prom was the son of the actor who played SPOCK from Star Trec
   She lived next to the Osmond family growing up
Her dream car is a Bright Red Jaguar 2 door convertible
   She makes the best strawberry cream cheese pie known to man
   Everyone of her children have gone to San Clemente High School
   1989 while on vacation, she endured student protests during the   Tiananmen square riot in Beijing 
   She has every hair color you can imagine! (We have the photos to prove it)
Her 1st date was to Catalina on a private plane flown by her date.
   She is highly allergic to surgical glue
   She had her thyroid removed
   She NEVER goes to bed with make on. NEVER
   She sings Tenor/bass and sometimes sings on the men’s side.
She was bit on her butt by a Doberman pincher in college.
   Her Mercedes was flooded by her 5 year old who wanted to wash the inside of her car by putting those through the window
   She like to pull toes, her kids hate it.
   She is the strongest woman we know. (not physically, the other kind of stong)
   She is VERY competitive, especially at board games (see #45)
   She has Hula Hoop Skills! They even made an instructional video for all the other schools P.E. classes with her demonstrating how to do it!
   She’s take a bath with bubbles over a shower any day
   She writes amazing church talks. Just ask her kids who’ve given one on Sunday.
   If she is at a Mexican restaurant she will order a chili rellano.
   LOVES puzzles and wished her kids did to.
   She slid down a hand rail in high school and when she got to the end and stood up her dress was unbuttoned top to bottom FLASHER!
   Peppermint ice cream is her favorite dessert, hands down.
   If she the time, she would read 1 book every 2 days. (Don’t worry mom, I hear in heaven all you do is read all day!)
   She’s been deep sea fishing in Cabo and caught HUGE marlin both times!
   Don’t make her mad when she’s drinking milk, she will pour it on your head.
   She is the youngest of 5 children
   For her sons 12th birthday she bought him the Gun’s ‘n Roses album “Use your Illusion 1 & 2”  
   She was the Apple of her Fathers Eye, a daddy’s girl and his absolute favorite.
   She has NEVER waivered in her testimony of the Gospel. EVER.
   Her Eldest brother is the only other living member of her family. Both of her parents, her two sisters, and one brother have passed away.
   Her calling on earth is to make sure all of her children “make it home”.
   She dislikes the color purple very much!
   She misses her Dad EVERY day!
   As a teenager she made her boyfriend (now her husband) a German chocolate cake. She took it to his house and when the door opened she dropped the entire cake!
   Those her know her best call her “Burn the bread Barbara”
   She is so smart, she almost never wrong. Except the time she thought Spain was in South America and defended her answer by proclaiming they spoke Spanish is Spain!
   She is a great seamstress
   She cheats at scrabble. You do Mom!
   She is naturally rebellious, and works very hard controlling it. (I don’t really believe that, she’s to perfect).
   She ran away from home at 14 because her parents wouldn’t let her see her “boyfriend”.
   She is the bravest person I have ever met and has faced every trial with faith and dignity.
    All of the trial I have seen her face have been because of other peoples choices, none that were her own. Because she ALWAYS makes the right choice (told you she was perfect).’
    She loves Theatre, musicals and plays
    She has always kept a journal/diary even for her children when they were babies!
    Gardenias are her favorite flower/scent
    She has a mother’s intuition, but multiply it by 1,000!
    Her closet is always organized, always! By color, length of dress, fabrication of shirt etc. 
    She’s good at sharing, she will share anything she owns without hesitation.
    Her children would have never made it through this life without her!
5  She coined the term BULL CRUNCHIES and her children will never let her live it down!

WE LOVE YOU MOM!
Lindsey, Jared, Melissa, Jordan & Kadyn


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