My wonderful mother-in-law turned 79 on the 10th. If there is a mother-in-law lottery when you get married, I am pretty sure I won it. Janene is great! Above are a couple of pictures I took of her on her birthday when she came to see Evelyn. She was also returning Ruth from going birthday shopping with her. Ruth got the presents that day not Janene.
The next day on Ruth’s birthday the whole family got together at Texas Roadhouse to celebrate her and Ruth a little. It was somewhat monumental because all of the Rindlisbacher’s were there!!! It’s been quite some time since we have seen Mikayla. She’s a busy lady working at Nordstrom’s, going to school and last I heard making the Dean’s list. The only downside was that we were seated in two separate booths. We are working on finding a restaurant that has a space we could all share together.
Picture proof we saw Janae and all her kids. Janae has the long hair behind Lilly. Mikayla is to the right of her and Topher to the right of her. Josh and Colton are across the table next to Janene.
Janene goes about doing good and sharing wisdom from all the books she reads. And she has read and is reading a lot.
She loves to visit with people and take them on rides in Chitty Chitty. She can work over a Savers or DI like no one I know. She values relationships. She loves you how you are even if she might expect better of you sometimes. She thinks deep thoughts and not so deep thoughts. She loves animals. She loves the gospel of Jesus Christ. She loves her family, past present and future. She has a soft spot for anything western and from Arizona. She seems to need to recharge her batteries every so often with pure Arizona sunshine. When her sister passed away, she was so upset at not having a sister in this world with her. She didn’t know if she could bear it. She phoned her dear cousin and ask her to be her sister as well as cousin. She loves her husband and patently waits for him to open the door for her every single time they go somewhere together, even though she can open doors. I could keep going on.
I ask Glen and the kids what their favorite things about Grandma Richins were and these are the responses-
Glen says she is fun and very kind and considerate of others.
Lilly likes that she is funny and knows how to help people and likes to help people and go on adventures.
Lucy likes that she is funny.
Daryl likes that she is fun to be around and kind of goofy.
Ruth likes that she is kind and goofy and lest us have sleepovers.
Beth likes showing her her stuffies, watching movies with her, eating popcorn with her and going to Dollar Tree with her.
I sure am glad I won that mother-in-law lottery and got a friend and mentor when I married Glen.
Happy Birthday Janene! We love you!
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