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Mom’s 80th birthday celebration was so much fun!

Mom’s 80th birthday celebration was so much fun! Gathering the family from all the places is not easy (and sadly Dave had to work and could not join us 😢) but so glad for the super fun weekend together. There was lots of laughter, too many hours in the swimming pool, surfing, shopping, golfing (a spa day for mom and I💕) and finally a birthday party with Italian food, poetry by the grandkids, and a 50’s dance party finale! 💃🏼🕺🏽(I’d share video of that but I might be disowned by my family 😂) (tho I might sneak some clips in a reel eventually 🤫 😉)

I’m so glad God made family. I’m so thankful He gave me the very best Mom. 🎁 #myladyis80 #grandmagoals

- a few fun pics by @josiahswanson quick as it was getting dark 😜

True to style, my parents invite the whole family

True to style, my parents invite the whole family to Dana Point to celebrate my mom’s 80th, then spend the whole weekend spoiling us. 🥰

All the college kids/young adults arriving tonight and tomorrow the festivities will be in full force. 🥰🥳 #80isthenew60 😜 #letsgooo

Perhaps the best parenting advice ever. - I’m w

Perhaps the best parenting advice ever.
- I’m writing a certain chapter of a certain (upcoming) book, 😉, and feeling like I simply cannot hold back on my overwhelming conviction that more than ever Christian parents need to let their kids know— without any doubt— about the God who created them and loves them so much.

Let’s not assume our kids understand the Bible. Talk to them about it, often, and if you don’t understand it well, open it and learn together! ♥️ kids Bibles and devotionals are a great place to start!

Kids want to know Truth and they are looking to us to give it to them. 👊🏻🎁

- also (2nd pic) Levi and I are enjoying @levilusko’s new devotional, Roar Like a Lion, and I can’t wait to share an interview with Pastor Levi in a few weeks! 🥳.

It seems like I’ve spent half of my motherhood a

It seems like I’ve spent half of my motherhood at Kewalos Basin for surf contests, starting with @josiahswanson a hundred years ago…
This weekend was @lukeswanson_’s last HSA contest ever at Kewalos 😲and somehow I didn’t even get a picture 😌🤷🏼‍♀️ (congrats on a great performance and 2nd place finish, Luke 🥳).

Now it’s @leviswanson_ ‘s turn and I enjoy it almost more than ever. Uncle Kimo (@kanaka_solutions ) saw me yesterday and said “look at you, so much more relaxed with this one-you know what fo’ do”. 😂🤙🏼🙌

I smiled and thought of how we do get to relax more as we grow and gain experience in parenting. We have more perspective. We realize that some things things really matter, and some things simply aren’t worth stressing over.

So moms, I encourage you today to be all in - in whatever your parenting looks like. If you’ve done what’s in front of you a thousand times or you’re in a new season. ♥️ Because today’s snapshot will soon be just a sweet memory. ☺️

Enjoy it all! And — relax a little. Because you’re doing better than you think. You’ve got what it takes… 👊🏻 and you really do “know what fo’ do!” 🤙🏼🥰

PS congrats @leviswanson_ on getting 3rd in the finals yesterday! 🥳🎉

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