I’ve introduced her here on my blog more than once. This is my mom. Hi mom! (She will be surprised to see this post.)
One of my mom’s best traits is that she is a giver in many ways. Last week I posted these thoughts & pictures about taking pictures of words, particularly when traveling. A few of you recognized a name special to you in the picture of Finnish name plates. My ever-so-thoughtful mom took notice of those blog readers and tracked down name plates for them. For real. So now she has these name plates and wants to send them to those readers. For real.
She cracks me up — and yet — it really is so thoughtful. SO, cute blog readers who left a comment about one of these names — you know who you are — please send your shipping address to this email address and my mom will send you your name plate. For real.
Know what might be fun? If any of you have met my mom (she has accompanied me on many trips back when I used to travel & teach on the road) … feel free to leave a comment to say hi to her, and maybe mention where you met her or what impression she had on you. This will make her day. In fact — feel free to say hi, even if you haven’t met her. : )
(No, it’s not Mom’s birthday. No special occasion. I just love her. That’s all.)
Tags: finnish names, kindness, mom
Hi Vicki.
It’s fun reading about your mission in Finland. I’m sure you’ve heard about Virgie’s passing away. So sad. She lived a long and wonderful life. I was able to meet her 10 years ago when I was able to meet your Mother, right before she passed away. I was so grateful to have met them both.
I know I’ve met you before, but I don’t remember where and when. I do know Kevin and Lauren and Jonathan and Tina from living in UT. Sad to say, I don’t think I’ve ever met Becky. A friend had Becky’s blog on her blog, so I’ve been enjoying reading about your family.
Enjoy your day! Diane Marion (Mark’s wife)
Hi Diane…..Yes, it is very sad having Virgie pass away today! I wish I could be there with the family at this time. I would love to see my cousins and aunts and uncles! Our oldest son, Jonathan, and his wife, Tina, and 3 of their children will be attending the funeral and representing us. There is quite a family reunion going on right now with all of those family members who have passed away! I can only imagine everyone sitting around a pump organ and singing just like they have done so many times!! How wonderful to think of that lovely reunion!!
Thanks for staying in touch! The best to you and Mark and your family! Give our love to all!!
Hi! I’ve never met you or Becky, but I love reading about your adventures and mission in Finland! Thank you for sharing! You seem to have a wonderful life that is filled with love. What a blessing!
I am so amazed at this thoughtful gesture from your mom!
It shows where you get your thoughtful and generous kind heart from!
what a sweet wonderful lady you are, becky’s mom!
That is one of the sweetest things I have heard of!
what an inspiration you are! I wish I would have met you
on your daughter’s travels, but unfortunately I haven’t even met Becky either!!
You are an amazing example of how everyone should be! kind hearted and giving!!
Tara Pollard Pakosta
I met your mom at CKC in Valley Forge, PA. She was there without you but did nothing but gush about how wonderful you are and how hard you were working. Your mom was so sweet and happy to say hi to all of us crazy scrapbookers. So hi to your mom in Finland – you are the best!!!!
Hi Becky’s Mom! So neat to see where you are living while on Mission. So sorry that I have never had the pleasure of meeting either of you, but follow you and your work constantly. I live in Maryland on the Eastern Shore and Mom you are not missing much this summer. It has been horribly hot, muggy and too many days of 100. Enjoy your climate!! What a great photo of the two of you.
Sending hugs!
Hi Sister Allgaier
My parents worked with you at the DC temple … the Neibars. My mom thinks of you often. She misses working with you and your husband.
I saw you several times in the temple, but never introduced myself. I didn’t know if it was appropriate to talk scrapbooking in the temple!
The best to you and your husband in Finland.
Melissa
Your parents are the BEST!!! You should have come up and introduced yourself to me (or us). We would have loved to talk with you!! Please give our love and greetings to your parents…….we miss seeing them all the time!! They are great examples to everyone!!
I met your mom at CKC in Valley Forge when you were pregnant with Claire. She was working the CK booth and I looked up and said “You’re Becky Higgins mom! I know you from her layouts!” Your mom was so kind and warm while chatting with me. She is so proud of you! Your mom is a lovely lady.
To Becky’s mom, enjoy your time in Finland! You are too kind to find the name plates for gals on the board!
Hi, Becky’s Mom! I actually had the pleasure of meeting you both briefly at a table at CKU. I loved the enthusiasm that you greeted each and every one of us with and it really touched me to see you traveling together. A mother-daughter relationship like that is something to be truly treasured. Best wishes to you!
Hi!! I’ve never met you but just wanted to say that was totally sweet!!!
God bless
Hi Becky’s Mom! You are awesome!
Hello, Mrs. Allgaier!
I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you (though I hope to one day) but met Becky just briefly in Pomona, CA for a scrapbook expo 12 years ago. There she signed my copy of her first book, The Art of Creative Lettering, which I will treasure always!
How sweet and incredibly thoughtful you are! I, too, had a big smile on my face even though that wasn’t my name on those plates…
If I could, I would send you flowers on Becky’s birthday just to show you my appreciation for having her. She, too, is a beautiful person! She inspires me everyday to appreciate my many blessings–big and small!
I am a 39 year old working mom who is happily married for 12 years. We have 2 boys: Peter, 7 and Adam, 5. We live in Southern CA.
Thank you for Becky!
Arlene
Hi Becky’s Mum!
I’m from Australia, so have never met you, but I think you are just lovely. It makes my heart smile to know that there are such thoughtful people in the world as you.
All the very best,
Sarah
Hi Becky’s mom!
I’ve never actually met you or Becky, but both of you have always been so gracious and kind! I first “met” your mom through this blog. Becky you had shared photos of your mom’s needlepoint projects (holiday themes) and she gave away free templates of those projects! So kind and thoughtful. You are both beautiful women inside and out. Truly.
Hi Vicki,
I have met you a couple of times in Haaga ward and hopefully will soon again when I come to visit my family in Finland in August. It was lovely to have you and Becky visiting our scrapbooking event in Espoo and I enjoyed going through your Project Life album.
You are lovely, full of good positive spirit and you are always smiling
. Thank you for all the work you are doing with and for my people in Finland!
Enjoy your last months! All the best,
Linda
And it is always FUN to have you come and visit HAAGA WARD when you are in the country visiting your family. Love seeing you along with Outi and Heini and everyone else!! All of you are so very kind to us……KIITOS PALJON!!
Hi Becky’s Mom!
I’ve never met either of you but would love to! Becky provides me with a lot of inspiration and has for a long, long time. (She’s on MY top 10 papercraft inspiration list) Enjoy your lovely family.
Hi Becky’s Mom!!
I’ve never met you, but it’s obvious you have a heart of gold…that’s too sweet! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE reading about your family, ministry, travels, the crafts, and the list could go on and on…
The inspiration is AWESOME!! God bless your day today!!
I met your mom at CKU in Orlando many years ago. She was there to help and was also helping with Porter who was a baby at the time. She was so sweet and it was wonderful to see her interact with your son!
My sister just named her daughter Heidi, it is such a cute name. I just wanted to say that I have been a big Becky Higgins fan since I got into scrapbooking in high school about 1999…
After I got married we moved to PA for my husband’s schooling..and one day we stopped in at the Washington DC Temple…and there was a display about quilting, and I remember seeing some of your mom’s work. I was making a big deal about the fact that I knew who that was- and my husband thought it was kind of funny. She definitely is super talented, and she seems like an all around amazing person!
Hey becky’s mom, that was so nice of you to get their name plates!
I met your mom at a CKU. It might even have been the first CKU in Provo. But I recognized her from pictures in CK and said Hi to her. She was so nice and sweet and we had a nice conversation! I’m not sure what all we talked about, but I remember saying that I was a big fan of you. She beamed and said that she was very proud to be your mom!
Hi there Becky’s mom! So awfully sweet of you to get those nameplates for some very lucky strangers! OK, just wanted to drop in and say hi.
Moms are the best. My mama is also currently serving a mission–she’s at the visitor’s center at Palmyra, and at the surrounding historical sites. It’s so fun for me to see pics of Becky’s visit to you on your mission–it gets me excited to go visit my mom, too, which I will be doing at the end of August! Hope you are loving your mission you great mom, you.
Hi Becky’s Mom! I have always been inspired by your daughter and also by her stories of you and your family!
Hi mom!
This is so sweet of you! My daughter (Sara) saw me reading this post and she’s always having to tell everyone she’s Sara without the H. She saw the SAARA and mentioned she’d never seen Sara spelled that way. I had to explain to her it was from another country and she mentioned how she was different because her name had no h; it was so cute!
Hello Mrs. Allgaier,
My sister and I met you and your husband, Becky and David, and Porter and Claire on a scrapbooking cruise in 2006. We were the two white haired gals who people thought were twins but are actually just 2 years apart in age. We absolutely loved meeting your whole family and have been Becky fans since she came into the scrapbooking world! You have raised a beautiful daughter (inside and out) but i don’t need to tell you that!
Mary from IL and her sister Jerri from MI
Hi! We met when Becky’s oldest was a tiny newborn. I was so amazed that you chose to come on this trip with her. Sadly, my mom would have felt it was a tremendous burden to be “stuck” as the babysitter.
It was a joy to meet you, and I continue to enjoy when Becky shares about her family.
God’s blessings to you on your mission trip!
I’ve never met you in person, but I’ve been following along on your mission blog since you left the states. I love the beautiful photos you post (especially the ones of the Temple and the places you visit…so pretty!!) I also was so touched when I left a comment on your blog a few months back, and you wrote me back just to say hello.
I’m enjoying seeing Finland through your eyes!
Thanks!!!
Hi Becky’s Mom! I met your mom at CKC Valley Forge too! I loved her name badge “becky’s mom.. Yes that becky!” (or something to that effect!) I loved it! Hope all is well!!!
I met your mom at CKU-Detroit in your “Sketches” class, and I said to her, “You must be SO proud of Becky!” And, of course she said, “Yes”, with tears in her eyes. I thought to myself, “I bet she hears that all of the time; wow……………..she must shed a lot of tears!!!!!!!!!!”
You were both very cute together!!!!!!!!!!! = )
Becky’s Mom – I’ve read about you here and there through Becky’s writings. I have to say – you are one cool mom. It’s no wonder Becky is so cool. She just followed in your footsteps!
Becky’s Mom-
Wow!!! How sweet are you!!! I know just from reading Becky’s blog daily that you are a one-of-a-kind lady with a true heart of gold!
God Bless you!
Ashley M
Hello Sister Allgaier, How wonderful to be serving in Finland. I’ll bet it is a wonderful adventure. I have been following Becky’s blog for some time and love hearing about you and your relationship with each other. I have two daughters and share many endearing memories with them.
We are Northern Utah natives and used to bread AKC Shelties. We kept the pick of the last litter and named her Henna [actually for her sable red hair color] I noticed the name on your plate photo and it made me smile SOOOOO big. I had no idea it was a name and everyone always thinks her name is Hanna. I’d love to clarify it to many friends. How much would it cost for me to get you to mail me one of those cute plates? It would be so fun, since she is the “neighborhood” pet.
Have a wonderful service adventure there in Finland.
Yours in the gospel, Elaine
If you can get your address to Becky, I can get a name plate for you!!
How fun to hear from you Rebekah!!! OH the good old days!! Weren’t they wonderful…..and even better as years go by!! I hope you are doing well and enjoying life as much as we are!!
Thanks for being on Becky’s blog!!
I am so glad to have this opportunity to say hello to Vicki as our family has ALOT to thank you for! Our little girl, Erin was born in a Maryland hospital and we were chosen to be her adoptive parents and it was the Allgaiers who opened their home for us while we visited her and waited for paperwork. Becky, your mom and dad are HUGE heroes of ours and every time I see them in your work it makes me smile and brings back great memories! We will never be able to pay back their generosity but we hope the Allgaiers are always blessed in all that they do!
This year Erin will be going into YWs and is a bright and beautiful girl and she along with her 8 year old brother are the best things in our life! Thanks again for helping us when our little family was just beginning!!!!
Karen and Gavin
SO, SO, SO good to hear from you Karen and Gavin……can’t believe it has been that many years ago since you were in our home!! Where does the time go!! So so good to hear from you!!! Our love to you and your family. It was indeed a privilege for us to have a small, small little part in your family!!
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Hello Mrs. Allgaier,
I have had the pleasure of meeting & taking classes from your beautiful & uber talented daughter on two different occasions July 05 CKU Orlando ( she was pregnant with Porter if I remember correctly, what a trooper, dont know how she did it) and then I had the pleasure of taking her “All about Me” class in April 07 CKU Dearborn. I also met you that same year and I remember you were so sweet& patient ,helping Becky in her make & take booth. I was allowed to take a photo of the two of you and really admire the close relationship between the two of you.
Rent a retro photo booth with scrapbook for your bar mitzpah…
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