Connell Branan, National President of American Mothers Inc., welcomes  Carrie Leonard and Shelly Soliz to her home. Leonard is the 2012 Young Mother of the Year. Soliz is president of the American Mothers of Oklahoma.  (Photo by David Faytinger).

Cliff Branan, Kathy Walker and Stewart Meyers talk at the party. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

Connell Branan, American Mothers Inc., national president, was hostess for a party honoring Oklahoma’s 2012 Mother of the Year, Kathy Walker, and Oklahoma’s 2012 Young Mother of the Year, Carrie Leonard.

  Also honored were Mothers of Achievement Connie Fox, Connie Jones and Mautra Jones.

At the party were Russ Walker, Cliff Branan, Marilyn Meade, Susan Dobson, Lela and Mark Sullivan, Miki and Jim Farris, Barbara and Ralph Thompson, Ryan Leonard, Irene Castilow, Shelly Soliz, Dorothy Hammert, Sandy and Stewart Meyers, Nancy and Tim Leonard, Polly Nichols, Carol Troy, Karen Browne, Cynda Ottaway, Katherine Buxton, Coe London, Jody and John Gooden, Stacy Kline, Pam Kanaly, Marilyn and Leonard Sullivan.

Lela Sullivan, Russ Walker and Shelly Soliz enjoy the event. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

Kathy Walker and her mother, Rosemary Scalpone, were at the party. Kathy is Oklahoma Mother of the Year. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

Miki Farris, 2011 Oklahoma Mother of the Year; Jennifer King, 2011 Young Mother of the Year, and Shelli Soliz, 2009 Young Mother of the Year, talk on Parties Extra! They were selected by members of the Oklahoma Chapter of  The American Mothers Inc.

Stacy and Perry Cline, center, with children Kyle, Brandan, Charley and Tyrel after the ceremony at the state Capitol. Stacy was named Oklahoma Young Mother of the Year. (Photos by David McDaniel).

A reception in the second floor rotunda of the state capitol was held following the announcement ceremony of the Oklahoma Mother of the Year and the Young Mother of the Year. Mary Cutter, Oklahoma City, was named Mother of the Year, and Stacy Cline, Hennessey, was named Young Mother of the Year.

They were also recognized on the floor of the House of Representatives and by the Oklahoma State Senate.

200 people were there including Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and State Senators Patrick Anderson, Steve Russell and Cliff Branan.

The Oklahoma Mother of the Year and Young Mother will represent the state in New York at the 75^th annual convention of American Mothers Inc. where the National Mother of the Year and Young Mother will be announced.

Maddie Meyers, Kingfisher Middle School student, was recognized  as winner of the American Mothers Inc. 5^th grade essay contest.

Oklahoma Mother of the Year Mary Cutter, Young Mother Stacy Cline and President of Oklahoma Association of American Mothers Sherri Boyd were at the State Capitol.

Stacy Cline gets a hug from her minister, Robyn Goggs after the Mother of The Year ceremony.