['The last time my mom was in town, she brought some photo albums from my childhood and we spent a while paging through them.']
That must've been nice. I bet that reminded you a lot of when you were a kid. Did you enjoy your time with your mom?
The last time my mom came to visit, she brought along a few photo albums from my childhood.  Memories of her Very Big 80s hair flooded back, like it was yesterday.