A Good Week

He puts up with the love the best he can. :)

(He is spiderman)

Happy morning!

Silly kids

Beautiful scenery

A heart shaped rock to love.

Sweet tiny hands!

She loves this rock!

She is the most beautiful little girl.

His silly faces always make me smile.

Sisterly love! <3

   This week was good. I have been in summer school this year, and I haven't been able to do as much as I would like, but this week was good. I took the kids to see the Pioneer Day parade, and the kids had a great time. Then today I was able to drive them up Ogden Canyon to go hiking. We desperately needed a way to get out and do something active, without spending money, and without dying in the heat. Well, hiking in a windy canyon was a perfect idea. :) It was lovely up there. Between the creek, flowers, and trees it was a lovely site. The kids didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped, but they had fun rock hunting, and posing for the camera. I took that as a need to go hiking more. Then it would be a lot less about the immense amount of walking, and more about the fun.

   The best part about all this, was the kids getting along for a short time. They weren't so bored, so they didn't fight as much. My favorite thing I caught on camera, was Morgan lifting Danny up to see the parade better. <3 I love it when they are sweet like that! It just makes my day to see them loving each other. It is the sweet reminder I need to see that I am doing SOMETHING right! 

   The more time I spend with them, and they aren't bickering, the more I get to see the wonderful things I love about them. Like when they are being silly, or the way Morgan's hair is untameable and beautiful, or the way that Danny is so in tune with what is around him. He may not hear a word I say, but he hears everything else, and sees so many wonderful things. 

   My kids make me happy. The fact that I get to be their mom makes me happy. I always wanted a big family, but I am so grateful to have the two little people in my life to raise. They are so beautiful in so many ways. What a blessing to be a mom. 

Sweet Love and Grace

  I have noticed more than a few times how much having the gospel in my life has blessed it. I am constantly given blessings and reminders of blessings to keep me going. When I have a hard day and I feel like the world is crashing in, it is followed by a day of wonderful blessings to remind me that all is well.

  I had one of those "hard days" recently. I was losing my ability to stay positive and when all seemed lost, my prayers were answered! I was able to turn around my whole week and start new again. I feel so lifted up and peaceful again! I want to share with the world how happy this life has made me since returning to church about 3 years ago. I was able to receive my endowments almost two years ago and it has given me the promised blessings of strength and safety that I so desperately needed in my life! My heart is so full today, I wish I could share it with everyone I came across in my life. The ability to express my joy for life is totally lost to me. I have no words to help others understand just how much I feel inside.

  I am so grateful that I had the courage to get on my knees one night and ask for God's help. I didn't even know for sure that he was there and that I would get an answer, but he knew my heart was ready. I had really gotten to the place where I had a "broken heart and a contrite spirit". It means so much more when you get there than others could understand. It's not so much a  reaching in thin air as it sounded to me in the beginning. It is the ability to humble yourself to a point of being able to listen. God spoke to me in numerous ways since then, but because I was willing to follow and grow my faith in him, I have come so far. My life will never be the same, and I am sooo glad! :-D

HEY! I still have a blog!

It's been 3 1/2 years since I posted on this blog. I forgot all about it and found it recently! I feel the need to update. :D

   So since my last update (I mentioned that I was going to start school) I am still in school. I am almost half done! I will transfer from Weber State University down to the Salt Lake community college. I will attend there for two semesters, then start my Junior year of College at the University of Utah. I will have "two years" there till I am done with my bachelors. I say "two years" with quotation marks because it will be closer to four. I slowed down my schooling too so that I could be with the kids more. Homework is very overwhelming sometimes and it would make me slack on being a mom. So I am doing as much as I can handle at one time.
   We have been living at Jordan's house (Rick's dads) since starting school, but the house is on the market now and could sell at anytime. So we are just sitting ducks until it sells. For his sake, I hope it sells soon, but I will miss having this home, neighborhood, and ward members. I am sure blessed to be surrounded by so much goodness.
   Morgan is in 1st grade, and Danny is in preschool. Although he will be 5 in September, he misses the cut off to start kindergarten. Which is good for him. I think he will do a lot better in school if he waits a year. So he will start kindergarten and go to school with Morgan when I start attending the UofU. I think that will all work out very nicely.
   Rick is currently working as a handyman until I finish school. He is doing a great job and his music business is doing really well too. He has a few record labels supporting him, and quite a few clients that come to him periodically. I think in 5-10 years his music business will be exactly what he wants it to be. (Rick's business website). On top of that he likes to write his own music too. He has a couple albums that have been released and is pretty popular in the UK. I am very proud of him. :) (Rick's music)

   To keep with the theme of this blog, all of these things make me happy. My life is wonderful!