“Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God”
(D&C 88:119)
This year we have given the girl's in YW a frame with the mutual theme and their favorite temple in it as their birthday present. The frame is a whopping $1 at Michaels, I had a spray painting party outside with the frames on paper cups and newspaper. I use the cricut to cut out the words, and then modge podge it.
The Sunday before their birthday we do a spotlight on the girls and give them their frame. My favorite question is "What would you cook for the prophet?" The girls always have fantastic ideas:)
This is one of my favorite talks from conference, I think I might really like one from the second Saturday session but the kids were being too loud I could not hear it!
I took this picture a couple of years ago and have just loved it. It makes me think of how wonderful things can come from any situation. I was listening to the Easter music (below) and I heard the narrator say that Easter is the time we celebrate that Life and Peace will Prevail. I believe that with all my heart! Happy Easter!
I read an article about not having a mask of anonymity on the internet. I have tried to have a blog without showing who I was because in some way it made it easier to feel like I didn't have to worry if people thought my blog was dumb, they wouldn't know it was me. As I type this it sounds really silly!
I have so many hopes and dreams that sometimes I feel I don't have enough time, energy or life to put into them. Some of these dreams are being a better disciple, wife, sister, daughter, mother, housecleaner, organizer, putting my preschool curriculum online, running a successful spice company, blogging more than once a year (hah!), saving for kid's college & retirement, seeing my extended family, church history sites, and gardening. And yet I feel like I've accomplished something if I can just get the dishes done in a day.
Right now I am sick, yesterday I couldn't even sit up, (images of coming home from the dr. and laying on the garage floor because I couldn't make it into the house come to mind) today I get winded if I try to clean so I thought what a perfect opportunity to blog. This running faster than you are able thing really has me stumped. I feel I will always be behind if I don't run. Then I am reminded that to everything there is a season, my season is diapers (that season has lasted 13 years...) and trying to find sanity in the "ground hogs day" feel to my life.
Though I never thought having 5 kids could be this hard, I also never knew 5 kids could be this wonderful. I've never felt so incapable until this 5th one came along. I have to say no a lot more now to things that take my precious time, but I find myself not allowing myself time to exercise, relax, read or reflect on my relationship with my Savior.
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