We went to the open house at the Draper Temple!! It was so beautiful. I was thrilled to see murals on the walls. The marble floors, the baptistry, the alderwood, the cut glass, the chandelers, the sage blue and cream colors...it is all for the beauty of the Lord's house.
The Spirit was so strong and mild. The children felt the spirit the whole time. Maggie-Sue said, "Can you decorate my room like this?...Today?" She is so happy there.
Virginia loved the patterns in the carpet...she wanted to crawl and crawl on them.
Kellis and Garrett loved the pictrues of Christ all throughout.
Isaac liked the "swimming pool"--I mean font. He loved the idea of helping others who hadn't been baptized.
Garrett would say "hello Jesus" to the pictrues.
The Girls loved to be with Grandma Ann. They just held hands and walk and talked and talked with her. She enjoyed herself...we all did.
The celestial room was my favorite. The beauty the QUIET, the calm, the spirit. I can't wait to be there with my LOVE. To look into eternity with him...to look forward for having an eternal family once again...it is a blessing and an answer to a deep prayer. My Heavenly Father loves me...there is no doubt.
In the sealing room the little worker talked to us about being an eternal family. Maggie-Sue said that we are all getting married here. Garrett said, "Mr., do you know dinosaurs?" The worker replied, "I am a dinosaur." Garrett smiled and said, "so Mr. do you know dinosaurs and Jesus?" They are here at the temple..." My heart smiled, the worker laughed, and the eternities now have dinosaurs...I love my family!!!
We will all be there soon. Prayers are answered, the Savior lives, and families are forever.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Virginia's Comment
I just love little kids! My baby cakes shared a great thing with us today. She was eating cheese and crackers and was making a shape with the cheese. The teacher asked her what shape she was making with the cheese? "This is the Temple!" Mommy and Scotty are getting married in the cheese temple!
Sounds eternally yummy to me! Aren't kids great!?
Sounds eternally yummy to me! Aren't kids great!?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Princess Belle and Prince Eric
I love days off when I get to play and be a "real mom". The girls used the stair landing for their latest adventure of the "Princess Belle and Prince Eric". It was so cute...pictures tell it all. I got in on the ending scene where they dance and dance and the movie ends...to have every day end in a dance is the life of a child.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Gratitude for my Family
Sunday Mornings...I feel a connection to something more on Sundays and I love it! The Spirit is so amazing and it brings a family such clarity, He helps to communicate with Heavenly Father and Jesus right to your heart. It is such amazing communication...I feel like I'm in a holy place. I love the time I have to pray, read, and just ponder. I can be sad, or have mixed feelings, or have un-clarity, but after time to write, and listen to music...and have a constant prayer in my heart, the beauty of eternity comes clear. It might sound unbelievable to some, but my heart just thrives off the spirit and that heavenly connection.
As I live my life and dedicated it to my Savior and to my family, the world becomes a different place for me. It becomes a place of learning, and of not just surviving trials, but to understand how they shape and mold me. I often have a thought in my head: "I won't ask the 'why' but how can I get through it?" When I ask the how and not the why, my heart and head are filled with answers. Do you know what the funny thing is? The "why's" are usually answered through the blessing of time. If any of you are asking the why...just give it time...your Heavenly Father loves you and He will hold your soul and show you in His timing the whys.
This is how I "get through things". Bottom line...my Heavenly Father knows the tender mercies of my heart. He knows what I need, what my dreams are, what I long for, and what I hold sacred to me. I love my Father in Heaven and my Savior. I have learned through experience that They have the power to love all sons, daughters, and all children of the Heavenly Family. I have had a glimpse of that power and love.
As I look into the eyes of my children I see Heaven. The trick is to see that as much as possible each time I look at them. My heart is breaking right now as I try to write this... My Kellis, I see potential, love, and obedience. I see a the beginnings of a young man who is smart, talented, and a leader. He suffers in pain daily with a disease that doesn't allow him the "joy of eating". Despite the constant pain in his throat, belly, and bowels...he has joy. Only through the power of the Lord can you have that. I am honored to be his mother.
In my Garrett's eyes I see someone who has seen the Savior and knows Him. He is more connected then I can even tell you. Garrett is an angel who has the opportunity of living with us. To be a mother of such a soul is an honor...and my heart breaks and is touched.
My Zickles...he is filled with enthusiasm and energy! How to teach such a spirit...with love. Some of my most tender moments of being a mother have occurred in helping, holding, and looking at my Isaac. His name means laughter...we do that with him...and his laughter is infectious. As his mother I am so honored to see what innocence and joy are. I love his belly laugh, his care and concern for his brother's and sisters...he and I share the same spirit and sometimes our love of life is overwhelming to others, but to the Lord, we are loved.
My Margaret Susanna is the girl I prayed for. My heart longed for a daughter and I was blessed. I will never forget holding her in the hospital. We were the only two in the room...the snow was falling...and I looked at someone who had just her Heavenly Father to come home with our family. It felt like Christmas...like a story book. Maggie-Sue also has energy and drive for life. She knows what she wants and will work and work for it until she can obtain it. That is a gift, and as her mother I need to help her to shape this drive and desire for things of the Lord. I love her talents, gifts, her giggle, and her girl-i-ness.
My Virginia Grace. She was born during great tribulation and strife. My heart was heavy with an eternal load. My vision was blurred and my days were hour to hour with her--I did not have the strength to balance what I had. I learned how to leaned heavily on the Lord to be healed so that I could care for her. She in turn would look at me while she nursed. She would give me sloppy kisses, and she was/is a snuggler. Her name took on meaning--deep meaning: Virginia for the strength of her ancestors, and the Grace of my Heavenly Father to fill in all the gaps I was missing at that time. Her snuggles and hugs are that of an angel expressing my Heavenly Father's love to me. Those hugs were needed in just the right time. I need to have her know what her love...the grace from the Lord did for me at that time.
Now to my Love: Scott was a direct answer to a prayer that was said during my son's accident. It had a ripple effect throughout the universe...truly. I cried out to the Lord that I could no longer do this alone. I needed not just help, but I needed a team player, a companion. I knew that as soon as I said that I thought: How is that going to happen? I'm going to have to start dating and when would I have the time for that. Luckily for me Heavenly Father is in charge and he provides the way. The tender mercies of my heart where all answered through who Scott is. He loves and adores me. The love of adoration is service and sacrifice--think of the other person's needs above your own. Truly long to be with that person, and serve them. The Christmas carol "Oh Come all Ye Faithful"...Come let us Adore him, Come let us Adore him! I feel that adoration from Scott...it is a tender mercy that Heavenly Father answered. I love you Scott.
My expressions this morning are from a deep well of gratitude and love for my children and for my Fiancee. My family is my most precious gift I have on earth. My testimony is my anchor in my life. My relationship to Scott is now what is allowing our family to be whole again...the depth and that is eternal. I will be forever grateful. My expression are for being my testimony of the how the Hand of the Lord is in all of our lives...I bare this testimony of love for my family and love for him in His sacred name Jesus Christ Amen.
As I live my life and dedicated it to my Savior and to my family, the world becomes a different place for me. It becomes a place of learning, and of not just surviving trials, but to understand how they shape and mold me. I often have a thought in my head: "I won't ask the 'why' but how can I get through it?" When I ask the how and not the why, my heart and head are filled with answers. Do you know what the funny thing is? The "why's" are usually answered through the blessing of time. If any of you are asking the why...just give it time...your Heavenly Father loves you and He will hold your soul and show you in His timing the whys.
This is how I "get through things". Bottom line...my Heavenly Father knows the tender mercies of my heart. He knows what I need, what my dreams are, what I long for, and what I hold sacred to me. I love my Father in Heaven and my Savior. I have learned through experience that They have the power to love all sons, daughters, and all children of the Heavenly Family. I have had a glimpse of that power and love.
As I look into the eyes of my children I see Heaven. The trick is to see that as much as possible each time I look at them. My heart is breaking right now as I try to write this... My Kellis, I see potential, love, and obedience. I see a the beginnings of a young man who is smart, talented, and a leader. He suffers in pain daily with a disease that doesn't allow him the "joy of eating". Despite the constant pain in his throat, belly, and bowels...he has joy. Only through the power of the Lord can you have that. I am honored to be his mother.
In my Garrett's eyes I see someone who has seen the Savior and knows Him. He is more connected then I can even tell you. Garrett is an angel who has the opportunity of living with us. To be a mother of such a soul is an honor...and my heart breaks and is touched.
My Zickles...he is filled with enthusiasm and energy! How to teach such a spirit...with love. Some of my most tender moments of being a mother have occurred in helping, holding, and looking at my Isaac. His name means laughter...we do that with him...and his laughter is infectious. As his mother I am so honored to see what innocence and joy are. I love his belly laugh, his care and concern for his brother's and sisters...he and I share the same spirit and sometimes our love of life is overwhelming to others, but to the Lord, we are loved.
My Margaret Susanna is the girl I prayed for. My heart longed for a daughter and I was blessed. I will never forget holding her in the hospital. We were the only two in the room...the snow was falling...and I looked at someone who had just her Heavenly Father to come home with our family. It felt like Christmas...like a story book. Maggie-Sue also has energy and drive for life. She knows what she wants and will work and work for it until she can obtain it. That is a gift, and as her mother I need to help her to shape this drive and desire for things of the Lord. I love her talents, gifts, her giggle, and her girl-i-ness.
My Virginia Grace. She was born during great tribulation and strife. My heart was heavy with an eternal load. My vision was blurred and my days were hour to hour with her--I did not have the strength to balance what I had. I learned how to leaned heavily on the Lord to be healed so that I could care for her. She in turn would look at me while she nursed. She would give me sloppy kisses, and she was/is a snuggler. Her name took on meaning--deep meaning: Virginia for the strength of her ancestors, and the Grace of my Heavenly Father to fill in all the gaps I was missing at that time. Her snuggles and hugs are that of an angel expressing my Heavenly Father's love to me. Those hugs were needed in just the right time. I need to have her know what her love...the grace from the Lord did for me at that time.
Now to my Love: Scott was a direct answer to a prayer that was said during my son's accident. It had a ripple effect throughout the universe...truly. I cried out to the Lord that I could no longer do this alone. I needed not just help, but I needed a team player, a companion. I knew that as soon as I said that I thought: How is that going to happen? I'm going to have to start dating and when would I have the time for that. Luckily for me Heavenly Father is in charge and he provides the way. The tender mercies of my heart where all answered through who Scott is. He loves and adores me. The love of adoration is service and sacrifice--think of the other person's needs above your own. Truly long to be with that person, and serve them. The Christmas carol "Oh Come all Ye Faithful"...Come let us Adore him, Come let us Adore him! I feel that adoration from Scott...it is a tender mercy that Heavenly Father answered. I love you Scott.
My expressions this morning are from a deep well of gratitude and love for my children and for my Fiancee. My family is my most precious gift I have on earth. My testimony is my anchor in my life. My relationship to Scott is now what is allowing our family to be whole again...the depth and that is eternal. I will be forever grateful. My expression are for being my testimony of the how the Hand of the Lord is in all of our lives...I bare this testimony of love for my family and love for him in His sacred name Jesus Christ Amen.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
My sledding Trip
Here is the trip I took with Virginia...her boot came flying off...snow was all in our face, and Isaac comes shooting past us...enjoy the laughter
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Sledding
We did a lot of sledding over the Christmas break, so I thought that I'd share a few trips down the mountain. It was so much fun. It sends instant giggles! I just love the thrill ride...and the kids do as well.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Blessings of Friends
This morning i was reflecting on how amazingly blessed I am to have such great friends. I work in an increadible atmosphere of talent and firendship. I gleen so much from all of them...I know that Lord plants you in ground and expects you to not only grow but to BLOOM! All you friends help me to do that. I feel guidance, strength, and I love to gain your perspective on so many things. Thanks to all of my friends at Spectrum, Chruch, and through family--Sisters and Cousins ROCK!
Most of all thanks to my best friend, Scott. I love you! Thanks for the dancing mopping/clean the floor pictures. We are quite a team.
F= familiar
R= ready to help
I= incredible
E= each other
N= never give up hope, love, or laughter
D= DARCY (that is adoration--the love of service)
S= Silly, simple, sound, sure foundation, and service
Love to all the friends.
Most of all thanks to my best friend, Scott. I love you! Thanks for the dancing mopping/clean the floor pictures. We are quite a team.
F= familiar
R= ready to help
I= incredible
E= each other
N= never give up hope, love, or laughter
D= DARCY (that is adoration--the love of service)
S= Silly, simple, sound, sure foundation, and service
Love to all the friends.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Spirit of Love
What is love? What is it that we all want?...Love. This type of love is found with people and with the Spirit guiding us. We are all connected because we are all His children; we are all His family. When love is found, it is rich, enthusiasm, humble, penitrating, encircling, and fullfilling.
I love my Heavenly Father. I love my children. I love my Fiancee. I love my parents. I love my brother and my sisters. I love all my family: grammy, aunts, uncles, great aunties, cousins...all of you. I love my friends. I love my students. Love can be expressed in so many ways. I just wanted to share...love is a power from the Atonement. That is why it is so healing, touching, and wonderful.
Hug others, love them, for tomorrow they may get another assignment...share, laugh, and love...that means you are living.
I love my Heavenly Father. I love my children. I love my Fiancee. I love my parents. I love my brother and my sisters. I love all my family: grammy, aunts, uncles, great aunties, cousins...all of you. I love my friends. I love my students. Love can be expressed in so many ways. I just wanted to share...love is a power from the Atonement. That is why it is so healing, touching, and wonderful.
Hug others, love them, for tomorrow they may get another assignment...share, laugh, and love...that means you are living.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Painting a Room
Isaac in the finished product
Dragons and Dinosaurs
Paint Garrett Paint!
Go Kellis go!Yes it is true! I needed one more project before the Christmas break was over. I moved the boys into my old room. I painted the room with the inspiration of the boys...we went to Home Depot and picked out two shades of blue. Hummm.....how do I combine Dinosaurs and Dragons???? Well like this...enjoy the pictures.
By-the-way The boys painted and moved furniture...they helped for a total of about 5 hours. they were great. Super Proud mom! I love my boys.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!
Happy New year! Let's all DO our best to make 2009 filled with memories. Life will happen come what may, so let us react and respond to it the way the Savior would have us do: with love and charity for all. Heavenly Father will keep the justice, and the Savior will provide the mercy. Therefore live each day to its fullest. Hug your family everyday, it could be yours our their last. Don't waste time on grudges, or hate. just fill your heart with peace. On the days that are filled with sorrow, cry...forgive others if they have offended you, then make up! Remember this life is fragile, soft, precious. Live it the way that brings your fullest happiness.
Happy New Year!
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