Temple Pie

Last night I got a text from a good friend asking if I wanted to go to the temple with her. I accepted the invitation and she came and got me and we went to the temple. It was so awesome. I had not been since July of last year. It was so wonderful to feel that spirit and to just bask in the wonderful feelings you have in the Temple. It has been way too long and I do not intend on waiting that long again to attend. I went with many questions and although I didn't receive any answers pertaining to those particular questions (At least not yet) I felt peace and comfort. While we were sitting in the celestial room I asked my friend if we could stay there forever and just live there. I didn't want to leave. She offered to drive wrecklessly on the way home and I told her there were better ways to go, such as going to Village inn to get pie! So off we went....

At Village in we were seated and we looked at the pie and waited for our waitress to come so we could order........then we waited some more............and some more........we wondered if we had actually died and no one was noticing us. Finally we got someones attention and they came and took our order. We got pie and the waitress asked us if we wanted a side of fries and I asked her if they would be free and she said YES! I wasn't expecting that. It was nice to have a free thing after being forgotten. After we got our fries the waitress left and we enjoyed our YUMMALICIOUS pie and our fries and when the waitress came back, she informed us that our tab had been taken care of. So we ended up getting FREE PIE and FRIES! It was awesome! To top off the yumminess, there were some college boys sitting behind us and they made us LAUGH so much. They were hilarious! They talked about how they hate to go to church and sit behind a couple who are kissing and showing way too much affection, and one kid said "well we shouldn't sleep in church either, but we do!" Then they talked about all the ways they hide that they are sleeping in church. I remember being in College and single and having those SAME conversations with my Room mates! It brought back some pretty funny memories.

Last night was a very Happy Moment on my M2B:0). Thank you dear friend for inviting me to come!

29 and Holding

Today is my 29th birthday. REALLY! Honestly, truthfully, "I never tell a lie". ha ha...So anyway I had decided that 29 was going to be my last birthday ever. Yep. My friends and family seem to think that 30 is coming up on me really quick! HA! I am going to be 29 forever. Next year I will be 29. The year after I will be 29, and for many years to come I will be 29. Besides, you are only as old as you act right?? Well in that case I would only be 10. LOL.

Honestly though, I am not so sure that I am ready to get older. I was okay with the 20's for the most part. I am not sure 30 is going to be my cup of tea. I guess no matter what happens, Life will go on. I need to learn how to grab life by the horns and just go along for the ride. I am sure in a year when that big 3-0 comes along, I will be ready for it. Lucky for me, I have a year to wait it out.

Hope you all have a :0) Day!

Mommy's Day

I usually hate this day with a passion. Honestly.

This morning was different. I woke up and my oldest was sitting next to me and waiting for me to wake up. When I finally realized what was going on I looked and there was a plate on my night stand with toast, a banana and a glass of milk. Granted it was cold because she made it like an hour earlier and just sat and waited for me to wake up, Ha ha, but she brought me breakfast in bed and it was DELICIOUS! She gave me a card with her handprint and a beautiful poem to accompany it, and the BIGGEST hug in the world. It was great. My son gave me a flower that he made in school out of a paper cup and a beautiful Mothers day card. At church the kids made flowers with suckers and straws and paper. They were really cute. I have a whole bouquet of them. I got a coupon from my youngest for a free kiss (which really all my kisses are free anyway but hey it was cute). When we got home from church my husband surprised me by making a turkey dinner and some yummy brownies with strawberries on top! I got tons of hugs and kisses from the kids. I loved it. I had a great mothers day this year. Can we do that every day???


Have a :0) Day!!!

Quiet

Today was a good day for the most part. I was beginning to wonder by the end of the day if I was going to be fighting with my kids all night. I kept asking them to do their chores. It was getting a little annoying. Anyway I made dinner and the kids ate really good so my husband told them he would take them to get a slurpee. They paused the movie, walked out the door and it was quiet. QUIET! Silence filled the house and peace came to my heart. It was wonderful. I love my kids but I forget how quiet life is without them until they are not with me. It was nice to have it but after about 10 minutes I was wondering where my kids were again! I guess I missed them. It must have been a little TOO quiet! :)

Hope you have a :0) Day!

Neglecting

I have so neglected this blog. It isn't that anything happy HASN'T happened, it is just that life has been really busy. It has been 2 weeks. Much has happened in the last 2 weeks to keep me away from here. From seizures, to chicken pox, to the flu, to hospital visits, well that is what my last two weeks have been like.

Today I am happy. I have a great life. Yeah sometimes it feels like things are never going to calm down, that we are going to have to deal with stressful situations for the rest of our lives but honestly those small trials in life are helping us to grow and learn. Some people hear my story of the last 6-7 months and they sit there with their jaw dropped and they wonder when things will get better. Well I am here to tell you that they never got bad. Yeah they got tough and we had a lot of trials, but we also received a lot of blessings along the way.

This past week I have felt so many emotions as we took our oldest daughter to PCMC to have tests done to find out why she has been having so many seizures. While I was stressed, worried and of course as any mother would, Freaking out, I was also feeling peace that we would find what was causing them, that no matter what it was, we would be able to find a way to help her deal with it. I felt hope that we would know the results of the tests quickly. We also knew that as we went into the tests that we would possibly find NOTHING. Of course that is what we hoped for. My oldest was so brave and strong. She was amazing. She went into those tests with faith that she would be okay. Between testing we took her to the Utah State Capital and took her on a tour of it. It was a fun day to remember. Yes she was stressed as we were, yes she had to have these tests done to her at PCMC but we were able to give her a reason to have a good memory of that day by taking her somewhere really cool.

So besides the fact that life has had its bumps in the road, I know that no matter what happens Heavenly father will be there to help us along.

My daughters tests all came back Normal. Which means there are no MAJOR problems in her brain causing her seizures. We go back this coming Tuesday to discuss the test results and figure out what we need to do next.

I am happy today that I am here and alive. I am thankful for such a wonderful family who is so strong and understanding. This truly is a great life I have. I consider myself very lucky.

Have a :0) Day!