Weekend in St. George

We spent a fun-filled weekend in St. George with our friends. Here are some highlights...hiking in Zions, eating at In-N-Out Burger, swimming with Jackson who is a fish-out-of-water, playing with buddies, Girls Night Out, shopping and finding DEALS!

BABIES WATCHING BASKETBALL

We had our friends over to watch the National Championship game. The grown-ups had fun and so did the little boys!

Jack and Luke playing.
Tommy LOVED this silky blanket...he spent all night playing on it! We wont tell his dad that it's hot pink.
Buddies!

Thank You, Elder M. Russell Ballard!

I was so touched yesterday listening to Elder Ballard's talk on Mothers. How kind, honest and uplifting it was. I have always wanted to be a mother, and I love being a mother. However, it has been a hard transition. Life changes drastically from speeding through the work day to come home and spend time with your husband to speeding through a HARDER work day, trying to find time to spend with your husband and trying to find yourself in the middle of it all. We are truly blessed to have a family and to be rearing children in this last dispensation.

With motherhood comes feelings I didn't know were there. Love that has been unlocked in the deepest part of my heart...but, there is an opposite to all things. This is a grand learning experience. I appreciate the truth that Elder Ballard spoke about. Motherhood is not all giggles and rewards, quite the opposite. It is a lot of twist and turns, picking things up and the rewards come in small doses. I am amazed at mothers whom I have watched and been reared by. It gives me hope that when I am at whit's end, someone else has been there too. Thank you Elder Ballard for your words of truth! Thank you for preparing a talk that allowed the spirit to touch my heart and once again testify to me of the eternal nature of motherhood. I am so BLESSED to be a mother!