What a fantastic day. Love seeing all the smiles & listening to all the giggles from my kids. We cut back (we never go crazy w/Christmas) this year (like most people) & it was better than last year. The happiness is fantastic. I love my family & we've been blessed.
Kennedy actually let me curl her hair & she ended up loving it. So much so, that anytime anybody touched it, she was scared it would flatten her hair.
These pictures were taken right before church, before the kids could spill on their clothes. They were fresh & beautiful.WOW!!!! Well, actually tomorrow 12/17.
I'm actually quite emotional, my Rusty is growing up so fast. He's 9! Can you believe it? I can't & I gave birth to him, I just can't believe it was 9yrs ago. Rusty, you've been one of the biggest blessings in our lives. The Lord sent us a special spirit. Rusty we are so PROUD of you. You've made some HUGE changes this year and we couldn't be more proud. You've excelled in school, you've joined the mile club at school & not only learned how much you love to run, you broke the school record and continue to widen that gap. Your love and concern for everybody around is so amazing to me, I have learned so much from watching you interact with Kennedy. The love you both have for one another is amazing & rare. You never cease to amaze me.
I won't go into details about the day you were born, but I will tell you, you were 4 weeks early. You & I were VERY sick. I didn't get to see you for 3 days, because I was still so sick & I couldn't get up and walk very much, luckily Daddy was there in the special care nursery with you. You were sooo little but your spirit was SO HUGE.We didn't know if you were going to be able to come home with us, but the Lord made sure you were well enough. The Lord knew we had to bring you home. I knew from the moment we got pregnant that you were very special & the Lord has told us as much in many many blessings. We've been blessed beyond measure with you as our son. You are the best son, big brother, friend, etc.... WE LOVE YOU! Glad to be your parents. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSTY! HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY!
I so stole this idea, but I couldn't pass it up. I LOVE IT!!! This is one of my favorite songs of the season.
Things I am grateful for (no order of importance of course):
* Savior
* Family
* Orville
* Rusty
* Kennedy
* Friends
* Our Health
* Our Home
* Our Safety
* Our Business
* Part-time jobs
* Food Storage
* My Callings
* Orville being a worthy Priesthood Holder
* My parents doing most of the cooking today
* Having a 2nd car, so I can help my grandmother & others
* Having both my parents still alive
* My Eternal Family
* The Gospel
* The Gym, I love exercising
* Rusty learning the love of running
* Being able to stay home w/Kennedy
* Being able to be home w/Rusty after school to help w/his homework
* Food, as so many don't have what we have
* Grateful for the rain
The list goes on and on and that in itself I am eternally grateful for. I have been truly blessed.
I have been trying to add some verbage to the video below & I kept getting an error, so I guess I'll have to do it this way.
For those of you who don't live in Arizona, or haven't seen these pictures they were showcased up at the Arizona Mesa Temple earlier this year. BEAUTIFUL!! The spirit was so strong. I'm so grateful to be a member of the Lord's church, especially at this time of turmoil. I know all this is necessary & signs of the times. Sunday's R.S. lesson was amazing, Jill Brady gave us hope as life starts to get hard and will continue on getting harder. We as Latter Day Saints know & knew this was coming but we ALL have the love of Christ if we chose. Christ loves us all not just the Christians, but us all! That is truly amazing and I am so blessed to have Christ and Heavenly Fathers loves in my home and family. This is the time to pull together not apart.
