Salt Lake City Temple

I went to downtown Salt Lake this week, and my favorite thing to do is walk around temple square. I love the history of this temple, and I love the feeling I have when I am around this temple. I think it is gorgeous, so I was happy that I remembered my camera. I've been wanting to take some pictures of it. It was a gorgeous sunny day , and to top it off there were two couples in the wedding attire. JUST LOVELY!! Too bad my son was being a nightmare. He just wanted to swim in the water! LOL

Nap Time

If you know my son and have seen him in action, you know how active he is. I love nap time. I find it relaxing. It is my time during the day to take a moment to myself to breathe. I NEED, NEED, NEED this time to step back from the everyday crazyness life gives me. Time to through in another load of laundry, clean up them mess from lunch, and then I sit down and enjoy the peace and quiet that nap time brings. Oh, the joys of Motherhood!

Pres. Monson Dedicates Twin Falls Temple

I love reading about the dedications of temples. It excites me and shows me how blessed we are to live at a time where we as members of this wonder church can live without fear. We can build up the kingdom up Zion and joyfully share the gospel with the world.

Hundreds of LDS Church members from across south-central Idaho gathered here Sunday to celebrate the new Twin Falls Idaho Temple.
President Thomas S. Monson dedicated the temple, the 128th worldwide for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Read the full article at http://mormontimes.com/WC_aroundChurch.php?id=1893

My angels before church the other morning.

I love my babies. Execially when they are dressed in their Sunday best. You gotta love that they are stuffing their faces with food!!!

Miss Holly has gorgeous eyes!!!!

Jesse Jr's forth Birthday!

Jesse Jr turned four on August 17th. I can't believe he is four already. It makes me feel really old. Anyways, he asked for a guiter for his birthday and I couldn't resist. He is so cute. He pretends he knows what to do and makes up little songs to sing while playing. So stinkin' cute. I'll have to make a video of that. He has also been wanting a bike, so he was very excited to see a bike when he came downstairs an his birthday morning.
Jesse was set on having a rocket cake for his birthday. So, i had to be creative and he it is. This is me being creative on a Sunday. The day I usually take a nap after church, but instead I wa decorationg this silly cake for hours. It was well worth it when I saw the look on his face after seeing he's very special rocket birthday cake. He talked about that cake for like week. He told everybody we talked to about it, even the cashier at the grocery store! So it made me feel good. It looks like there will be many more silly and outrageous cakes in my future. Holly'd birthday is coming up in October. I wonder what I will have to make then.

Where am I going?

I went to enrichment tonight. I really enjoyed myself or maybe I just really enjoyed having adult conversation. I love my family, but somedays I just really need to be me; not somebody's mother or somebody's wife. To go somewhere and not have to clean up after my children or my husband. To be around people who appreciate me just for being me, and not for filling their sippy cup or doing their laundry. Most days I feel like I've lost me. I have now been categorized as a wife and mother. What happened to me, all of my hopes, my goals, my dreams, and my talents. I know once you have children that life isn't about you anymore, it is all about their needs, and I am totally fine with that. I love taking care of my babies. I also think it is important to take care of me, physically, spiritually and emotionally.
I want to find me again.
Physically, I am close to being on the right track. When I got pregnant with my son, I went a little overboard with food. I ate like 6 full meals a day. Outrageous, I know this now. Then I thought I was eating for two. Silly me, I was young and aloud to be nieve. I gained a crazy amount of weight and have been struggling with it for years now. I've wanted to lose weight forever, but never really had the courage to try. I'll go running for like two weeks and then I stop because it makes me sad that it is hard on my body now. I used to run everyday and loved it. Now I feel stupid when I'm out of breath so easily. So I recently lost twenty more pounds. I haven't been excersices, just watching what I eat. Cutting out soda completely and cutting my portions in half. But I finally hit a platue. I haven't lost anymore, so now the aweful running will have to come back in to play. Not looking forward to it, but seeing the difference twenty pounds has made, I really know I can do it. I need this, not only for me but for my kids as well. I find myself too tired to be able to do the things with them that I want to. I KNOW I CAN!
Spiritually, I want to be truely devoted. I have always had an extremely strong testimony of the truthfullness of the gospel. However, I am not knowledgeable of church history and the stories from the scriptures. To be honest, I was a rebel child. I made a lot of wrong choices in my youth. I was raised in the church, but I think with so many of the examples I had around me falling away from the church, it was hard for me to make good choices. I knew I wanted to choose the right, but in the end I wasn't. I was lost even then. But through it all, I always knew that this is where I belonged. I know I belong to this church, and my feelings have never changed. I recently made this goal, to start making my scripture study a priority in my life. It has never really been my thing, probably because I get "LOST in TRANSLATION", if you know what I mean. But I have been praying before each reading session, and it has truely made a differnce. I miraclulously understand what I am reading. I know look forward to reading them. I find my self so excited when my children finally fall asleep, so I can get all cozy in my quiet bedroom.
Emotionally, I just need to get them, my emotions, undercontrol. After having children I just seem so up and down. I think taking some time to focus on me is making a world of difference.
One day, I hope all will be in place, and my kinks be worked out and I will be stoked about where I am today. I am thrilled to know where I am going.

My kids at park last year with Nana!

He is smilling, because he had secretly just pooped in his pants. Holly was really young!

Becky & Austin's Wedding

We went to California for Jesse's cousin, Becky's wedding to her long time boyfriend, Austin. He has already been a part of the family for a long time. Becky and Austin's wedding was beautiful. Becky was so gorgeous in her elegant gown. Austin looked so excited when Becky walked out.

And They Lived Happily Ever After....