Trying to be in tune with the Spirit

Living in this crazy world and it's many distractions, it can be difficult sometimes to be in tune with the Spirit. I'm grateful for prayer, scriptures, church, and the temple for helping me stay in tune with the spirit making rough times bearable, our burdens light, and guiding us to make right decisions/choices.

For the past couple weeks and months, after totalling my vehicle in Vegas Feb, we've been trying to get another vehicle. We weren't really in a rush to grab another because we had one vehicle John used for his transportation to work and Tina and I don't really go anywhere. Anytime I needed to grocery shopping or run errands, I would drop John off to work and then pick him up after work. So we came to an agreement that we should get a vehicle that was decent for our family use, traveling (if so), and for me to use in case of an emergency, and if I needed to go some where. Not only that, but my parents advised us to get another vehicle while living in their house for free, plus save and pay off other debts. Our last vehicle that was totalled was our 'nice' car. We used it to go to church, to travel, and family outtings. But any vehicle is nice to me as long as it runs smooth and can get me from place to place. We spent weeks searching online and visiting a few dealers. We didn't have much luck. Prior to our search I prayed. I prayed that our minds would be enlightened, that we'd be in tune with the spirit, and the decision we'd make would leave us with a surety that it's the right choice. Yes, I pray about everything! Haha. We came to a dealer where we almost got a vehicle, but I didn't have that sure feeling. So...it was a no. I don't like to just grab something and run with it and then later regret it. Like the vehicle John uses for work, we totally could've got a better deal and a better car, but that's an example of running with your head. Lol. We were in need of a vehicle because we had none and because John's credit wasn't the greatest and I didn't have credit, John pretty much grabbed whatever the dealer threw at us. Lesson learned. Pray about everything. Haha. Long story short...we found a vehicle that was fit for our family. It was plenty room for John (he being 6'8 made our search that much more difficult. lol) and for whoever would sit behind him, it was plenty spacy, good gas mileage on the fwy and off, low mileage, and if we have more kids we were prepared. My dad came to visit us conference weekend and he suggest that we look at carmax. So John and I planned a date to go and prayed about it everyday until we went. We spent hours at carmax. I mean hours. We were there from 2pm-7pm. Just as we were about to grab one vehicle, we talked and said no, then it was on to the next...until we finally felt good about the one we bought. We made a list of what we needed in a car...the important things first. We walked the whole lot just to simplify things for the dealer and we marked each vehicle we wanted to look at. But luckily he was nice and really helped us out. He listened to our needs, didn't push us to grab a vehicle, and he worked over time until we came to a conclusion. Our poor baby Tina was a little fussy, but she truly was a trooper for sticking it out that long.

So grateful for prayer and for our Heavenly Father who truly watches over us. I know we couldn't have  had a better day that day and we couldn't have made a better decision without Him.

THE END.

Happy Blog Day

Another Sabbath day, and there's nothing better to do then to blog. I usually like to keep the sabbath as holy as I can. I grew up in a very strict home where the sabbath revolved around Christ and family. We weren't allowed to watch television, play, or spend money. Things we did on a day to day basis were restricted and avoided as much as possible on Sunday's. My parents would always say, 'Only one day of the week He asks of us'. Saturday's would be a day we prepared for Sunday's. Like the primary song ....Saturday is a special day, it's day we prepare for Sunday. We clean the house, we shop at the store...Pretty much explains it all. Sunday's we'd visit family, sing, write to missionaries, write in our journals, attend church, things that wouldn't distract our minds from Christ. If we played games, sometimes we'd get into arguements, which would cause the spirit to leave. If we watched something on T.V., the  commercials or the programs language, acts, celebration, whatever it was...would lead our minds astray from what we learned in Church. Therefore, that's why my parents withdrew us from those activities. Today, I try to do the same with my little family. We try our best to center our sabbath day on our Savior. :) So, that's why I like blogging on Sunday's...

Last week we had the wonderful opportunity to hear from our lovely prophet, apostles, and our other dear leaders of the LDS Church. We don't have cable, but thank goodness for the many sources of technology that we have today we were able to watch General Conference on our laptop. I watched it with my family on Saturday and then watch Sunday's session on my husbands work laptop. Sad he missed it due to working, but grateful for the lds.org website we're abe to re-watch or read it. There were several talks that revolved around family, children, and marriage. I believe these topics were repeated in several talks because the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is all about family. Satan's plan to destroy His church is to reach out to families and destroy them. Therefore, these topics were to grab our attention so that we might strengthen our families and our marriages. Everything starts at home and we are to build up the Kingdom of God here on earth. I really enjoyed the talk about putting away phones, tv, technology and spend quality with our children and family. I applied that talk into my life this past week and I can totally see the difference in our home especially my relationship with my daughter. Now that it's getting warmer, I'm going to take her out doors more often and do other fun activites outdoors. I also loved the talk, I forget by who, about marriage and how marriage is PRICELESS. The covenant which I made with my husband in the House of the Lord to be sealed to him for all time and all eternity is worth more than anything in this world. Nothing in this world is more important to me than the relationship I have with my husband and our little family. There were other talks about atonement and our Savior Jesus Christ. When life hits us hard the only person we should have faith in to relieve our pain, struggles, matters to is to our Savior. He is the only person that can help us overcome anything and everything!

I am conference happy and definitely going to re-play conference again throughout this week. So grateful and blessed to have this gospel to remind me of my purpose here in this life.

My goals:

• FOE&Church-Family&God over everything. Always comes first no matter what.
• Better myself from the inside out
• Attend the temple as often as I can
• Withdraw from use of technology especially around Tina

2 Years Down, Eternity 2 g0

2 weeks ago, I believe it was, John and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. It has been the roughest & happiest 2 years. There have been many trials in our marriage, but who doesn't have any? It has only brought us closer and strengthens our relationship. But we've also have had plenty of fun and happy moments that I will always cherish. Those are the moments we reflect upon to help us move forward when times get rough. I know for a fact that Satan is real and has tempted us in so many ways to destroy our family. That is his plan, but I'm grateful for prayer, the gospel, scriptures, our family whom we can turn to for guidance. I'm most grateful for the power of prayer. Through my faith and kneeling down in prayer, the Lord has helped me endure my trials and continues too. He helps me to remember my covenants which I made with Him in baptism and in the temple, also, the covenant I made with my Husband when were sealed together for all time and for all eternity!

I love my husband for all that he is and all that he is yet to become. He makes me a stronger person. We don't always get a long, but when we do, the love is so real and amazing. I know he dedicates all his might and strength to work and provide for our family and I'm grateful to have a husband like him. He is very knowledgeable about his job and although it bugs me when people call him from work about every little problem, I couldn't be more happier and more proud of him. I love him for all his stupid little jokes and pranks. We are forever pranking and chasing each other around the house like little children. The faces our baby girl makes when we're playing around is hilarious. I love long nights where we just stay up all night playing video games and watching movies. Not so much anymore for me because of baby girl, but there's times where I just wake up and instead of yelling at him for still staying up and playing video games, I sneak right into his arms, cuddle and fall asleep. I love when he compliments me. I know I want to feel comfortable in my own skin, but he's always telling me how beautiful I look even though I don't feel that way. I love going to the temple with him and attending church on Sunday when he can. I love seeing him with our daughter. He is a wonderful dad! I love all the fun things he's introduced me into like fishing and camping.

We have a lot of similarities. We dislike and like the same things. We also have a lot of differences, but through our Heavenly Father, everything is possible. He makes our relationship work regardless the differences and only He can do that through our faith and work. No one is perfect, no marriage or relationship is perfect, but the gospel of Jesus Christ has shown me how to be better myself and how to better our marriage.

I love you babe :)