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 :)