Oh help!

Wow--sometimes as a parent you have those moments with your kids when they suddenly share a toy--without being told or they say a sweet, perfect prayer. Well--I wish I could say that I was going to blog about one of those moments--but.....
We had family home evening last night and decided to make churros as a family. I was hoping to throw in a little spirituality so I asked each of the kids to share their favorite scripture story. Mackenna (of course) likes the story of Baby Jesus. Carter loves the story of Ammon chopping off the arms of the Lamanites that come to scatter King Lamoni's sheep. Then (sigh) it's Christopher's turn. He tells us that his favorite scripture story is the one with Laman, Lemuel, and General Grievous. For those of you not familiar with General Grievous--he's a character from Star Wars. I guess I now know that Lego Star Wars is having more of an impact on my 3 year old than the scriptures! Wow--I feel like a great mom! :) Oh help!

It's been awhile...

WoW! I can't believe how long it has been since I've last posted. Things have been so crazy lately! And the silly thing is--I can't even think of why it has been busy...I've been running lots

of errands and stuff--but nothing fun or exciting. Oh well--I guess that's life--mostly mundane and not front page news--but life none-the-less (at least my life). But I sat today at lunch watching Christopher try to make Tessa laugh and I had the thought that it doesn't get much better than this. Soon they will be grown and want nothing to do with me (actually, that seems to happening around age 7).

At church yesterday Kelly and I had to speak and we tag-teamed it with the kids. My topic was the Resurrection and all week long I had really been struggling with what to say about it--but as I sat on the stand and looked down to see Kelly wrestling with all 4 kids--I realized why the Resurrection is important to me. Not only does it give me hope that I can keep trying--but that no matter what I can be with Kelly and my 4 crazy kids--even through death. It made me so emotional--I wonder what hope people find who don't have the gospel in their lives. There is so much going on right now that it would be easy to get down and discouraged...but knowing that Christ overcame everything--and that He did it for you and me--and that He is in charge, brings me such great peace. Does it mean my life is perfect? No way! But it gives me the hope I need to keep trying. Kelly did such an amazing job on his talk, too! People came up to me afterward and asked if I had noticed how quiet it was when Kelly was speaking--he really did awesome.

Hopefully now I can get back on track and keep posting the crazy times we have at our house! I was really sick a few weeks ago--flat in bed--and Kelly got to be Mr. Mom for 4 days--poor guy! One night while I was sick, Carter threw up in bed and was diagnosed with tonsilitis. So--yep--fun stuff!! Kelly really stepped up and even folded the HUGE mountain of laundry that had piled up...I really appreciated it! I feel so blessed...things are good...I'll write more soon!