Family – All About Becoming

Mary Did You Know

My missionary son just melts my heart. Since the first time I heard him sing this song, it has become one of my very favorites. He sings it with feeling and love for the Savior. You can feel it.

This last weekend, he was part of the Palm Desert Stake Christmas Program that was performed on Saturday and Sunday. You can read his letter HERE telling about the experience.

I hope you all enjoy this wonderful taste of Christmas that had this Mama in tears. =) Soon I’ll have the professional copy, but this was all I needed to have my heart full! (The lady apologized for her niece that wanted to hold her phone.)

Jadon Hold On Song

Jadon found a sister who he wanted to sing with. This is a rehearsal recording of the song I wrote for Girls Camp in 2002 called Hold On. This poor gal had only been given the music a couple of days before. Little rough, but grateful.

Jadon–Hold On

Homecoming 2011

It was homecoming around here last week. We love to have some fun with our kids and make their dinner just a little bit more special. Well, let’s be honest, it keeps them from traveling a long way or spending a bunch of money on a dinner. And it’s hard to get a big group in some of the restaurants.

Doodle Bug and MP decided that we should do a pirate theme this year. So I figured that making the deck of the pirate ship would be the easiest.

Here are some photos of the room:

Homecoming Dance 2011-6 — Here’s the tables looking toward the door

Homecoming Dance 2011-2 — The tables with their treasure chests, swords, eye patches and earrings.

Homecoming Dance 2011-61 — The ships sail in the background

Homecoming Dance 2011-62 — Pretty peach soup. They loved it!

Homecoming Dance 2011-22 — My handsome son and his darling date!

Homecoming Dance 2011-20 — Love this picture!

Homecoming Dance 2011-59 — More of the cute group

A Gift of Gratitude for You

This post started out in my mind several weeks ago. My son, Jadon, has an amazing voice and has been singing all over the place. The more I heard him sing the song, “Thankful,” the more I could not get my mind off it. “There’s so much to be thankful for.” It’s true. I began pondering and thinking. Continue reading

Misty Mornings

Yesterday driving home from the store, I looked down the road into the little beautiful valley I live in. It was an overcast day–a wintery, gray/white sky kind of day. I LOVE these days. That break from the constant sunshine days, but more importantly, that warm nostalgic feeling kind of day. Continue reading

Are you Hearing or Doing?

ist2_2821698-your-word-is-a-lamp Last night I was working on my Personal Progress in Young Women. I read this scripture in James 1:22-27 “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves….” I’ve heard this scripture over and over, but it finally resonated with me. I have understood the teachings of the gospel and many of them are repeated over and over. For example, I know that to keep my family safe and have the greatest chance of having my family stay on the right path and having them forever, I must do these 3 basics things: Read scriptures daily, have family prayer daily, and have Family Home Evening once a week. Simple, like looking at a staff, yet sometimes not easy to do. Too much of life gets in the way. Continue reading Are you Hearing or Doing?

To My Kids

I am reading Psalms right now. This morning I read, “Children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath a full quiver of them.”

I couldn’t help but think of my beautiful, good children. I am so blessed. My quiver is full and so is my heart with gratitude for them! Thanks, kids! I sure love you all!

Never forget that these little ones are the sons and daughters of God and that yours is a custodial relationship to them, that He was a parent before you were parents and that He has not relinquished His parental rights or interest in these His little ones. … Rear your children in love, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Take care of your little ones. Welcome them into your homes, and nurture and love them with all of your hearts. They may do, in the years that come, some things you would not want them to do, but be patient, be patient. You have not failed as long as you have tried” (“Words of the Living Prophet,” Liahona, May 1998, 26–27; “Excerpts from Recent Addresses of President Gordon B. Hinckley,” Ensign, July 1997, 73).