Temple

On the beautiful afternoon of September 17th, 2010 my family became a forever family. The power of Temples and the work which is done within them is profound. My family was blessed on Friday and I will be forever grateful. I love my Savior and my Heavenly Father and I love the Holy Ghost. I am so grateful to have the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide me in my day to day decisions with my children and my husband as well as the rest of the day. I LOVE the gospel and I am so grateful to be a part of something so great. I love my children and my husband as well as all the many, many wonderful people (some dont even know who they are) who have touched our lives with there beautiful examples. I have a testimony of this church I know it is true and I do know with all my heart that President Monson is our Prophet and he does recieve inspiration and revelation on how to guide the Lords people back to our Heavenly Father. I know my Savior, Jesus Christ lives and he loves us. My heart is so full I just had to write it down. So thankful for the plan of salvation.

one....two....three and BREATH!!!

Well, I know that I have been on the temple kick for a while and nothing has really taken place. Well I suppose all those tiny baby steps have finally paid off. Wayland will be ordained with the Melchizedek Priesthood on sunday and then we are off to the temple! We have a date in mind given the temple has this date available but, the date is September 18th. Words simply cannot express how grateful I am and I am so excited. This is such a huge and wonderful step. I get to have my family forever as long as we keep our covenants and their is no greater blessing then that. I am so grateful to have the gospel in my life and I am SO grateful for our savior and redeemer Jesus Christ and the infinite atonement. I am grateful for a very loving and patient Father in Heaven. I feel like my life is taking a turn for the better and we can only go up from here.

Shaylee

My 11 year daughter has such a special testimony of our lord and the church and she has such great talent for writing poems. I would like to share her poem that she revised from a year or two ago and it truly is beautiful.

He once stood beside us and held our hand and it will happen again,
he will walk with us, he will talk with us and strongly we will stand.
He will help us live by the Lords command,
we will all live in Gods beautiful land.

He will tell us stories of which he loves,
he will tell us about the beautiful heavens above.
He will show us his hands and the scars which he holds,
he will tell us what happened with a voice very bold.

We will look at our brother and the smile he flashes,
we will see him very clear as if we were looking through glasses.
Our brother will share the love which he holds,
once, someday we will walk with the Savior of the world.

I am very happy to call her my beautiful daughter.

Giving......

I would like to know where time goes? My baby boy is now crawling all over the place. I almost forgot for a moment what it was like to baby proof EVERYTHING!!!! I sit back and and I have to observe all I have been given in my life. My little brother wrote an essay for school on " how hymns are like prayers" (he does not attend public school he goes to an LDS private school) for those wondering why he was given this topic. I have to say that I believe that hymns are like prayers. Today as I am cleaning and taking care of the everyday things- the following lyrics come to mind..."Because I have been given much, I too must give; Because of thy great bounty, Lord, each day I live. I shall divide my gifts from thee, with every brother that I see who has the need of help from me. Because I have been blessed by thy great love, dear Lord. I'll share thy love again, according to Thy word. I shall give love to those in need; I'll show that love by word and deed: Thus shall my thanks be thanks in deed."
I feel blessed and wonder to myself how I need to be more proactive and be aware of those around me. I need to take more time to sit with the ones who need to talk or even a simple smile. Giving, is what creates happiness. I have to take a moment and brag (hopefully as humbly as I can)
I have such an incredible husband and he would do anything for his family. I love him so much and it's weird cause you would think that you loved someone more when you were first married, with the whole " I am in love", butterflies, bliss, ect. However, for myself I would have to say that love grows deeper as you together hand in hand walk through the obstacles of life and together experience the bitter sweet moments that everyday life brings. I love my wonderful children and there have been numerous people who have touched my life in profound ways. I know that there is scary things going on in the world but, I also know that we live in a wonderful world at a wonderful time! As said by Thomas S. Monson  " The future is as bright as your faith"

Mom's

As we are getting closer to that special time of year "Mothers Day" I look to my very own Mother, the one that Heavenly Father gave to me as a gift and I love her so much! I could never ask for a more wonderful Mother in the world! I have had the oppurtunity in the past eleven almost twelve years to truly appreciate the special sacrifices a Mother makes for her children. I say eleven to twelve years because that is how long I have been a Mother myself. I never understood how my Mom had this ability to track where I was at and she would always worry about me. Her life revolved around making her children happy. My Mother is a strong woman possibly the strongest I know. She has endured so much and still has such a beautiful out look on life. She gives with all her heart and loves with all her soul. My Mom loves Jesus and our Father in Heaven and she proves this everyday with her service and her example. I have had the oppurtunity to spend the day with my BEAUTIFUL MOM today and I cherish every moment. My children just love everything about her and they always want to be around her every waking moment. I love you Mom and I hope with time I can only become half the Mother you are.

Spring Fever

I am so excited for the Spring to be here! I know that we need the water however, after being on best rest almost the whole summer last year (for good reason) and then came new born baby and swine flu and then the Winter I am probably more excited than the usual for yard work even! I am currently working towards a half marathon in August and I feel real good. I will FINALLY be starting school on May 12th........I know it took long enough. Wayland is doing fairly well with his buisness which I cannot complain due to the current recession we have been and are currently blessed. Shaylee and Mikayla are doing so well in school! Shaylee is in the 5th grade and Mikayla is in the 3rd. Both are straight A students and they are just so smart. They both tested way higher then the state average on all subjects....proud mom. Kiera, is in the 1st grade and again she is just doing so well in school. Kiera is so on top of things, she has to remind me sometimes what I should be doing. Aspynn, will start school in the Fall and she already is reading quite well. I think she is ready to go which is a little harder for me this go around, she was the baby for so long and now she is going to school. I wish time would slow down just a little! Dylan, my sweet little Boy so full of life and the spirit. I am so excited I get to talk about Missions, Priesthood, Ect.  I love my Husband and all his wonderful accomplishments and the only way I can put into words the way I feel is blessed.

Family

Well I have finally found some time to sit and write a little about the Family.........  we are still alive. The Family is doing great! We are still on track for the Temple with a few set backs here and there but if it will lead me at last to a Loving Father in Heaven well then it will have all been worth it. I look forward to the Temple I have this desire with in my heart which is truly difficult to explain and the ONLY way to explain it is a smile. Wayland is a convert to the church and I could not be more pleased to see him grow and watch his testimony grow! He has come SOOOOOOO far since we were first married and I am excited to spend the rest of eternity watching him continue to grow as stated before we have hit a few set backs and Wayland is continuing to work on a few last minute things and then we are set to go. With that said I have some much needed studying and refreshing to do myself so Wayland I am there with you and we will continue to put our shoulder to the wheel and we will make it! I love you so much and could not imagine doing this alone. I have had the oppurtunity to get closer to my Father in Heaven during this experience and it has truly been a wonderful experience! I know that there is NOTHING that could compare to the Spirit of the Lord and the wonderful comfort and peace he brings during trials and adversity! I know with all my heart that the Lord will build you up and make you stronger during times of adversity if we will just endure and have faith. I also know that as we strive to live the commandments he will enlighten our minds and soften our hearts. I am truly grateful to have a knowledge of the gospel and feel so blessed to have a living Prophet to guide us in these last days. My heart is truly full so if jabber on I apologize. I look at my 5 beautiful children and I cannot imagine a life without them. Shaylee, she is 11 years old now and she loves to go to activity days with the Primary. Shay is such a great help around the house and she is always offering to do something before I get the chance to ask, she loves to take care of Dylan....well all the girls love too! the little guy is set with 5 women pampering him! I often wonder if this will help him be a great Husband as he will already understand what each look on a womens face stands for? Shay is such a sweet heart and I am so proud of her! Mikayla, She is so free spirited I love it! I watch her and she is not afraid to stand up for what is right no matter what the ramifications may be and she is always confident with her choice. Mikayla has such a beautiful singing voice and she has such a love for music. She has such a little voice but a huge Tesimony and Spirit. Kiera......where do I begin? The girl makes me LAUGH! She is so full of giggles all the time which can be quite frustrating when you attempt to disipline but instead find yourself walking away so she does not see you laugh. Kiera always gives you that cheesy smile and a quick witted remark no matter what the situation, the other day I said " Kiera, you are so beautiful" and her reply...."I know this!" Kiera reminds me to laugh at bad situations and to have a positive attitude. Aspynn, well it will be July and she is skipping down the grocery store isle singing to the top of her lungs "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" She is such a positive little thing! Aspynn is always grateful and she always lets me know how beautiful someone or something is! Aspynn has such a love for our Lord and her Grandma Miller. Last but not least....my BEAUTIFUL Son Dylan! he is now 15 pounds by the way already eating me out of house and home! Dylan is truly a perfect baby when I was pregnant with him I was put on bed rest due to risk of premature labor at 20 weeks which was tough being confined in a house during the summer but I now understand why...my whole pregnancy with him I felt something was not right I had a couple Priesthood blessings which made the experience so much easier! I made it to 39 weeks and I was scheduled for induction. My Dr is truly an inspired man and I could not have had a better person caring for me during the pregnancy. The day before I was scheduled to have him I had a feeling of dread come over me like something was NOT at all right. I prayed and I felt urged to get a Priesthood blessing well I had the blessing and felt quite a bit better. I went in the next morning at 7am and was in full labor by 10am. Now I thought I would try to feel tough and go without meds.....would never suggest this! anyways, while in active labor my Husband and I noticed that Dylans heart rate was dropping significantly during each contraction the Nurse seemed a little concerned and I informed her that I was ready for the epidural. Thank heavens! I had the epidural as it is believed that it helped me deliver him quick. When Dylan was delivered, my Doctor looked at me and said "you are blessed! as your son should not be alive" I had a condition known as Velamentous cord insertion where the cord is not attached properly and the baby typically bleeds to death during labor and delivery. Needless to say I am so happy I listened to the still small voice as I believe that is what saved him. I am so grateful to have been born to a valiant Mother who loves Heavenly Father and has such a beautiful testimony! I am so grateful to have had the Oppurtunity to be blessed with such wonderful Grandparents and I am so blessed to have had the wonderful aunt and uncles I did who were there to help when we needed it most! I love my family dearly:)

Work in progress

I am still working on this blog so I apologize for the way it looks at the moment.