Out of the Mouth of Babes!

Today in Sacrament Meeting Bryan and I had to speak.  The Bishopric asked us to speak about Personal Revelation, from a talk given by Elder Bednar in this past conference.  In our talks Bryan and I both shared some personal experiences that we have had.  Some from before the kids were born and some from after but when they were small.  After church Bryce came up to me and said "Mom, I am a little upset about some things!"  This kind of shocked me and I asked him what he was upset with.  He then proceeded to tell me that he was upset because we had never shared those experiences with him.  WOW!  1. My kids were actually listening in church and heard all that Bryan and I said in our talks.  I never know if they are listening or not to what the speakers are saying, they are pretty reverent but didn't know they were REALLY listening.  And 2. I need to share these experiences with my children, all of them, so that they have a stronger testimony of the gospel, so they KNOW their Heavenly Father hears and truly answers their prayers and cares about the details of their lives.  What an amazing teaching moment we can have in our homes as we share our testimonies and stories with our children.  So, Bryan and I have repented and we will be having a sharing time FHE tomorrow with our children.  I can't wait and I know that the spirit will be here as we share the amazing experiences we have had where the Lord was and is leading and guiding our lives.  I realized today that children are never to young for you to involve them in family fast and prayers over big decisions in your life and that them knowing these experiences will truly touch their lives and stay with them forever. 
How blessed we are to have the gospel in our lives!  How blessed we are to have these sweet spirits in our homes who teach us!

Life is Good!

We love our new house!  The kids are especially loving the new pool this hot summer!

This pool has saved me this summer being so sick, with the pregnancy.  The kids practically live in the pool.  I usually take the kids on alot of outings in the summer but this summer, with this heat and pregnancy, I am home bound.  So, thank heavens for a pool!

Bryce is learning to mow.  Dad will love his help with this big yard! Did I say it was 2 acres?

Our neighbors have a zipline and the kids love playing on it.  It is pretty cool!

The other night the boys asked Bryan to come play baseball with them.  I went to watch and saw the cutest sight.  The boys had made bases out of old plastic, in the pastor, found a stick and an old small basketball and were playing baseball.  This is why we moved to the country!  So the kids could be outside, could explore and use their imagination and have fun!

To a mom, PRICELESS!  The boys also love going outside finding grasshoppers and frogs!  They love living out here!  The kids had gotten to where they didn't want to go outside and play all they wanted to do was play the Wii with their friends.  Kids in Frisco hardly play outside.  So sad!  I guess with such small back yards it isn't very fun but so sad to me that kids don't use their imagination and explore outside like I did as a kid and all they want to do is play game systems.  So, we put the house on the market and got out of Frisco so our kids could have FUN growing up!

Here are a few other reasons we love it.  Our big front yard with trees.

Here is part of the back yard, barn and pastor.

Pastor and corral area

Koi pond

My large covered patio where I can sit and watch the kids play or swim.

Our awesome new pool!  Life is good!  We love our new home and hope you will come visit us here.  Then you will see why we love it so!

Changes!

 Wow!  Life has been crazy busy lately.  On Friday April 8th we put our house on the market.  3 weeks later, on Friday April 29th we got a contract on our house.  Super fast!  We were very excited and felt very blessed that it sold so quickly.

 Then on Monday, May 9th I found out I was pregnant.  Yes, that's right baby #5 is on the way.  Way surprised and a little worried since we had already put a contract on a house that was smaller and had a pool.  When the kids were little I wouldn't even look at a house with a pool but wanted one now because they are bigger and all know how to swim.  Yeah, fun stuff.  But we prayed about it and felt like the move would be good for our family.  We can raise our children in the country with land to play on which is much better than city life in a big house.  Who would've knew!

So, on Friday June 3rd we moved into our new home out in the country on 2 acres.  We love it!  It fits our family perfectly!  The kids love living out here, and so do Bryan and I.  Hopefully new baby will love it also!