Right now

I'm sitting here at school in the computer lab after attending one of my professors vocal recitals. She is an awesome teacher and tonight was really nice to hear her sing. I've been told that if I'm a music major, I must immerse myself in music. I have done so. In the last month I have borrowed many CD's of great composers from the library, and I have also had the opportunity to attend 3 concerts, all very different in style. It has been fun, but very time consuming when you add it to a family of 9 and a school schedule. But I feel so deeply that music is like a kindred spirit to me. I not only hear it, I taste it and feel it. It moves me! So, I know that right now I'm doing the right thing! It feels good.

This is one of the reasons my blogging has decreased a bit. The other reason is that since getting a new YW presidency in January, we have been swamped with lots of things to do. Again, FUN, but time consuming.

Now for the Academy awards speech...I must send out a huge thanks to my dh who is an amazing support in all of this. He wants me to spread my wings and fly. To my children who think it's cool that mommy is going to school at the same time as them. And to my Father in Heaven for the gifts and talents and blessings he has given me in music, motherhood, marriage and Young Women's. What a blessing a family is!

Who am I?

I think this is awesome and of course got the idea from the amazing Denise whose blog is fantabulous! I have to give credit where credit is due!

I was amazed at how close this visualDNA was to the real me. I thought it was fun!

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Solemn day

Yesterday my good friend and neighbor lost her mother. She was on a flight and her mother passed away before she could make it there. This has really made me reflect on my own mothers' passing 14 yrs. ago. Last week at our Stake Women's conference Living Legends from BYU came to perform for us. It was beautiful. When they sang a song in Maori, I started to have a real longing for my mother. So now, having my friends mom die, brings it even closer to home. I miss her. My heart is aching for my friend because I know what she is going through. I guess you would call that emphathy instead of sympathy. And while I'm glad for this compassion that can only come from experiencing it, I miss her. I was at a mall the other day eating lunch with my 5 yo, and I saw all these mothers eating lunch and shopping with their own daughters and grandkids in tow. I felt lonely and lost. I don't know why it is hitting me so hard this week. Every now and then it hits me, like it will for the rest of my life. It is only a reminder of what a wonderful person she was. I miss her because I love her. I know that through the gospel of Jesus Christ, there is hope through the sorrow. I will see her again. I can go on because of that hope.

~My mother 20 months before she died~she adored her grandkids!

Some of the wonderful qualities she had were:
~Compassion
~A kind heart
~Courage through her illness

What do you admire about your mother?

10 things that make me smile...

The love of my life


My children


My pets



Music


Autumn in Utah


Chocolate


Going back to school


Getting good grades in college


LOVE!


The Gospel of Jesus Christ


What makes you smile?

Line upon line, precept upon precept

This weekend we had our Ward Conference and our Stake Women's conference. It was a very uplifting weekend for me. The focus for Ward conference and one of the speakers for the women was on Temple work.

It is a good reminder of:

~Every stone laid for a Temple is another reminder of who is in charge, God, and who isn't, Satan.
~The importance of the work for our ancestors.
~The importance of building a testimony.
~The importance of the organization of the church and how every ordinance is built upon eachother. God knows what he's doing!
~The importance of repetition.
~The importance of remembering Christ in our daily lives.