A little bit of everything...

"Remember the little things in life...For one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things"

My brother and his family moved out last week, it was a very busy week for all of us. I must say it is very quiet around my house this week. It is amazing how adding another family into your home can create so much more noise. I hate things quiet, so that is kind of bothering me especially at night, that is when I hate being alone the most. But I am very happy for them, they bought a brand new home and it is beautiful, a happy time for them. My girls are missing their cousins, it is hard to have someone live with you for months and then just leave one day and have things go back to the way it was before. It will take some time I am sure. They only moved two miles from me so it is easy to go see them, that is nice.

With much more time on my hands now I have thinking so much about how grateful I am for the things that I have been given. I truly am blessed to have been born and raised into the gospel and to have the knowledge that I have of a Savior who died for us, so that we might live with him and our families again someday. I live each day for that, I believe that is what keeps me going and loving every day. I know I will be with my family again someday. I don't know how I could bring a child into this world without knowing I could be with them again if something were to happen to one of them. The Lord has asked so little of us for what we receive form him in return and I have always believed that. What an amazing gift that is to me and to each one of you. I love my little family and I love the happy times we share with each other. I get so much joy out of waking up each morning to hugs and kisses from my little girls. I could sit and hold each one of them all day. Summer went by so fast, but I enjoyed every day of it. I loved conference this time, I got to watch both sessions and it filled me with so much love for so many people in my life. I am going to try so hard to live in the moment and not wish for another day. I treasure each day, but sometimes when days are hard I want another day to come quickly (who doesn't right?) Well I am going to try harder to just enjoy those hard days because if it weren't for the hard days we couldn't become stronger like the Savior wants us to become. I have been so scared for what is ahead of us in this world. I hope I am strong enough both spiritually and physically to handle whatever it is that is coming. I don't know what might happen, I don't even turn on the news because I don't want to hear about it every day. I have just been working hard at getting our 72 hours kits made and food storage built up in hopes that I might be prepared. I also have been working extra hard at having Family Home Evening, Family prayer, and Family scripture study. It has been hard for me to get things started but now that I have started I am determined to complete it. I always have this saying in my head "If we are prepared we shall not fear". So I think that I am afraid because I am not prepared. I am going to continue to get prepared. Life gets busy for all of us but I think sometimes it is busy with things that don't even matter in the end. I hope I can keep focused on the things that matter most and accomplish lots this coming winter. I think winter can be a good thing because we stay inside and we can get a lot of important things done.