Blessed

Easter Sunday at the St. George temple.

All I can think of when I see this picture is how incredibly blessed I am. I am so grateful to be a woman, and to be a wife and a mother—the greatest gifts ever. I am indebted to my Heavenly Father for allowing me to fill these roles in this life. And I love so so much that these roles can be mine forever, that this little family will be connected through the eternities and that we will become untied with all before and after us who are ours. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the true path to happiness and I love my Savior for making up the difference where I lack and helping me in this journey here on earth. 

I thought I had life figured out for the 20 years I spent living before I married Joseph. Then I realized I had it quite wrong (wait, it's NOT all about me? ooooooohh :) And 9 years ago, my world completely changed when a perfect baby boy entered my life and I fell completely in love with his chubby body and tender soul. I fell in love with being his mother too, and wanted to fill my home with children and a family and surround myself with those who are so pure and perfect and help me become the person I wanted to be—more loving, more giving, more focused on others, more needed, more patient, more kind, more focused on the Gospel so I could teach these beloved spirits who they really were and how precious their beautiful spirits are. It has been the most incredible thing to build this family with my amazing husband. Life is crazy, we are busy and tired and worn out most nights. But we love it. It is the most important work we can do and I am so grateful we are on this path together. 

This family is my heaven on earth and I love them with all my heart.