sunday.may.tenth.

Nate didn't have any morning church meetings - 

YAAAAAAAAY!!!! He got up with the kids and made

me a tasty breakfast in bed!

Mabel was beyond excited to give me her

present. Nate took her to paint something

at Color Me Mine (since I loved my butterfly

birthday dish she made there last year!) and now I have

a cute mug too. :) She did really well at keeping the mug

a secret even though I know it was super hard for her.

Nate got me this necklace that I

absolutely LOVE! Since I am currently having

some sort of allergic reaction to my wedding ring

(trace amounts of nickel in white gold?) it's nice

to wear a piece of jewelry from the Mr.

I am really bummed about my wedding ring though.

After my lovely breakfast I was getting ready for church

(I had to speak!) making sure my bread was sliced (I signed

up to bake bread for the sacrament), getting kids and the diaper bag ready, 

AND THEN THIS HAPPENED:

 

Kelsey came upstairs saying that there was water in her room!
AGGGHHH!! We had lots of rain the night before and I guess

our sump pump couldn't keep up with the ground water, or maybe we 

have a weird downspout pipe issue...we still aren't sure but

her room was a soggy sad mess. This was at noon, our church 

starts at one. Good times!!

We got all of her stuff out and piled into the living

room and luckily nothing was damaged.

Nate called one of his contractors who typically doesn't work on Sundays,

but just so happened to be finishing a project at a house that was only

five minutes away from us. What a blessing.  He came right over 

and pulled up all the carpet and got his big fan drying the floor.

We left for church with our carpet drying on the driveway.

 

PS: Our condo also had major roof issues and 

severe water damage a few weeks before...

such a headache!! 

 Rain rain go away! Well, stay because we need

water. But just not in our houses please.

Jill, Jamie, and Jessica!

The bishopric's wives were the speakers at 

church...I love these gals.  

Came home and promptly got right back into 

my jammies! Nate got home earlier than usual from 

church and grilled an awesome dinner.

Minus the basement water issue I could really

get used to this kind of Sunday!

Have to give a shout out to my mama Sherrill!

I love you mom and I am so grateful to talk to you 

everyday and have you as my support, strength,

and example. 

"Perhaps the reason we respond so universally to our mothers' love is because it typifies the love of our Savior.  As President Joseph F. Smith said, 'The Love of a true mother comes nearer to being like the love of God than any other kind of love.' " (Bradley D. Foster)

(weren't the 80s so good?)

Elder M Russel Ballard tells us to recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in his arms; He will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. ~ Isaiah 40:11