Christmas Picture 2012

Beginning

As the year ends & another starts, I want to do 2 things. The first one is to start something new. Here is a new family blog for us to keep in touch with each other. Please post about you & what is going on in your lives that you want to share. The 2nd one is......As each Fast Sunday comes around, I sit in my seat & think I should bear my testimony. The next thought that comes into my head (after the fact that it scares me a little) is that my family isn’t here to hear me & that’s the ones I want to know how I feel & where I stand, so I stay in my seat.

My testimony is simple. I know I have a Heavenly Father who loves me very much & is concerned for my happiness. He has a plan & I am included in that plan. I don’t know the details but I know He loves me so much that He wants me to return to Him. I know Jesus Christ is His Son & with His help, I can make it through this life that is sometimes crazy. I believe our church is directed by Jesus Christ, through our prophet. I have no doubt about Joseph Smith’s story & I believe he saw what he said he saw. I believe & love the Book of Mormon. I know my family is most precious to me & without them I would not be happy. I know family relationships extend beyond this earthly life & I am so thankful they do & that my Father in Heaven’s priority is His children & their happiness.

I wanted to thank you all for sharing this Christmas with us. It was fun waiting for Hebbs & Trumans arrival. I loved the tender & emotional moments we shared with little Ollie on our minds & deeply ingrained into every one of our hearts. He was so missed. Of course we would rather be kissing him than gathering at his spot lighting candles. But we will do those until we can actually kiss that cute little boy. We can help each other by mourning together.

Poppy brings so much love into a room with her. She’s wonderful! Thanks to Tiffany & Christopher for letting us all love her as much as we wanted.

I loved all the movies, the nerf wars, the food, gifts, T-shirts, friends, singing our orders, snow, dancing, laughing, late night games, & the abundance of love. Thank you all so much. You all have unique personalities & that’s what keeps life exciting. This year, I am going to love others more & judge less.

We will never forget this year because we lost our precious Ollie. He left such a void in our lives, hopefully we can fill part of that with good, positive things that Ollie would love. Do things we know Ollie would be proud of us for. I want to be better because I know Ollie. I want to be like him. I want to follow his example. He is perfect. A little 2 year old can lead us all. We are so lucky to have him forever as part of our eternal family. Scott & I are lucky to have all of you in our family. We love you.