Brick Oven.

It was about time all us girlies got together again (with the tag-a-long hubbies). We always go to Brick Oven when we get together. We were there for a good two hours or so then went and watched a movie at Sarah's place. I love these girls! Can't wait for Jessie to join us again. April 17th! She's on her mission in Thailand and has been a great example to us all through her emails and love for the gospel.

Gosh I've been blessed with some amazing friends. Love you guys!

Never thought a vacuum could make things better

I had a rough day. When I came home from school I found this in my apartment. He's so creative! And I've been wanting a vacuum for so long. I was super excited...about a vacuum. ha

Here's the best part: Casey carried this box in one arm while carrying baby in the other for 4 blocks. I don't know if you can tell, but this box is big and that vacuum was super heavy. He loves me so much! Thanks Caso!

Caselicious Computer What?

Case got this new computer from work. He loves it. It is tiny and cute (my word). Check it out.

Draper Temple

My Family

I've got to blog about this or I might be the only utah county blogger out there not to! We went back in February (notice the date). Jocelyn and I went with my parents and siblings. Casey had school sadly. We loved it. The Draper Temple is absolutely gorgeous! The looks of it are different than any other temple I've been in. They seem to be more modern or something. Jocelyn was so cute she kept pointing up and making little "oh" and "ah" sounds. The spirit in the temple is always so strong. I was especially suprised by this since it wasn't yet dedicated. I'm so grateful to be surrounded by temples. Because of temples our family can be sealed together forever.

I love what Elder Holland said,

"I wouldn't know how to speak of heaven without my wife and my children. It would not be heaven for me. Now you can say that's wishful thinking, or you can say that's just because you love each other and you've gotten cozy here on earth, and you like each other's company. It's a lot more than that. There is something eternal in the statement that neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man in the Lord. That is not just good sociology. That is theology, It is eternal."

My Sista and Me
(Mariah is so gorgeous!)

The Mommy and the Baby

Motherhood moments.

I've been super busy. I just wanted to share this:

"What can . . . young mother[s] [do] . . . to reduce the pressure [of raising young children] and enjoy [their families] more? . . . "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. "Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said: 'The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less' (Loud and Clear [1004], 10-11)."

M. Russell Ballard, "Daughters of God," Ensign, May 2008, 109