"...a kiss to build a dream on..."

Monday, October 12, 2009

Prayer

I taught my first Relief Society lesson yesterday and was feeling highly inadequate and extremely nervous. I had plenty of time to prepare for the lesson so there were countless prayers said which involved a lot of pleading on my part for Heavenly Father to bless me with the ability to teach the sisters the message he had in store. Knowing myself, and how I'm not very good with off-the-cuff discussions... I had prepared the lesson on lined paper, spelling out exactly what I was going to say. I was completely shocked when the spirit prompted me throughout the lesson... so much so that I hardly had to reference my "script". I even pulled out personal experiences that hadn't occurred to me while preparing the lesson! Also, a good hint for anyone else who might have to experience this... start out by distributing chocolate... it's a good distraction! I'm so grateful for the power of prayer and the blessing of His spirit to guide and direct me. While planning the lesson, one of my favorite quotes from President Monson kept popping into my mind... just thought I'd share... "Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle."

Thursday, October 8, 2009

visitor

Last Saturday I flew to Phoenix (left Logan with Dan) to purchase a new car. I love the car but was not looking forward to the 12+ hour drive home on Sunday, alone. We tried to get Carl to come back with me but he had to work so Duncan came instead. Although he couldn't help with the driving he was very good at helping me stay awake! We tried to play this movie-line game where you say a line/phrase from a movie and the other person has to guess what movie it's from and apparently I am no good at remembering lines from movies or the movies themselves! Then we tried to find a Subway to eat dinner and one of them was closed (totally unexpected for 6pm on a Sunday) and the other one was miles from the interstate so we had to settle for less-healthy fast food:( It was great to have Dunc visit though. We found him a great snowboarding coat and enjoyed the beautiful fall weather on a walk at Fox Run Park. Fall is beautiful in Colorado for anyone who'd like to visit!!

Monday, September 28, 2009

our blue-eyed boy

Gotta love that dimple!

Here are a few recent pics of Logan. He's changing so much. He loves to watch the mobile on his swing and falling asleep to his lullaby music. He is such a joy and brings us unexplainable happiness!!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

1 month old...

Logan is 5 weeks old... amazing how the time has flown by! He has outgrown his newborn clothes and is in the 0-3 month ones now. He likes tummy time, likes to be read to, likes warm baths, is starting to "coo" and talk to us, and likes to go on walks! It's amazing to watch him grow and become his own little self. Here are some recent pictures...