My Hero

The following is an extract taken from an article that appeared in the church news this week. Elder Richard G. Hinckley spoke at the Salt Lake City North Stake Conference and part of his talk was quoted in this article about his father President Hinckley. I miss President Hinckley!

The focus of Elder Hinckley's address was an offering of gratitude for the love the Lord has shown to His children. "Specifically, I have felt within me a renewed sense of awe and wonder for the keys that He has restored in this dispensation, and, even more specifically, for the keys and authority made manifest in the ordinances of the temple."
He said that just over a year ago, members of his family were in Salt Lake City for the sealing of his sister's youngest daughter, the 24th of 25 of President Hinckley's grandchildren to be married.
"This was the last sealing my father performed in mortality," Elder Hinckley said. "As is customary, he made a few informal remarks before beginning with the actual sealing ordinance. His comments were unrehearsed and spontaneous. He talked for a minute or two, then paused and looked around the small sealing room, filled primarily with family and a few friends of the bride and groom. He then said something that struck me with such force that I vowed to remember it always.
"He said, speaking quiety, almost as though speaking to himself, 'It has just occurred to me that I have sealed all five of my children and all 24 of my married grandchildren in this temple.' He then paused for a moment or two and concluded, 'I think that is the finest thing I have ever done.'
"I thought of his 97 years, and of the tremendous, untiring efforts he had made to bring the kingdom forward in the earth, yet when all was said and done, just eight months before the end of his long and productive life, in the quiety privacy of that sealing room, he reflected that the finest thing he had ever done was to bind his family--his posterity--together for eternity."

Ruby, Don't Take Your Guns To Town

James, showing off his tatts.

Looking a little cross-eyed.
James, looking like a suave British businessman. Ruby, looking like she's being strangled.

How long would you last?

www.bunkbeds.net/velociraptor/ I would last 51 seconds.

Cat Strikes Again

Ok, so I have another cat story. Different cat this time but part of the same family, sort of. Again, my sister related this story to me. My sister's husband's brother-in-law went to visit his in-laws in Arizona. His mother-in-law decided to make tuna casserole for dinner (ew!). The prepared dish was sitting on the counter waiting for the guests to arrive when the mother-in-law found her cat eating from the dish. Instead of throwing it out and starting over (like any sane, normal person would do) she decided to serve it to her guests anyway. After the dinner party was over and all of her guests had left she opened her front door and found her cat dead stiff on her doorstep. Well, she panicked and assumed the cat had been poisoned from the casserole. She immediately called all of her family and told them about the cat eating the casserole and they ALL went to the hospital and had their stomachs pumped. Well, the next day, her next door neighbor came to her house and told her that she had accidentally run over her cat and killed it. Oops! Oh well, who doesn't enjoy a good stomach pumping once in a while?

Ruby Lulu

Here's our little Ruby. She was born August 28 at 10:45am. The labor and delivery was so easy. I think I could have twenty kids if all I had to do was push them out and I was able to skip the nine months of hell leading up to it. She was 7lbs 4oz. She's healthy and a pretty mellow baby. James is a very sweet big brother. He always wants to give her kisses and help take care of her. We feel very blessed to have her in our home.

Mother in Waiting

Well, I can't believe that my second child is almost (finally!) here. I'm going to be induced next Thursday at 6:00am. So many people have commented to me that the second pregnancy goes a lot faster because you're so preoccupied with taking care of a toddler. Not so. This has felt like the longest year of my life. I've almost completely forgotten what it feels like to feel normal. And while I have little to complain about since my pregnancy has been fairly healthy, I still can't help but feel that this has been really, really hard. I'm also starting to get nervous about how James is going to adjust to having a new baby around. Any helpful tips from you fellow bloggers out there? At least James is potty trained. He's finally starting to get the pooping part down, so that's good.

Sorry

I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for bailing out on our trip at the last minute. I'm really grateful that you were willing to host a fun little get-together. I wish I could've seen you all last weekend without having to take my little son. I love him, of course, but he tends to make any outing nearly a living hell. I just wasn't in the mood to chase him around. I'm also feeling overwhelmed physically with this pregnancy and I can't wait until this is all over.
On a lighter note, James and I went to the Twin Falls temple open house. This also ended up being a hellish day but James was really excited to see the temple so I guess that made all of the misery worth it. He's still talking about how he got to go inside the temple. Let's just say, there was a close call with the baptismal font and James trying to get in the water. Thankfully, the assistant tour guide carried him a lot of the way and we got cookies afterward. I would've posted some pictures but it was too blasted hot to try to get a picture and I just didn't care anymore by the time we got out. I'm kind of regretting that now. Oh well. I'm glad we went even though James was hard to manage. I'm not sure how much sinks into their little brains at the age of two but every time he sees a picture of the temple he points and says, "Jesus' house." Maybe I'm doing something right after all.