Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! What a wonderful and special day it is to celebrate the wonderful men in our lives. I feel so blessed to have been born into a family where my father was around and apart of my life. My dad is not perfect, but he was always there for me, whether cheering me on at races, dance performance, or anything that I had going on in my life. I'm grateful that my father taught me the importance of hard work, my dad knew had to work. Being a born one a ranch and raised as a Cowboy, he for sure kneiw what hard work was.He also taught me a wonderful principle of helping those in need. I'm grateful that my dad taught me how important it is to have a relationship with our Heavenly Father and to gain a testimony of the Gospel. I am so bless to have a father who loves me! Another special man in my life is my amazing husband, Paul. I know I say this a lot, but how did I get so lukcy? Paul is the best dad! Every morning, Leah and I drop off Paul at school and EVERY single time Paul gets out of the car, Leah starts whinning/crying. That little girl LOVES her daddy. I love looking at Leah's face when we get Paul from school and she sees him walking towards the car, she has a smile from ear to ear. Or when he walks in the door, she smiles and starts dancing, it is so sweet. Those two are two peas in a pod, they will laugh and play for hours. I'm so happy that Paul is a hands on dad and doesn't sit around and let me do all the work. He is always helping me with Leah, wether it's taking her outside to play while I finish up dinner or help me make dinner(even though he was at school for 10+ hours). He will do the dishes without me asking him, clean the bathroom. I could go on and on about this amazing man:) Paul works so hard at everything he does. He recently took an Organic Chemistry test the other day and studied for 20+ hours for it and got a 92% on the written part and overall he got an 84% on the test. I mean Organic Chemistry, that is hard stuff. In his class the avagerage was a 66%, so he did WAY above avagerage. Sorry, for bragging, I know Paul would want me to stop. I am just so proud of my husband:) Paul, is kind to me and is ALAWYS there for me. For instance, I was having a hard day with Leah and Paul has been gone a lot lately because he takes the MCAT this coming Thursday so he is studying his brains out. Anyways, I was having a bad day and I kept texting him about how horrible my day is going and how our almost 18 month old wouldn't listen to me. Even though he was spending his day off studying away for our future, he told me he was so sorry. He never told me to stop ad suck it up, he just supported me and listen. I know he could of complained about how horrible reading about equations for Phyiscs, but not once did he copmplain. I wish I could be more like him! I'm also grateful that a married a man who loves our Savior and has a testiomony of the Gospel. I can always ask him a question about something I read in the sciptures and he can either give me an answer or we will look it up together. Paul, is just wonderful! I am so happy that is the father to our precious little girl and soon to be son. I love you Paul! Happy Father's Day! I just want to Thank my father in law for being a great example to his son. Raun, is always helping someone. He is always serving someone else, besides himself. He too knows what hard work means. Raun never sits down, he is always doing something. He taught his sons not to be idle and work. How grateful I am that he taught his sons the principle of working hard. He also taught them the Gospel and to honor their priesthood. Thank you Raun, for teaching your sons so many wonderful and valuable life lessons.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! There a few days of the year that are really hard me and Mother's Day is one of them. I miss my mom so much. I would give anything to call her and wish her Happy Mothers Day, but I can't. Sad thing is, is I don't even remember her last Mother's Day, did I even get her a present or even a card? Did I make sure she knew how much I love and appreciate all she did for me? I sure hope I treated her the way she deserved. I LOVE my mom so much,s the is the BEST mom in the WORLD. One of my favorite memory that I have with my mom is when my sister was newly pregnant and my mom and sister wanted to make sure that she was really pregnant, so we went to Walgreen's to pick up a pregnant test. Well, my mom had a great idea that I should I buy them and tell the cashier that my parents are going to kill me when they find out that I'm pregnant and that my mom was my aunt and that my "aunt" was going to let me live with her! Haha!! I said, "No way"! Now, I wish I had, how funny would that of been? My mom was so much fun! My mom was my best friend, we did EVERYTHING together. We were so close that my niece and nephew thought we were friends instead of mother/daughter. My mom ALWAYS put her children first. I don't ever remember my mom complain about being a mom or how she never got to do something for herself. She lived for being a mom and a grandma. To show how much loved us kids, was the fact she suffered 12+ years of Colon Cancer. She wanted to me grow up and graduate high school, that was her goal; to see my graduate. She went through the horrible experience of chemo therapy just so she could be with her family longer. I'm not sure that I could handle going through chemo and being sick all the time because of the chemo just to be with my family. Don't get me wrong I adore my family, but there is nothing worse than being sick and not having the energy to do anything. But, yet she still made the time to raise her family, send her son's off on their missions, hoping and praying to be still alive when they came home, help plan weddings, be there when her grandchildren were born, go to college graduations, serving the Lord, bringing dinners to those who needed it, the list goes on. She taught me through example that being a mother is the GREATEST calling a woman can in her life. Yeah, it will be hard and challenging, but the joy that children and just being a mom brings is what life is all about. I have been a mom for only 16 months, but so far I know that she RIGHT! Being a mom is not east by any means, it is long, hard, tiring, some days I want to quit, but there are tender mercies that the Lord gives me throughout the day that gives me a boost to keep going and not to give up. To all of you girls out there who still have your mom alive, you are so lucky. I would give anything to go grocery shopping, have my mom hold my little girl, give me hug, call my mom and just cry and tell her how hard motherhood is, have a conversation, go see a movie, eat chocolate with her, be there when my children are born. Again, I could go on . So, to you women out there with your mom still alive, call her and tell her how much you love and appreciate her, because there will be a day when you won't be able to. Enjoy the fact you can call your mom and talk and hear her voice, have her hold your children, she was there on your wedding day and helped you pick out your wedding dress. I don't mean to be a "Debbie- downer", but this is what I wish for on Mother's Day. I'm very lucky and bless to have a WONDERFUL AND SUPPORTIVE husband. I LOVE Paul so much. He is always there for me, even when he is super busy with school. He always knows what to say to me when I'm down and need a pick me up. He makes me laugh and love being around him. I'm grateful he leads our family towards the straight and narrow path. I love the way Leah and him play together, she always has a smile on her face when her daddy comes home. She is a daddy's girl and I love that! Paul treated me with getting a pedicure and new nice Fossil wallet. My wallet has been broken for over a year now, so it was a much needed gift. Plus, he did a great job at picking out the wallet, he knows me well:) He also got me roses, man how did I get so lucky? I love you babe! Happy Mother's Day to all the women out there, whether you are a mom or not, you still have an important roll to the lives of children.