I am feeling so grateful today! Church was wonderful! I am so thankful that I can be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I can go every Sunday to church and worship freely. I am thankful to live in a country where we have freedom to worship.
And what a great support group we have a church! It is really miraculous how many wonderful people we know and who are willing to help us in our lives, and be are friends! I am just feeling so much gratitude.
In relief society, our women's organization, I was asked to share an experience that I had last year, and how I have been able to learn and grow since then. It was a great blessing to be able to reflect on how far i've come and how well I am doing. I hope to share more about that this week.
We took a very nice nap this afternoon, and then have a great dinner as a family. It is such a blessing to be able to eat together every day.
We also enjoyed family home evening together. John loved playing some instruments as we sang, and we taught him a lesson about learning. We also started incorporating the pledge in our family home evening's. John loved to see the flag!
After John was in bed, Seth and I were able to spend some quality time together, and also do some planning. We planned out our whole week and looked at the next couple months. Things are very busy, but under control. I'm thankful that we are learning how to do this kind of life, being in graduate school. it's working for us now.
We also had our budget committee meeting. It was very successful, and we even found out that we have a couple more hundred dollars than we anticipated, and we will be just fine this month and throughout the semester as we stick to our budget. I know God is blessing us so abundantly! He cares about the details of our lives. I know that he honors his promises to us, and that as we keep his commandments he blesses us.
Although my workload and home has significantly increased since Seth has so much work to do at school and interviewing, I really feel like I am able to do it. I was even able to plan out our meals for the entire month this week! I feel so much less anxious because I know what to make for dinner! And I can switch out the days depending on how busy we are, but I know that I will have plenty of options of dinners that I can make in my fridge as I follow my plan. What a blessing!
After church, we got to go to Reynoldsburg, Ohio, to visit my paternal grandma, Phyllis Paver Shepard. She was very glad to see us, and John really put a smile on her face. He was very sweet, and gave kisses, and said Happy Mother's Day!
At grandma's we also got to see some of our very favorite people, my aunt Laura (in red), and my aunt Candi (in black). John absolutely adores them, and the feeling is mutual. John was really excited about that pink flamingo. He carried it around almost the whole time. We got to see the video of aunt Laura skydiving yesterday. She is a daredevil!
John helped me taste, I mean make, some delicious chocolate zucchini muffins as a surprise for Papa for all his hard work with networking, applying and interviewing for internships. Last one tomorrow! Prayers are appreciated ;) we know all his hard work will pay off and God is blessing us abundantly!
