A neat experience

I am not afraid to admit, that I am a "Mama's Girl" and a "Daddy's Girl". I love my parents, I am blessed to have some very, very good ones. I know that I am 34 and live at home with them again, and I will admit, I am having lots of fun. I think I understand cultures where families do live with each other a little better then I used too. It sure is nice to have extra hands to cook, clean and pay attention to your children (child). I know that sometimes it is easy to become offended when you think someone is trying to parent "Your" child or tell you what to do. But lucky for Jeremy and I, we don't get offended very easily and I like the way my brothers and sisters turned out, so my parents must have done something right, so I welcome the advice and realize that my parents want the same for my children as they did for theirs.

I am not saying that I want to live here forever and Jeremy and I are very excited to be back in our little home as quickly as we can, but I am going to treasure this experience and learn as much as I can.

My Mom and I have been reading the scriptures together. We have been reading 8 pages a day most days for the last couple of months, and I know why we are supposed to. It does make you feel better, want to be better and generally make you happy. We have started in the New Testament and I am really enjoying it. Our Goal is to read all the standard works in a year, and according to an institute guy, that came to speak in our ward, by reading 8 pages a day, we can do it!

Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness. For some reason, in my life at the present, I am spiritually hungry. I think partly because my parents house is like a Deseret Book. They have so many really good Church Books in the house that I have been able to enjoy. I read "Reflections on Sister Marjorie Hinkley" awhile back and that was a really good parenting book. It is not written as a parenting book, but so many of the examples that people gave about her, was how she parented. She is a really good example to me and I hope to be like her with my children.

I was also able to go to the Temple today. My parents work at the Temple and I was blessed to see both of them. The Temple is such a busy place on Saturdays that I was not sure I would see them. I saw my Mom right when I walked in and then I went to my session and when it came time to go through the veil, I could hear my Dad's voice and even though I could not see him, I knew that it was him, and I asked the Temple Worker if I could wait and go through the veil with him. It was a special experience because he did not know it was me, till the end! He said he is concentrating so hard on the words, right now, because they are new workers, he did not know it was me. But it was a special experience when he saw that it was me.

My husband is also very wonderful. While I got to go to the Temple, he spent the Whole day putting in an Air Conditioner for my brother Jeff's family. I am amazed at his willingness to help and serve those around him. He made Dinner for everyone the whole Memorial Day Weekend while my Sister Natalee was in Town. Homemade Pizza, Chicken, Hamburgers and Hotdogs, Grilled Steak, oh yeah, and yummy Breakfast in the Morning.

I am feeling very blessed today.

Life is good.