So today as I sat in Stake Conference I had MANY thoughts come to mind as I laughed and teared up with all the talks that were given. They spoke of attending the temple more often. I know that a as a goal of mine and Randy’s is to try and attend every month. But as I sat there I thought “Why can’t I go more often?”. I know why. Life is so busy. Raising kids takes so much of your time. Now that Ricky is older and can stay with the kids, we should go more often. I really think that the kids would really see the importance of attending the temple if we were the example they needed. That is just one of the thoughts and ideas that came to mind.

Another talk was on “Do it now”. When I get those promptings from the Holy Ghost, I need to act on them. I often don’t act on it and later regret it. Most of the time I don’t act on it is because I am scared. It’s scary to me to take that leap of faith and just do it. As I sit in RS on Sunday’s I often want to make a comment but chicken out. Thank goodness I have Sister Brown who always says what I wanted to. She is so good at that. I know this will happen. It is a goal of mine. I need to show the boys how the Holy Ghost feels and how important it is to act on those feelings.

I have a missionary that I wanted to write a letter to when he was in the MTC, but of course I didn’t do it. He is almost returning home now and I still haven’t written it. It’s nothing big, but I just have felt the need to say a few things. He is an amazing missionary too. I love to hear and see the updates. Today at Conference I just felt the overwhelming feeling to write it. I will. Hopefully I can say all that I want/need to.

I loved one of the talks about the importance of doing all we can here on earth to prepare us for an eternity in the Celestial Kingdom. There is a lot I don’t do that I need to do. I need to start making the time now to fit them in. I am trying to slow down life a bit. I don’t want to miss anything. I want to have my boys accomplish all they need to. It is my hope and prayer that through home schooling we can get the things done we need to. I know it will still be busy, but it will be a good busy. I am getting so close to finally being the mom/wife I always wanted to be. Thank you Randy for supporting me in this and for providing this beautiful life for me and the boys. I can’t wait to be able to spend eternity with you:-)