Lexi's Baptism and Mother's Day

Lexi was baptized today and it was so wonderful. I am so proud of her. She was scared to go under the water, but she did wonderful.


Trevor, Lexi's cousin, baptized her and confirmed her. It was great. Kayden and Koy sat up and watched her. Lexi set a great example to them by being baptized today.

Cassidy, my cousin's little girl, gave a talk on baptism and she did such a good job. Lexi loves Cassidy and was so excited when I told her that Cassidy would give the talk she was so excited.

I read a talk sent to me from Nancy on the Holy Ghost. I read it to Lexi and of course I cried.
I have a few pictures that I need to get off my camera but it is late and I don't want to go and find the cord right now.

Today was mother's day and it was a great day. I grew up with my mom not liking mother's day. Her mom, my grandma, died shortly after my mom became a mom. She didn't get to have many years with her mom being around to help and she hasn't really enjoyed mother's day because she never really had the help and support that many young mother's have. I have mixed emotions about mother's day. I feel bad that my mom didn't get the chance that I have had to have her mom help her and I never got to know my grandma. I do feel blessed that I have had my mom here and she helps me often. I do enjoy being told happy mother's day from my kids and the love that they show to me on this special day.

I know that there are people who don't enjoy listening to sacrament meetings full of people who praise their mom's for being great mom's. Most of us mom's know that we can do better and have major guilt trips because we aren't the great mom's that are talked about in sacrament meeting. We had a great mother's day program today that wasn't like that at all. One of the speakers spoke about how he was thankful for him mom that raised him and his mom that gave him up for adoption. He said that he always knew he was adopted. His parents always told him that they had to adopt him before they could have any other children. The other person that spoke was someone that I have grown up with and he talked about the three main mother's that are spoken of in the scriptures. The first mother was Eve and he said that she was basically responsible for making sure that Adam did what he was suppose to. The second mother was Sariah, Abraham's wife and he talked about how she was very old when she had kids, older than most of the women in our ward. The third was Mary and she was the mother of the Savior and how she knew that he was the Savior. How blessed she was to be the mother of the Savior. The thing that really struck me was how much he praised all mothers for what they do and not just his own wife or his own mother. He did a great job. The other thing that is an interesting side note is that he and his wife just adopted a little baby recently so for him to listen to someone else talk about how thankful they are for adoption was probably something that he was thankful for.

I am so thankful for all that I have. I have a great husband, great little boys, and a beautiful daughter that is so grown up. I have a great testimony of the Savior and know that he knows and loves me and that he suffered on my behalf not only for my sins, but also for my sorrows. I know that he hurts when I hurt. He is like every parent that when they see their child hurting they hurt also, but the difference is that he has felt my hurt and he has taken my hurt upon him, I just have to remember that he has done that and allow him to suffer that hurt for me. I have a testimony of the scriptures. We just recently read the Book of Mormon in 97 days. We read it really fast, but the one thing I thought about was how could people say that Joseph Smith made it up that he didn't really translate the golden plates. How could someone make up everything that is talked about in the Book of Mormon. There is no way. I loved reading about when Jesus came to the Lamanite people and how the little children were invited to gather around his feet. It is awesome and I am yearning to learn more about the Savior and to feel of his love for me and my little family. Now that we have read the Book of Mormon we are going to need to either read it again and study it a little more or read something else but I want to be able to continue to set that example and to feel of the spirit that we get when we read.

I did finish one of my ABC books I will post pictures once I get my cord to transfer the photos.