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School Fun Run5k
We had s 5k today at the kids school. It was actually fun! I always say the the words fun and run shouldn't be in the same sentence, but today it would apply. Burke ran with his class and he did great!! He took off and I didn't seem him again. Ellie at most of the race, but Bradley ran a bunch. He was so cute. It was a really fun activity. Oh, Ash was at preschool so that is whay he wasn't there.

May Birthday Celebration
On Saturday we had everyone over for cake and ice cream to celebrate the May birthday's. We missed mom greatly but I made her a big cupcake as if she were here. We also just got a trampoline on Saturday and the kids had a ball! Mason loved it!!

Our birthday kids are Ash, Lily, Brad, and Mason. They each got their own big cupcake and the other kids got regular sized ones. We lucked out with the weather as it was sunny in between days and weeks of rain.

Dad and I loved the California pictures. Our only complaint is that there wasn't one of Emily. The kids looked like they were having a ball and Rick looked like he was freezing in the water! Thank you Mandi for you sweet post. All of you cherish those sweet times with your little ones. They really are over before you know it. Molly thank you for keeping the blog going. I know we don't post on it real often but Dad and I love seeing what is posted when you all do put items on. As Nacho would says, "It's the best!"

As you know my birthday and Mother's day are fast approaching. So, tonight I ordered a new iPad 2 for these two events. Eat your hearts out! On the back of the iPad you can get free engraving. I put my name and phone number on the first line. On the second line I put, "My life is good. Really good! I meant what I said.

Thank you to each and everyone of you for making me so happy. I'm sure I'm the most blessed woman alive, not Mandi. Life just gets better and better if you keep the commandments. We really will make it through all our trials and land in heaven together if we just endure cheerfully to the end. Mom

I Loved your post Molly! and I loved seeing all the awesome pics of the Ables fun vacation and it made me want to post something I was feeling and thinking about. Tonight I came home from work and it was late and I was so Tired but Josie wanted me to read her a story. So me and Josie and mason all gathered on my bed and read a couple books, they both surprisingly listened intently and then I sang a few primary songs while Josie lay next to me and Mason on me and they both fell asleep, and I realized i'm probably the luckiest person alive. Even though I was totally exhausted It was such a blessing. I sang I love to see the Temple to them and was overwhelmed with gratitude that I get to be sealed to these beautiful little spirits for eternity and felt humbled that the Lord would allow them to come to our family. We are so blessed to have the gospel in our lives, and eternal families. Love you all!

Spring Break
Here are some of my favorite pics from our trip to Newport Beach. I'm sorry there are so many. After I got started I realized it was a little over kill, but I had to keep posting!! So you all know we only went to Disney one day- this is a change for us and it was awesome!! We spent most of our time on the beach and it was the bomb!!

Pinewood Derby
The boys love the pinewood derby! They look forward to it every year. This was Burke's first year as a scout and he was so,so excited!! They worked on their cars for a couple of weeks and they turned out great! Ricky cut them out, but the boys sanded and painted them on their own. Burke made a tank and Brax made a Semi. They both race well and it was fun to watch them race!

Dear Molly,

What a beautiful post. That chapter in the Book of Mormon is one of my favorites! I love your insights. As you know, one of the wonderful beauties of the Book of Mormon is it's many layers. It is great to learn more and more the more we read it. How we love you! You are so fantastic. Thank you for taking the time to share your feelings.

Mom

Scripture Journal

I wanted to share my scripture journal entry from today. I'm hoping to become more diligent in keeping a scripture journal as I work on my "Virtue" project of reading the Book of Mormon for personal progress.

4-7-20113 Nephi Ch. 1 As I read this chapter this morning I noticed that no matter what time the followers of Christ lived in their faith, and their foes are the same. As those who believed in Samuel's sign, a day a night and a day to signify Christ's birth, they were surrounded by those who tried to reason them out of their faith. Helamen 16:16&17~"16 Some things they may have guessed right, among so many; but behold, we know that all these great and marvelous works cannot come to pass, of which has been spoken. 17And they began to reason and to contend among themselves...." But those who believed and had had a spiritual witness within themselves did not falter or sway. They knew they were believing in something that had not happened yet, and would not happen in their own land. The "reasonable" side of things had to play before their minds. The idea that Samuel was telling lies and only trying to gain followers to feed his own selfish ideas of power was probably also something that was conitinually placed before them. However, 3 Nephi 1:8 says, "But behold, they did watch steadfastly for a that day and that night and that day which should be as one day as if there were no night, that they might know that their faith had not been vain." They stayed steadfast! Nothing has changed, saved the miracles that we claim to believe in. We today, hold steadfast to our conviction that what happend to Joseph Smith in a time when we weren't alive, in a land we did not live in, in a the grove of trees is real. Although we can only claim such things through the witnesses we've recieved in our hearts the Lord will always deliver his people from the hands of thier enemies when the time is right. 3 Nephi 1: 9 "Now it came to pass that there was a day set apart by the unbelievers, that all those who believed in those traditions should be be put to death except the sign should come to pass, which had been given by Samuel the prophet." As Nephi plead with the Lord to save his people this is the answer he recieved: "13Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets.14Behold, I come unto my own, to fulfil all things which I have made known unto the children of men from the foundation of the world, and to do the will, both of the Father and of the Son—of the Father because of me, and of the Son because of my flesh. And behold, the time is at hand, and this night shall the sign be given."Again, nothing has changed! A prophet pleads for his people and the Lord listens. "If we do what's right we have no need to fear, for the Lord our helper will ever be near." I know it is true! And as I stand among the believers today I know I would have stood among the believers then!

I love you all!

p.s. Someone needs to post besides me.

~Molly