New & Improved

It's been awhile since I've updated my blog. So much has happened this past year! Let's see if I can bring ya'll up to date!

Many people don't know that when I was 15, I got pregnant and had a baby boy whom I placed for adoption. In October of 2012, my son, Kimball and I found each other! We have been cultivating a relationship ever since! He's now 19 and lives in Idaho with his family. He totally fits right into our family! It's such a wonderful blessing. For many years I felt like I had a part of me that was missing. Now, that part has been filled in. I'm whole.

Well... almost....

Another thing you may not know is that I lost my membership in my church due to some obviously bad, decisions. Actually, those decisions were destructive, not just bad. I've been working hard to be baptized again. I miss my membership. I miss the temple. As soon as I am able to make these covenants again, I will be whole.

Losing my membership was like experiencing a death. It was one of the most devastating moments of my life. I felt I could not share my pain with anyone else so I kept it to myself. It took a long time until I was humble enough to share it with my parents and family. And it took even longer to share it with my kids. But it was a great lesson in forgiveness. I have been able to show my children that the foundation of our church is the Atonement. We can always come back. We can always be forgiven. I am so grateful for this opportunity. My love and appreciation for my Savior has grown exponentially. Things have changed inside me and the brokenness that I've lived with for so long has finally healed. 

I have an incredible bishop and wonderful leaders in my ward. They are so great with my kids and are so good to us!! We are so blessed to be able to make this fresh start in Spanish Fork. I love it here. Every time I drive home and see the windmills at the mouth of the canyon, I just smile. THIS is my home. For the first time in my entire life, I belong somewhere.

My children are thriving! What a blessing they are to me. I was not only blessed with incredible children, but I was blessed with kindred spirits. Not only do I LOVE my children, but I LIKE them, too! I have so much fun with them. I look forward to being with them. I miss them when they are gone and I get so excited when they come home. They have been so kind and understanding and patient with their crazy mother. We've had a lot of growing pains but for the most part, we've come into our own.

All the kids are doing well in school. I can't believe Ethan will be in 9th grade and my triplets will be in JUNIOR HIGH!!! Ethan is being ordained a TEACHER on June 2nd and Garrett and Chase with be ordained DEACONS in July! Mckenzie will be in Young Women's. It just boggles my mind!! Carter is doing so well in school and he and Mckenzie have decided to run track this summer. The rest of the boys want to take some sort of Martial Arts and or archery. We'll see how that goes. We definitely need to prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse. Running, kicking, punching and shooting are of vital importance right now! Haha! They're even teaching Seth a few moves. He now knows how to Ninja kick. Seth is getting so big and starting to talk more and more. He was blessed with a strong spirit! (And a little bit of stubbornness.... but I have no idea where he gets that from....)

In addition to working on my inside, I am working on my outside! I've been going to the gym and trying to get into shape! My goal is to hike Angel's Landing in Zion's by the end of the summer! I'm so excited.

Well, there's our update for now. I'm excited to have my blog back up and running so I can share our progress with you!