i have seriously felt so much love today! bren and i were asked to speak in church today on tuesday, so pretty much i've had anxiety ALL week. and if you've talked to me this week you know that i was SUPER freaked to give a talk. i realized that it has literally been 4 years since my last talk in my buena park ward. i know that is sad, but if you had stage fright like me you wouldn't mind. before we left for church i had a several phone calls to wish me luck and text messages and after church (seriously i felt the love & support). craig and dawna came to our ward and watched our kids for us, so bren and i could sit up there together! and the kids did so good! they made it thru the whole sacrament w/o being taken out! thanks sooo much you guys! When i got up to give my talk i pretty much started crying right away and then i worked it out and pulled it together and hopefully got my message across. we worked off the talk by m. russell ballard from the april conf. that talk was excellent, so if you haven't heard it yet, i highly recommend reading it! bren did a great job and said some really sweet things that got me teary eyed all over again. he mentioned how this morning carter said " mommy are you gonna dance w/ dadda" i was in my white dress i bought and i don't know i prob don't get dolled up enough and so bren said "honey that is his way of telling you, you look really pretty". it was really cute. you had to be there. so long story short today was great! i'm sooooo thankful to be a mom! i never thought i would love my kids as much as i do. i feel so blessed to have such great kids and i have such a wonderful hubby! i'm greatful for my friends and family and for their love for me! love you guys!
this is my mom's day pres from my hubby! love it!
shannan came over for dinner w/ her kids owen and clay (brock is out of town)
i don't love this pic of me, but it shows the cute necklace carter gave me!
shannan, clay, & owen (how hot does she look preg)!
my little savvy girl!
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How cool that you both spoke in church! I wish I could have heard the talks. And real sweet that Craig and Dawna watched the kids for you. I'm glad you had a good Mother's Day and that you have sweet little kids. They really are a blessing.
I never would have pegged you for having "stage fright." Blogs are educational, too!
I'm sure it was wonderful -- you have such a fun way of expressing yourself. That's a great picture of the SD Temple -- Happy Mother's Day, for sure!
That picture of the temple is beautiful and the frame is great too! I'll have to find out where you got that from. I love it! Speaking in church is never easy to do. I can't believe you got away from doing it for so long! Lucky:) Yes, Shannan always looks amazing while pregnant. That's fun you still live near eachother.
You did so great Rachael. and you do have a super sweet hubby! He said lots of nice things about you. How sweet! Weren't the necklaces cute from nursery kids? Funny, how I never got mine, Gunner had eaten half of it by the time we reached our car! ha! Happy Mom's Day to you! (late)
sounds like it turned out to be a great day! your sensitivity probably really invited the spirit. good work on being brave and working through it. fun that you got together with shannan too! happy mom's day!
I am sure your talk was great! Remeber when you spoke in church at Ricks after the Break in?! You were super nervous then too. Happy Mother's day!
Cute pics. Looks like you had a fun mothers day. How stressful to have to speak though!
So when you come to cali, if you could do my hair the 28th it would be great:) Look forward to seeing you!
Cute pics. For Christmas Marcus gave me the same picture. (except the oakland temple). I love John Raymonds artwork. I am glad you had a great mothers day.
i cant get over how cute your kids are. your so lucky to be their mom. cant wait to see you!
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