Happy/Ice Cubes/Wonders

Elizabeth is having a blast. I love this picture of her. She is so happy, it has been a while since I have seen that smile. I am so grateful that she was able to go and be with family. To feel that eternal love and acceptance. Her own little EFY.

Sunday Maddie was taking a bath and turned the water too hot. Normally you would think that you should just turn the water to cold and cool the bath down. Well, things don't work like that here in the Summer in North Carolina. When you turn the cold water on it is cold for a few minutes but then turns warm. The weather is so hot that the water coming from outside the house is warm. Only the water that has been sitting in the pipes and cooled by the air conditioner is cold. So we could not get the water to cool down. I made Maddie get dressed in one of my shirts and go bring me cups of ice that we dumped in the bath. She thought that was pretty cool!!

Book of Mormon, 3 Nephi 2:1

"also, and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen—"

Do we do this today? Will we do this as the signs of the Savior's coming happen more and more often? I hope that I can recognize the signs of His coming and keep the faith. I wish the world could do this too.

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WE ARE EXPECTING BABY #5

Yes, you read it correctly. The Thornton Family is expecting a new baby in Dec. 2012. We are very excited. Today we made the announcement to our 4 children and I am sure that each of you heard their screams of excitement. Maddison immediately told us that it was going to be a boy but then after a few minutes decided that we need one boy and one girl. John Derek would like the baby to be a boy so that he can have a brother. Samantha would like the baby to sleep in her room. Elizabeth would like the baby to have brown hair so that more kids in the family would look like her. Then the conversation turned to names. Here are some of their favorites: Elizabeth wants: Sarah, Eva, Evelyn, or Eve, and if it is a boy Phineas or Ferb Samantha wants: Sam or Ammon John Derek wants: Johnny Maddison wants: Cinderella and Johnny So here we go. Taking on a new adventure of 5 children with faith that we are following our Father in Heaven's desires for our family. In this last conference Pres. P

Elizabeth

My darling Elizabeth is so wonderful. At Church I had the pleasure of talking to different people about the great girl she is. I was in the mother's room, feeding Michael, and talked to two other moms. We were discussing the joys and difficulties of raising children. I talked about how I couldn't do it without my Elizabeth. How she is my right hand. She is so good and stepping in and making breakfast or lunch. She loves to make pancakes with chocolate chips. She is great with Michael. I know that I can give him to her and he will be well taken care of. As soon as we pull into the garage she exclaims, "I'll get Michael!" then leaps out of the car and takes him out. I don't know what I would do without her. When Michael was first born and I was constantly feeding, sleeping, and trying to hold the house together she did so much. She was such a huge help. She is going to be a great mother some day. She is so good at talking to children and

Awards October 2014

My wonderful daughter Elizabeth is doing so great in school. She has a 4.0. Friday she received 3 awards at their quarterly award ceremony: High Honor Roll for having a 4.0, Outstanding Participation in her computer class, and the SPLASH award: S - Self Control, P - Pride, L - Leadership, A - Attitude, S - Safety, H - Honesty. What a great girl I have. I am so proud of her. She is a great daughter, she helps me so much. I could not be the mom I am today without her help.

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