Obedience brings Blessings

The Candy Haul

Sunday I was getting ready for church and had the idea that I should bare my testimony.  I began to ponder what I would say.  I thought of the past week and all the little blessings I had received and decided to talk about my gratitude for my Father in Heaven.  As we were sitting in church the 1st Counselor bore his testimony and talked about Stake Conference a few weeks ago and how we were challenged to spend time everyday in the Book of Mormon.  Our family had taken this council to heart and had redoubled our efforts in scripture study.  I then felt inspired that this is why my family has been so blessed this week.  e have spent some time in the Book of Mormon every day and Heavenly Father is blessing us because of it.  I also realized that I had increased my personal study and gone to the temple 3 times in 2 weeks.  The Lord really does bless those who do His will.

Making Wooden Helicopters at Home Depot Saturday Morning

Here are a few of the things that happened this week that I am grateful for:

Samantha and Maddie Painting the Helicopters.  So cut!

We had Samantha's friend over for Halloween and ended up having scripture study with them and giving them a Book of Mormon.

Sam with her friend on Halloween

I needed to get a couple of things from the store but only had 15 min.  The Spirit prompted me to go to Wal-Mart.  I was hesitant because Wal-Mart is never fast but went anyway.  Miraculously the traffic cleared up, we found a close parking spot, we were able to quickly grab the few items we needed, and there was no line at check out.  We were in and out in 15 min.

I was able to make it to the temple Friday morning despite several unforeseen things that needed to be taken care out.  I got to talk to my parents, the kids have been on pretty good behavior even with Derek out of town for the weekend.

I was able to come up with fun things to do as a family and the kids got their chores done with out much complaint.  

Saturday I opened a package from my cute Grandma and inside were candy but also an answer to prayer.  I have been looking for Sunday shoes for Maddison for several weeks at GoodWill and have not come up with anything.  I made it a matter of prayer and there in the box were a pair of shoes for Maddison!  I had also been wanting a pair of shoes for Michael that he could put on himself and there they were.  The Lord truly blesses us!  I am so grateful to a grandmother who follows the Spirit.  Many years ago when Samantha was a toddler she would cough all night.  We had tried medications and nothing was working to relieve the cough.  I made it a matter of prayer and the next day received a forwarded email from my grandmother telling me to put vapor rub on the bottom of your feet, cover them with socks, and then you will not cough when you sleep.  We tried it and it worked.  We have now been using that technique for years.  Such a great blessing.