Thornton Mom

Today I am not as calm as I was a few days ago.  I still feel the blessing of peace in my soul but the rest of me is getting agitated and anxious.  I don't know if it is the medication.  I have not been the best at taking it on a consistent basis in the hopes that maybe I could stop taking it but as soon as I started to feel this uneasiness come upon me I took it. I also am frustrated with my period.  It is two weeks late.  I took another pregnancy test today and was relieved that it was negative.  I just would like to know what is going on with my body. I also want to start a diet but don't know where to start.  I feel that I need a program but don't know what program to use.  I fell lost. I feel busy and stressed, that I can't get anything done.  The laundry is piling up, there are piles of stuff all over the house.  My cleaning lady came today and that usually helps but seeing all the piles that she could not clean up got me fee...

As I was sleeping last night I said a prayer in my dreams asking Father for help with our family.  I felt a yearning in my heart for a family that got along and was nice to each other.  When I awoke I felt that same yearning.  I feel like we spend all our time waiting for the next event that we are excpected to do and in the mean time we just watch television or stay in our rooms.  so when I woke I prayed about this again.  I truly want our family to enjoy being together. I opened my computer to begin my scripture study when I was drawn to an article entitled: Aiming at the Center, by Pres. Uchdorf .  In this article he talks about the center of our lives should be loving the Savior and our Father in Heaven. "If our primary focus, thoughts, and efforts are centered on increasing our love for Almighty God and extending our hearts to others, we can know that we have found the right target and are aiming at the bull’s-eye—becoming true disciples of Jesus ...

Today I was driving home from the grocery store when the song Watching You , by Rodney Atkins came on.  I've always enjoyed this song about a dad who realizes the impact his example, good and bad, has on his little boy. As I listened to the song I wondered how I was doing as a parent and began thinking about all the ways I fall behind when immediately the Lord reminded me of how I am teaching my kids to pray and then I had an overwhelming sense of love from Him.  A love that told me I am doing good, that He is proud of me, and that He loves me.  He dispelled my doubts and let me feel for a few moments His amazing love for me. As the song continued I began to cry as I heard the words: "I've been watching you, dad, ain't that cool?" and I though about how I watch my Father in Heaven.  I felt Him tell me that He does enjoy my prayers "like he was talking to a friend."  Then I thought about how I do look at my Father in Heaven and I do want to be like hi...

Sunday Maddie really wanted to play on my phone during sacrament meeting.  I don't usually allow my kids on the phone but she outsmarted me by asking to read the scriptures.  Then when I showed her how to write in the Gospel Library she was hooked.  Here is her emoji testimony: I love Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father so sod (should) you.do,t (don't)  📥 (put)  your faith in a📦 (box) take it 📤 (out)  .📨 (send) your📩 (message)  to heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and they will know.I took my faith📤 (out) and I 📨 (sent)  my 📩 (message)  to heavenly father and Jesus Christ and I know they loved it and the name of Jesus Christ amen. MADDIE Thornton 11/27/2016💴✉💲📧💹💳💳✉💶📧 The weekend before Thanksgiving Derek and I were able to take a trip by ourselves to Salt Lake.  My grandfather's favorite yearly event is a Boy Scout Auction.  I hadn't been for 13 years and had always thought that someday I would go. ...

Yesterday I began the day asking for help to make my Sunday a Delight.  I was inspired to read notes that I had written about Sundays and the Sacrament.  (Got to love the Gospel Library!)  This helped put me in the right frame of mind and gave me encouragement for the day.  I looked up things to work on in Personal Progress and Cub Scouting for us to do after church. The morning went very smoothly.  Elizabeth woke up at about 7:30 and worked on her Secretary papers for Mia Maids.  (She doesn't usually get up before 9:30 and never on her own!)  When she finished she volunteered to make pancakes for breakfast complete with blueberries and chocolate chips inside. Sacrament meeting went okay.  I really tried to focus on being quiet and listening to the prelude music.  I was amazed at how distracting people talking was.  I need to be better about sitting quietly.  Michael went to our friend to sit so that made things easier. ...

On October 29th we took Samantha to the temple for the first time.  It was so good for all of us.  Elizabeth did a great job directing Samantha and making sure she knew where to go.  Samantha was nervous, we had talked about it a lot so she would know what to expect.  Once we got there and got dressed Derek was asked to be their first one in the font.  Samantha pushed Elizabeth forward not wanting to be the first to be baptized.  But then when Elizabeth got out and it was Samantha's turn she jumped out of her seat and rushed to the font.  She was so excited! The girls did about 6 family names each and Derek did 12.  Samantha had helped me with several of the names and was excited to choose which girls she would get to do.   It was such a blessing to have family names to do.    Sunday Samantha got up and bore her testimony about faith.  She told about the YW having a night to do Personal Progress and Samantha was...

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.  We 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...