Saturday morning we slept in a little bit. I always feel so much better when I wake up
naturally on my own. Even if it’s like
20 minutes longer than what my alarm is normally set for. We kind of just laid in bed for a little
bit. It was so relaxing! On Thursday, we had started to trim our
raspberries. With the warmer weather, I was
afraid that my berries were going to start to budding before I got them
trimmed. We went out and finished
cleaning up our garden and trimming raspberries before the next rain storm and
just so we're ready when it’s time to plant!
After we got our garden all cleaned up, we decided that it was probably
time for lunch. Today is the first day
of the year that we whipped the grill out!! We made bacon burgers with steamed
carrots (that we kept all winter in the garden) and zucchini. Once we finished our delicious lunch, we
raked the entire back yard. Now—I understand
that there are people out there with bigger yards than me, but I was already so
tired and exhausted that it was painful for me to rake the backyard. Thankfully, Devin was there and he did most
the work. ;) After we finished in the yard, we spent the rest of the evening
hanging out, Devin went to priesthood session, and then we watched the final
four. (We did listen to General
Conference while we were outside, and we went in to watch the Solemn Assembly
for President Nelson and we were able to sustain him. What a beautiful moment that was to watch and
witness. President Monson was put in 10
years ago, so I didn’t really remember what happened. I hope that I will be able to remember that
for a long, long time.
With Sunday being Easter, Devin and I laid in bed and watched the first session of the Sunday General Conference at home. It was so nice and relaxing. It was good for me at least too, since I really couldn’t move. I was so sore! We went and ate lunch with D’s family. It was such a nice day!
With Sunday being Easter, Devin and I laid in bed and watched the first session of the Sunday General Conference at home. It was so nice and relaxing. It was good for me at least too, since I really couldn’t move. I was so sore! We went and ate lunch with D’s family. It was such a nice day!
In 2010, Devin got called to serve in the Nicaragua Managua South
mission. He served from July 2010-July
2012. He loves the country, the food,
everything about Nicaragua. When he was
serving down there, President Nelson (then a member of the 12 apostles) came to
visit and told the people that they would not get a temple until they started
to pay their tithing. Every general
conference since I have known Devin, he is always hoping and praying that a
temple will be built there. As we
listened to President Nelson announce temples in the last session on Sunday, we
were both just praying and hoping that Nicaragua would be a part of that
announcement. When President Nelson read Managua,
Nicaragua, I looked at Devin and his face was filled with pure joy. We yelled and we cried. I have not seen my husband cry in a long,
long, long time. But these were tears of
accomplishment and of joy and of gratitude.
Those people that he loves so dearly, in a short time, will no longer
have to leave the country in order to
visit the Lord’s house. The spirit was
strong in my little home. You could feel
of the love that God has for ALL his people.
It was such a tender moment for us to enjoy together. I will never forget that feeling that was in
our home. I know that Christ lives. I know that he loves each and every one of
us. I know that prayers are
answered. Not in our time, but in God’s
time. They will be answered. I love
general conference. I love the
opportunity that we get to hear from each of the beloved members of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles, as well as those in the First Presidency and members of
other quorums. One of my favorite
quotes from this conference was by our dear prophet, President Russell M.
Nelson, “We can pray to our Heavenly Father and receive guidance and direction,
be warned about dangers and distractions, and be enabled to accomplish things
we simply could not do on our own.”
We finished our Easter day by having dinner with my
parents. I got the cutest cow shirt from my mom. I told her that if I didn't get a basket, I was calling child services. Haha! So she bought me this shirt instead. We laughed, played volleyball,
and enjoyed each other’s company. What a
beautiful blessing it was to celebrate Easter, and listen to those who have
been called by God. I am so grateful for
the blessings that were given to my family this weekend, and well as the
beautiful sunshine!! I hope and pray that everyone had a Happy Easter.
