Learning to Love my role

We just got home from a beautiful weekend. Full of family, food, and... rain? (and lots of it) My favorite moments eating delicious food and watching these three cuties play

Adalyn LOVED the water. It was her first time in a pool and it was a hit for all parties :) McKay and I sure love making memories with our sweet little girl. Look at that cutie in her little swimsuit...

Also while we were there I read a really great book that helped me put a few things into perspective. The book was Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson. She is the author of Nie Nie Dialogues A VERY quick over view of the book is the story of her life before and after a tragic plane accident that left her and her husband burned severely. She is the mother to five kids and lives in Provo Utah. The book explains all of the ups and downs that they went through and also shows the many miracles that have occurred. Like the fact that 80% of her body was burned yet she was still able to have another child three years later (seriously amazing!) She is a very grateful woman today even with all of the pain that she has to suffer through daily. Before the accident Stephanie's main wish was to be a stay at home mom and raise lots of children (that sounds familiar to me) Today that is still her goal, but she has had to work SO very hard for it. Her life before the accident was beautiful and perfect and though she didn't take it for granted she maybe didn't realize just how wonderful it was. None of us probably do. I know I don't. Today I am living the dream that I had for myself since I was big enough to carry my dolls in a carseat. seriously. SO why am I not over the top happy? Why do I find myself wanting more to life? I love being Adalyn's mom, she is just what I wanted and I love having the title of mother. And this book helped me realize once again how blessed I truely am to have my health and be able to stay at home with Adalyn. I may still (actually I know I will) dislike the dishes and cleaning the house but I am going to try a little bit more to enjoy those too. This is what I wanted, and though it isn't the most glamorus job out there it is the most important. I have more thought about this topic, but I can't seem to find the right words or explain exactly how I feel in the right way so we will just leave it at that. But you should all go read this book. It is beautiful. Also here is a mormon message that tells her story.            Well that is all for tonight, more on our trip later. Have a great night!