Have you received his image in your countenance?

We had a great Stake Conference today that really touched me and made me think about my life and my priorities. They had the childrens choir sing a song before each talk and one song really hit me pretty hard, it was called His Image in Your Countenance. The chorus goes as follows:

Have you received His image in your countenance?
Does the Light of Christ Shine in your eyes?
Will he know you when He comes again because you shall be like Him,
When he sees you will the Father know His child?

More often than not, lately I have felt like I am wandering around my home doing nothing productive during the day and it usually ends in yelling fights with Hannah and I find myself on my knees just pleading for help. I know that I have been EXTREMELY blessed to be able to say home with my girls, but like many stay at home moms, I think I get stuck in a rut quite often. I have had some heart to heart talks with my Father in Heaven lately and I think this song was the answer to my prayers. I tend to forgot my purpose here on this earth... I get so stuck in how bored I am or how much I have to do (total opposite I know but that is how it seems to go) that I forget what my real purpose of the day is. Today I learned that my goal for the day and every day for all eternity is to strive to receive his image in my countenance.

A lot of the talks today had to do with the whisperings of the Holy Ghost. I really struggle with this because I don't feel like I get the clear answers that I imagined growing up...instead I realize months or years after that it was the Holy Ghost prompting me to do those things. Today, I was thinking about our little boy and realized that the Holy Ghost definitely prompted me to get down on my knees and pray and study the scriptures the night before he passed away. Shiloh and I had no idea that he wasn't okay, we knew there would be complications after he was born but we thought he was completely healthy while in the womb. I just had to strongest feeling that I needed to read my scriptures, so trying to be obedient I did the "plop and point" method. That night I plopped my finger right at the beginning of the story of Abraham and Isaac. I was completely shocked and quite honestly didn't want to keep reading because I was very familiar with the story and didn't want to take into consideration that this could be for me. But once again, I was trying to be obedient and kept reading, I sobbed all the way through. How could our Father in Heaven ask this of him? And was he going to ask this of me? The answer was very clear...he needed me to be willing to give up my son. The next morning, I didn't feel the usual good morning kicks and the jabs to the side. I didn't want to panick but I think I knew what was happening. I had been prepped the night before and it was my turn to put my faith in my Heavenly Father. Most of you know what happened that day but what I can't explain is the overwhelming feeling of peace that Shiloh and I had. We had just lost our precious baby but yet we could still laugh and smile with people because we knew and know that we didn't lose him forever. Our time to raise him has just been postponed for a while. I will never forget that amazing experience that we were able to have. Having been chosen to be the mommy of a perfect son, and knowing that Heavenly Father must have known that I could handle this, just makes me smile. He must know something that I don't. He knows my strengths and knows me...all he asks is that we live like his Son. So let me ask you this.....Have you received His image in your countenance?

Our Wonderful Spring and Summer So Far

If there is one thing that I can complain about living in Pocatello, it would be that our weather is never predictable. But, I can honestly say the days that are sunny are BEAUTIFUL and make me never want to leave Pocatello. We have been blessed with a wonderful spring and summer so far. Our girls are getting bigger everyday. Hannah is giving me a great taste of the preteen stage. We fight quite often and then we make up and the cycle goes just like that. Some days I think that she is bipolar but we really do love her. She has said some pretty funny things lately like...

1. I asked her if we should give her sister away because she couldn't be nice to her...and she just sat there so I said "Hannah do you love your sister?" she responded " Apparently Not!!!" I couldn't believe my three year old even knew that word.

2. In primary one day, Hannah was looking sad and the Primary President noticed and asked her what was wrong. She told her that she was starving and the Primary President said she had some snacks and she proceeded to give Hannah some gold fish and crackers. After Hannah was finished the teacher asked her if she was feeling better and Hannah replied quite simply "it was just a LIGHT SNACK but it was okay." LIGHT SNACK. Come on!!!! That one made me laugh.

3. She often tells us about her "Brilliant plans" which usually consist of getting into pajamas, getting a cup of milk and laying on the couch and watching a movie.

4. When Hannah had her three year check-up with the doctor she was not a happy camper. She cried and wouldn't look or speak to our doctor (whom we love so much). So when we had Nevaeh's 6 month appointment Hannah came with me and was totally the opposite. She really didn't give us many opportunities to talk. She finally said to him... "Dr. Burton, I have to tell you something...it's VEEERRRY complicated though." I can't even remember what she was going to say because we both started laughing. The things she comes up with.

I realize some of these may be a 'had to be there' moment, but they make me laugh even remembering them. She is incredibly smart and catches us of guard quite often. She now knows how to spell and write her name. She is still loving to sing and dance. We REALLY need to get her in a dance class this fall. Just talented, thats all I have to say. We kind of like her :)

NEVAEH...oh this girl is so much fun. She is always smiling. I get to wake up to "bobba, mmmbob, bobba, bob!" which is 'Mom'. I don't know why but both of my girls have called me Bob instead of mom first. But anyway, the second I walk in I get a HUGE smile and she jumps up to me. She is a big thumb sucker...good or bad...it's pretty dang cute. She is learning to say bye and hi and can wave bye and give high fives. She also says "Dad" a lot. I really like that. Nevaeh LOVES her big sister and usually drives Hannah crazy, but the tables get turned a lot and she gets annoyed with Hannah in return. She is crawling like a mad women and just learned how to crawl up our stairs ( I found that one out after she had crawled all the way up the stairs with out me knowing...OOPS!) Vaeh also is walking along side EVERYTHING. She is going to be a wild one, I can already tell. There is so much to say about her but it would take all day. She is just happy and healthy and I love her and I boy does she have her daddy wrapped around her little finger.

Shiloh and I are loving life. Things are going really well with the new business and Shiloh is really liking this job. Being your own boss can be hard but it really does have its upsides. We like to go visit him at his office.

Well, here are some pictures of Easter....walks we have been on....Kaden's (my nephew) birthday...and just some fun nature shots of the places around our home.

I will start will some of My Favorite Pictures

Oh how I love this one. Nevaeh and her Uncle Adam, my older brother.


On our walk the other day I saw this pine cone that fell off the tree and on the stem of a tulip. It looked pretty neat.


SPRING/SUMMER...Just GORGEOUS!!! LOVE IT!

Easter Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa Rasmussen's

The Girls in the Easter Dresses









Easter at Grandma and Grandpa Armstrongs home





Dressed in our Sunday Best!





Just out for a walk.






My handsome nephew Kaden on his birthday.



Daddy and his Princess


Grandma Rasmussen and Nevaeh




I just liked this picture of my youngest brother Danny.


I had fun taking some beautiful pictures on one of our walks by our home.





Life is Good...Life is Great...Life is WONDERFUL!!! I LOVE my Life.