It's been a very long time it seems since I have updated here. Since last time (I think) my aunt moved in with Allen and I! I am pretty excited about that! I just love her. She is so much like my mom, it's kind of like I'm living with my mom. The adjustment hasn't even been too hard. She helps around the house and makes yummy cream cheese lemony cheesecake type pie with cherries on top. Mmmmm. Sooo good.
Big J is still hangin' out with us. He's a lot of fun. It's fun to watch him learn everyday. He is getting so good at talking! He learns...I don't know how many new words everyday. He's an amazing kid. Him and Allen are buddies. He loves the crap out of Allen, and I think Allen is pretty fond of him too. It'll be a sad day when his mom gets settled and takes him permanently. The house will seem so empty. :-( Oh well, we'll just love the crap out him while he's here and enjoy it.
Sure would be nice if we could adopt one of our own and never have to give him/her back.
31 March 2010
11 March 2010
Let it Snow
Friday when it snowed Big J was so excited about the snow so I bundled him up and took him out to play in the snow. It's a good thing it was a warm snow because his poor little hands wouldn't have handled cold. He kept having me hold his hands to warm them back up...what a cutie.
It didn't take long for him to figure out if he threw a snowball Tank would chase it.
And of course if the dogs eat the snow...it's okay for him too. I think he ate as much as he threw for the dogs.
Don't worry though, I made sure he didn't eat any yellow snow. lol
17 February 2010
Late But Here It Is
I was going through pictures and found a bunch that I felt I needed to post since this is our family journal/scrapbook. The first ones I ran across were from my family Christmas party.
Loren and Wendy came down from Oregon to visit between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So of course we had to have a Christmas party. It was a lot of fun. We had it down at Mom and Dad's condo (in the Falls to be exact). We had food, games, time to visit, and a music/story program.
Even Mom's sister Tam showed up to say hi and hang out for a bit with us! I thought it was cool.
Here's a picture of mom telling all of us to come over and to get our food. I couldn't resist using this picture because I love my mom so much and it depicts her so well...always wanting to take care of family and have them gather closer and she is an optimist through and through so she always has a smile on her face. I hope when I have the blessing of a family of my own I can be just like my mom. Then there is dad always wanting things just perfect and worrying about if there will be enough for everyone and taking care of any loose ends. He is so detail oriented. I love my daddy too.
My nephews are smart and love to problem solve (I think that's why they all like puzzles so much). So stinking cute! My brothers make cute kids ... or their wives anyway. lol
My oldest nephew just kickin' it. What a stud! Not too long and he's gonna be driving ... Ugh! I feel so old!
My sis-in-laws visiting. I love being around these two because when they get together there is constant laughing. They make me laugh and laugh!
Just before the program all the chillins got to decorate cookies. I had to snap a few pictures of these. Love 'em! How bout a little bit of cookie with the sprinkles. Not just this one plate was like that, but everyone of them. I think they had a contest to see who could pile the most on a cookie.
No worries though ... there was a clean up crew.
Then it was time for music program. It was kind of a patriotic story someone would read then a song would be sung that went along with the story and mixed in the story was scripture and such. Sounds odd doing patriotic stuff for Christmas ... but really, it worked. It was awesome.
Cousin's bonding. Cute turds. But then there were enough programs everyone could have one to read along so big brother got down on the floor to read along with little sister.
Afterwards we sat and talked about favorite Christmas memories. Of course kids get bored with just talk but Grandma wouldn't let them play the piano. If you ask me though, they look pretty content getting loved on by Grandma.
I love my family.
11 February 2010
More Fun
Sunday we loaded up and went to Springdale (I think) to go to an elk farm that Keith and Karena had found sometime ago. They were a little disappointed because there weren't as many animals due to economic reasons.
One of the bull elk didn't not like Keith. This one to be exact.
He would ... not charge the fence but lower his antlers and push on it. Any and everyone else could pet him and he was okay with that. This is a picture of Allen petting the elk that did not like Keith. Poor Keith was insulted. lol As soon as Keith got any closer though he would drop his antlers and challenge him.
They had a few bison there. I didn't think they would let people get too close but once they heard the paper bag that the food was in they were all over coming to the fence to get some food. The funny thing is they kind of eat like a cow, ya know reach out with their tongue. This was not expected though, they stick their tongue out, through the fence, then wait for you to drop the food on their tongue. Pretty comical to watch. Oh, and their tongues were so pointy.
I couldn't stop taking pictures of the mountain that this elk farm was nestled up against. It was just so pretty and the way the clouds would sweep across it... It was just so pretty. I wish I knew how to take pictures that would do it justice.
On our way out one of the other bull elks wanted some yummy food out of the bag and to get some lovin' from Allen. It was so funny this elk came up to the fence basically begging. So of course the men obliged. Allen reached through the fence and scratched him behind the ear, like you would a dog. This elk responded the same way a dog would. He turned his head a bit and leaned into it, and look how his eyes kind of closed. Just like a dog. Such beautiful animals.
After the elk farm we went to find a park to eat lunch at and we were thinking about going down through Zions but we didn't have enough time. But we did have time to take a few pics. Here's one of Allen and me.
I think it would look a lot better if I would've been behind the camera taking the picture instead. But the mountain is pretty and Allen looks good anyway.
The picture of the day though ... in my opinion was our nephew beating Allen up.
Maybe it's just me but I see a look in his eye like, "Yeah, that's right, I'm a bad "A". And if I'm not mistaken he's telling me, "I'm #1" with the other hand. Not even a year old and he's already coppin' attitude. What a cutie.
It was so nice to get away from home for a couple days and just relax. No having to worry about dogs even, thanks to my Aunt who is so awesome and stayed at our house to take care of them.
Weekend Fun
Over the weekend Allen and I went down to Cedar City to visit his little brother and family. We had so much fun! We were going to leave Sat morning but then he got work off so we decided to leave Fri night.
The weather was fine and roads were clear until about 45 min down the road. Then there was snow ... lots of snow. The road disappeared beneath a blanket of white. Then we look up ahead and there is a line of cars and semis completely stopped. Crap! When we get there we realize they are all stopped because the road was slick and the semis couldn't keep going, they had spun out.
Thank heaven for small miracles, just as we were getting to the tail end of the line a plow was turning around to go up our side. We got to follow right on his tail past the line of cars and trucks. I don't know how far we traveled in white blindness. So glad someone thought up the road markers and rumble strips, that was the only way we knew we were still on the road.
Anywho, obviously we made it safely and without accident. Keith met us at the Parawan entrance. He had just gotten off work. It worked out really well because we had never been to their new house. When we got there we just crashed, it was 2:00 am after all.
Saturday we went tubing up at Brian Head. At first I was a little nervous. I hate heights and this hill was big. Not real steep but big. Tall and long. Best kind of hill for tubing. Allen's nephew was skeered to death though. It took over half an hour and one of the workers riding down with him to convince him to go.
The tubes they had had a cover on them and on the cover was a handle. The handle was used to hook us too the line to pull us up the hill and to pull the tube behind you. When you went down the hill you threw it into the center of the tube.
Here's a picture of Allen going down the hill. They were all taken on the flat at the bottom because that's the only place I could stand to take them. You can tell he was at the bottom because he was dragging his feet to slow down.
This is the hill at the bottom they had there to stop you from taking a real long ride down to the road. If you didn't get slowed down enough at the bottom and you hit the tubes at the top of the hill your tubing was over and your pass taken. This isn't even the whole hill. It was a pretty good ride just on the stopping hill going up and back down then to a stop.
Here's a pic of Al's nephew. I just had to throw it in because look at his face! You can see the "woohoo" mixed with a little "holy crap". The second time he went down the worker said tricked him. He told him he was going to ride down with him but ... he didn't. It was so funny because when he got to the bottom and stopped he turned around and the worker was gone. He asked, "Where did he go?"
The weather was fine and roads were clear until about 45 min down the road. Then there was snow ... lots of snow. The road disappeared beneath a blanket of white. Then we look up ahead and there is a line of cars and semis completely stopped. Crap! When we get there we realize they are all stopped because the road was slick and the semis couldn't keep going, they had spun out.
Thank heaven for small miracles, just as we were getting to the tail end of the line a plow was turning around to go up our side. We got to follow right on his tail past the line of cars and trucks. I don't know how far we traveled in white blindness. So glad someone thought up the road markers and rumble strips, that was the only way we knew we were still on the road.
Anywho, obviously we made it safely and without accident. Keith met us at the Parawan entrance. He had just gotten off work. It worked out really well because we had never been to their new house. When we got there we just crashed, it was 2:00 am after all.
Saturday we went tubing up at Brian Head. At first I was a little nervous. I hate heights and this hill was big. Not real steep but big. Tall and long. Best kind of hill for tubing. Allen's nephew was skeered to death though. It took over half an hour and one of the workers riding down with him to convince him to go.
The tubes they had had a cover on them and on the cover was a handle. The handle was used to hook us too the line to pull us up the hill and to pull the tube behind you. When you went down the hill you threw it into the center of the tube.
Here's a picture of Allen going down the hill. They were all taken on the flat at the bottom because that's the only place I could stand to take them. You can tell he was at the bottom because he was dragging his feet to slow down.
This is the hill at the bottom they had there to stop you from taking a real long ride down to the road. If you didn't get slowed down enough at the bottom and you hit the tubes at the top of the hill your tubing was over and your pass taken. This isn't even the whole hill. It was a pretty good ride just on the stopping hill going up and back down then to a stop.
Here's a pic of Al's nephew. I just had to throw it in because look at his face! You can see the "woohoo" mixed with a little "holy crap". The second time he went down the worker said tricked him. He told him he was going to ride down with him but ... he didn't. It was so funny because when he got to the bottom and stopped he turned around and the worker was gone. He asked, "Where did he go?"
Oh, I didn't mention my crash. Keith tells me it was "spectacular". I don't think Karena got to see it. Allen's disappointed because he didn't get to see it. I'm disappointed because nobody has a picture of it. It must have been good because here it is almost a week later and it still hurts to breathe deep. I think I might have cracked a rib. Right after I couldn't hardly talk or breathe ... it hurt so freaking bad! I haven't slept worth crap since then because I can't assume my "relax to go to sleep" position on my stomach at night. Oh, how I wish I had a picture.
Here we all are in front of the hill. You can't really see it because it's all just white. At the top it has a pretty good drop off to get your speed up, then it levels out for a bit then another hill, the second one isn't as steep but it was a little longer. Then it levels off for quite a bit then up the stopping hill.
It was so much fun! Thanks K&K for inviting us down!
Woohoo! Finally Finished!
If you know me at all you know that I don't do "crafty" stuff very often. But when I get an itch ... I just gotta. Needless to say a few weeks ago I had an itch to do some of that crafty homemakey type stuff and this is what came of it.
I think it turned out pretty well for not following the pattern really. I had every intention of doing exactly what the instructions said, but in different colors. Then as I started I decided to change this and to change that. This cute little baby afghan turned into a much bigger project than planned.
It was supposed to be small for a baby ... it's more the size for a child. Oh well. It turned out pretty good for a very beginner crocheter. Now with all the left over yarn I'm thinking about doing another (smaller) one.
I think I may be kind of a freak though. Everything I have made, crafty wise, in the last year has been for babies. I have a cedar chest almost full of baby quilts and now one afghan ... thinking soon to be two.
I guess I'm letting my wishful thinking/hoping get carried away with my inner homemaker.
20 January 2010
Our New Caseworker
Yesterday it hit me how frustrated I am with the whole waiting to be able to adopt. I hadn't really thought about it until visiting with our new caseworker. She asked us how long we have been approved and how many caseworkers we have had. She apologized a million times that we've had so many, it was pretty comical.
I really like her, she had a confident aura about her. It probably has to do with the fact that she is done with school and is settled in life. All of our other caseworkers have been pretty young and in school still or a newlywed or whatever. Just not settled, not quite where they want to be in life. But Stephanie, I think, is going to be great. I really hope she is our caseworker when we are finally chosen...if we ever get chosen. *sigh*
I know there are families that wait way longer than 1 1/2 yrs but for me longer than a couple weeks is a long time to be waiting for anything. lol I don't think it would seem so bad if we hadn't had our hopes up about getting a baby in June or July then...then the mom decided to choose abortion instead of adoption. I still don't and will never understand why, but I guess that's why we are all here to be tested and tried. I know I've failed quite a few trials (a lot of them having to do with patients, lol) in my life most of which only I and the Lord are aware of so who am I to judge her? My heart still aches for her because I don't think there is anyway that she doesn't regret it every day and want to turn back the hands of time to take it back, have it undone so she can choose differently.
Oh, and come to find out yesterday during our visit, our blog hasn't been linked to our profile! Grrr! The only reason I started blogging was to give them a place that they could come to get to know us better. No worries though, we've got that straightened out. Now it is completely obvious where to find our blog. Maybe that will help speed up the process...or it might slow it down if we (or really I since I do the blogging) are psycho or weird and we don't even know it. I don't know, I guess there is just no tellin'. lol
I really like her, she had a confident aura about her. It probably has to do with the fact that she is done with school and is settled in life. All of our other caseworkers have been pretty young and in school still or a newlywed or whatever. Just not settled, not quite where they want to be in life. But Stephanie, I think, is going to be great. I really hope she is our caseworker when we are finally chosen...if we ever get chosen. *sigh*
I know there are families that wait way longer than 1 1/2 yrs but for me longer than a couple weeks is a long time to be waiting for anything. lol I don't think it would seem so bad if we hadn't had our hopes up about getting a baby in June or July then...then the mom decided to choose abortion instead of adoption. I still don't and will never understand why, but I guess that's why we are all here to be tested and tried. I know I've failed quite a few trials (a lot of them having to do with patients, lol) in my life most of which only I and the Lord are aware of so who am I to judge her? My heart still aches for her because I don't think there is anyway that she doesn't regret it every day and want to turn back the hands of time to take it back, have it undone so she can choose differently.
Oh, and come to find out yesterday during our visit, our blog hasn't been linked to our profile! Grrr! The only reason I started blogging was to give them a place that they could come to get to know us better. No worries though, we've got that straightened out. Now it is completely obvious where to find our blog. Maybe that will help speed up the process...or it might slow it down if we (or really I since I do the blogging) are psycho or weird and we don't even know it. I don't know, I guess there is just no tellin'. lol
14 January 2010
The New Year
It's been such a long time...the end of last year really took the wind outa my sails. Guess that's why I haven't posted for so long.
Anywho...the good news is it's the new year now. It seems that the new year is the easiest place to start fresh on things. I've never understood this because every morning we wake up to a new day so why not start fresh then...hmmm.
Anyway, starting fresh this year (still haven't done it completely yet) is going to include but is not limited to: 1. getting healthier, not necessarily losing weight, although I'm sure that will be a by-product of getting healthier 2. being a support and strength to Allen by showing and telling him how I feel about him and let him know how much respect I have for him 3. get better organized, I don't know what happened there, I used to be so organized but now...well, it's another story 4. shrink the gap between the Lord's will and my own. These so often, especially lately, are so far apart I lose track of the Lord's will. It seems to disappear over the horizon. This is not good because his will is unchanging and steadfast so that means only one thing...yup, you got it, it's me moving farther from Him. So we are changing that this year. 5. Get knocked up. I know I don't have any control over this one but the way I see it, if I take care of the other 4 things this one might take care of itself, or someone who can control it will let it happen.
I guess we'll see. Hopefully I'll not be absent so long again.
Hope you all had a happy and joyous Christmas, and I wish you a happy new year! Little late I know...sorry.
Anywho...the good news is it's the new year now. It seems that the new year is the easiest place to start fresh on things. I've never understood this because every morning we wake up to a new day so why not start fresh then...hmmm.
Anyway, starting fresh this year (still haven't done it completely yet) is going to include but is not limited to: 1. getting healthier, not necessarily losing weight, although I'm sure that will be a by-product of getting healthier 2. being a support and strength to Allen by showing and telling him how I feel about him and let him know how much respect I have for him 3. get better organized, I don't know what happened there, I used to be so organized but now...well, it's another story 4. shrink the gap between the Lord's will and my own. These so often, especially lately, are so far apart I lose track of the Lord's will. It seems to disappear over the horizon. This is not good because his will is unchanging and steadfast so that means only one thing...yup, you got it, it's me moving farther from Him. So we are changing that this year. 5. Get knocked up. I know I don't have any control over this one but the way I see it, if I take care of the other 4 things this one might take care of itself, or someone who can control it will let it happen.
I guess we'll see. Hopefully I'll not be absent so long again.
Hope you all had a happy and joyous Christmas, and I wish you a happy new year! Little late I know...sorry.
18 December 2009
That Ain't Cool...
Well, looks like we won't be adopting, not this time anyway. She got an abortion. A choice I will never understand anyone making...except in extreme cases, anyway. Thank you all for your prayers and support.
02 December 2009
My Favorite Books
My last post got me thinking about how much and how many things have changed in our marriage. I mean obviously the first time we were married it was a complete disaster. We should've know though when on our wedding day neither one of us was excited. Oh well, live and learn.
Anywho, the thing I credit the most for the changes or transformation is books. Soon after being remarried we were introduced to a group of people who were very big into personal growth and relationships. We found them while doing and MLM of all places.
Even though the business part of it didn't work out, neither one of us would go back and not spend the money. The wealth of knowledge we were introduced to was so amazing! We used to have a book of the month come every month. The books always had to do with relationships, leadership, self-improvement/discovery, how to achieve your dreams, or money management.
Out of these books there are four that I just fell in love with. The first two I would recommend to any couple, whether they have a "good" marriage or a "bad" marriage. I know in my heart of hearts that without these two books our marriage would be very unhappy today.
"Love and Respect" is an amazing book! This single book fixed so many things. Okay, it didn't fix them but we did using what this book teaches. I can't say enough about it.
I thought I understood myself pretty good and what drives me. I also thought that because I grew up with brothers that I understood the male part of our species.
Reading this book soon made me realize I had a lot of things wrong in my thinking.
Allen and I read it together (kinda) and talked about different things. In talking about it and asking each other questions, usually consisting of, this is what I thought, the book says otherwise. Whose right me or the book?
Whithout fail questions of that nature were always answered with "The book." or "You really thought that? Why?"
I was definitely an eye opener for both of us. We were both surprised to how wrong we were about ourselves. Funny reading a book to help your marriage and it not only does that but also teaches you a thing or two about yourself.
"The Five Love Languages" is also a really good read if you're trying to figure out why someone doesn't love you that you think should.
We've all heard it, "If they loved me they would..." You know what I'm talking about. This is a gigantuous mistake. The problem isn't that they don't love you, the problem is you are just speaking a different language of love than they are.
This was one of the biggest problems the first time we were married. If we would've known the things that are wrote about in this book...oh, the heartache and loneliness that could've been avoided.
My primary Love Language is quality time, in the dialect of quality conversation. That is the hardest, most difficult language for Allen. At least it was. Luckily I have an amazing husband that is willing to work very hard to make me feel loved and appreciated. Now...it's still not easy for him but he does it anyway and is getting better all the time.
Allen's primary Love Language is service. That a very hard one for me. It's not because I dont' like doing things for him, it's just that I have a hard time getting past my, "If I want it done I can do it myself" thinking. I have to conciously remind myself that he can do it himself but he feels loved and appreciated when I go out of my way to do things for him that he can do for himself. Not even big things. The small things like maybe taking his shoes off when he gets home from work, having dinner on the table, running upstairs to get his phone when he has forgotten it. You know...the little things.
"The Anatomy of Peace" a spectacular read! Oh my goodness. I love this book! Love it!
In short this book explains the human race. If everyone would use this book as a guideline for their own personal life...this world would not be anywhere near the end.
I would even recommend this one to teenagers, especially teenagers. It's easy to read, some of the references I don't fully understand simply because I dont' know history much, but you still get what the point is.
If you want to understand where some of your thinking comes from that you stop yourself and wonder, "where did that thought come from" or "why do I feel about this person the way I do". This book explains it. It explains it very well.
I would suggest though don't start this book when you know you are going to have to spread it out over weeks. Once I started reading...I couldn't put it down. I've never been big into reading but this is a book you will want to immerse yourself in and soak it all up.
It's just one of those books that will strike a chord with your soul because it is right.
"The Dream Giver" is a very short and entertaining read. But it is also one I will forever have in my library of books.
It's about Ordinary who lives in Familiarville, but one day decides to leave his all too familiar home to find out what he was really meant to do in life. Which ends up being something big and wonderful. Not any bigger than any of us though, remember his is Ordinary.
This story is a parable. So everything in it is symbolic of something. The thing is the symbolism is so obvious, you won't miss it.
It only takes an hour maybe an hour and a half to read. The second half of the book is an explanation of what everything symbolizes. I'm pretty sure that if you are raised LDS and have read scriptures at all...you won't need to read the second half, you'll know exactly what it's talking about.
This is actually a book I intend on reading as a bedtime story to my kids. I want them to know from the beginning that they are not ordinary, they are meant to do great things upon the Earth.
Just a warning though...this book will bring a tear to your eye. Or if it's a day you are having a hard time...it may bring a lot of tears to your eyes.
I seriously highly, highly recommend any of these.
If things seem tough in your marriage though, before it gets tougher, read "Love and Respect", phenomenal book and if you are both ready and willing to work through the crappy times, you won't be sorry you did.
Anywho, the thing I credit the most for the changes or transformation is books. Soon after being remarried we were introduced to a group of people who were very big into personal growth and relationships. We found them while doing and MLM of all places.
Even though the business part of it didn't work out, neither one of us would go back and not spend the money. The wealth of knowledge we were introduced to was so amazing! We used to have a book of the month come every month. The books always had to do with relationships, leadership, self-improvement/discovery, how to achieve your dreams, or money management.
Out of these books there are four that I just fell in love with. The first two I would recommend to any couple, whether they have a "good" marriage or a "bad" marriage. I know in my heart of hearts that without these two books our marriage would be very unhappy today.

"Love and Respect" is an amazing book! This single book fixed so many things. Okay, it didn't fix them but we did using what this book teaches. I can't say enough about it.
I thought I understood myself pretty good and what drives me. I also thought that because I grew up with brothers that I understood the male part of our species.
Reading this book soon made me realize I had a lot of things wrong in my thinking.
Allen and I read it together (kinda) and talked about different things. In talking about it and asking each other questions, usually consisting of, this is what I thought, the book says otherwise. Whose right me or the book?
Whithout fail questions of that nature were always answered with "The book." or "You really thought that? Why?"
I was definitely an eye opener for both of us. We were both surprised to how wrong we were about ourselves. Funny reading a book to help your marriage and it not only does that but also teaches you a thing or two about yourself.

"The Five Love Languages" is also a really good read if you're trying to figure out why someone doesn't love you that you think should.
We've all heard it, "If they loved me they would..." You know what I'm talking about. This is a gigantuous mistake. The problem isn't that they don't love you, the problem is you are just speaking a different language of love than they are.
This was one of the biggest problems the first time we were married. If we would've known the things that are wrote about in this book...oh, the heartache and loneliness that could've been avoided.
My primary Love Language is quality time, in the dialect of quality conversation. That is the hardest, most difficult language for Allen. At least it was. Luckily I have an amazing husband that is willing to work very hard to make me feel loved and appreciated. Now...it's still not easy for him but he does it anyway and is getting better all the time.
Allen's primary Love Language is service. That a very hard one for me. It's not because I dont' like doing things for him, it's just that I have a hard time getting past my, "If I want it done I can do it myself" thinking. I have to conciously remind myself that he can do it himself but he feels loved and appreciated when I go out of my way to do things for him that he can do for himself. Not even big things. The small things like maybe taking his shoes off when he gets home from work, having dinner on the table, running upstairs to get his phone when he has forgotten it. You know...the little things.

"The Anatomy of Peace" a spectacular read! Oh my goodness. I love this book! Love it!
In short this book explains the human race. If everyone would use this book as a guideline for their own personal life...this world would not be anywhere near the end.
I would even recommend this one to teenagers, especially teenagers. It's easy to read, some of the references I don't fully understand simply because I dont' know history much, but you still get what the point is.
If you want to understand where some of your thinking comes from that you stop yourself and wonder, "where did that thought come from" or "why do I feel about this person the way I do". This book explains it. It explains it very well.
I would suggest though don't start this book when you know you are going to have to spread it out over weeks. Once I started reading...I couldn't put it down. I've never been big into reading but this is a book you will want to immerse yourself in and soak it all up.
It's just one of those books that will strike a chord with your soul because it is right.

"The Dream Giver" is a very short and entertaining read. But it is also one I will forever have in my library of books.
It's about Ordinary who lives in Familiarville, but one day decides to leave his all too familiar home to find out what he was really meant to do in life. Which ends up being something big and wonderful. Not any bigger than any of us though, remember his is Ordinary.
This story is a parable. So everything in it is symbolic of something. The thing is the symbolism is so obvious, you won't miss it.
It only takes an hour maybe an hour and a half to read. The second half of the book is an explanation of what everything symbolizes. I'm pretty sure that if you are raised LDS and have read scriptures at all...you won't need to read the second half, you'll know exactly what it's talking about.
This is actually a book I intend on reading as a bedtime story to my kids. I want them to know from the beginning that they are not ordinary, they are meant to do great things upon the Earth.
Just a warning though...this book will bring a tear to your eye. Or if it's a day you are having a hard time...it may bring a lot of tears to your eyes.
I seriously highly, highly recommend any of these.
If things seem tough in your marriage though, before it gets tougher, read "Love and Respect", phenomenal book and if you are both ready and willing to work through the crappy times, you won't be sorry you did.
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