Happy Easter 2012

Big Mess

Friday night I felt like a teenager again (and not in a good way). I left the boys downstairs playing while I went to vacuum upstairs. After I finished their room I went to check on them, and this is what I saw!

Earlier in the day, my dad had received a package in the mail and had left the box out. Eli and Diego decided to empty out the box and play in all the packing things. At first I thought that it was harmless. I would let them play while I finished vacuuming upstairs.

They had a great time and I had fun watching them and taking pictures. Until it was time to clean up! The mess just kept growing and growing and my parents were going to be home in 15 or so minutes, so we started cleaning up.

Cleaning up the mess proved to be a much bigger task than I anticipated. We picked up the big ones- the ones that hadn't been broken into smaller pieces, but the thing is is those things get staticy and won't come off your hands. The boys were trying to help me, but then I decided maybe I could work better alone. I undressed them and sent them upstairs. By this time I didn't know if I should call my parents and worn them of the mess or if I should just try to finish before they arrived. I wondered if I was going to be able to get it all off the carpet or if pieces were going to get embedded in it permanently. I wondered if I was going to ruin their vacuum. I was starting to panic, but I pulled it off! I tried sweeping them up, but that didn't work. Then I was able to vacuum up most of it.

After the mess was clean, I gave the boys a quick bath and confessed to my parent's when they got home. A lot can happen when the parents leave for an hour! During the whole ordeal I couldn't stop laughing. Eli was confused because I told him we were going to be in big trouble, but I was still laughing.

I was exhausted and ready for sleep as soon as we put the boys to bed.

Great Scriptures

I came across two great scriptures in the Book of Mormon last night while studying.

Alma 56:48
And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it.

and from El Libro de Mormon

Alma 56:48
Y me repitieron las palabras de sus madres, diciendo: No dudamos que nuestras madras lo sabian.

I have a wonderful mother. I do not doubt that she has a strong testimony of the gospel and of Jesus Christ. I know it because of her actions. I know it because of the love she shows for her family and for others.
I want to be this kind of mother to Eli and Diego. I don't want them to doubt the love I have for Jesus Christ. I want them to see Christlike attributes in me just like I do in my mother. I don't want them to ever doubt that I know what is most important in this life.

I am starting to read some from El Libro de Mormon in hopes that I will pick up some more Spanish that way. I just finished a 3 month Spanish class and don't want to stop studying just because the class is finished. I would really love to one day know Spanish and to be able to speak it.

and the other great scripture from last night is

3 Nephi 27:21

Verily, verily, I say unto you, this is my gospel; and ye know that things that ye must do in my church; for the works which ye have seen me do that shall ye also do; for that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do.

3 Nefi 27:21

En verdad, en verdad os digo que este es mi evangelio; y vosotros sabeis las cosas que debeis hacer en mi iglesia; pues las esas tambien las hareis; porque aquello que me habeis visto hacer eso hareis vosotros.

I know that things that I must do to be happier in my life- and now I just need to see to it that I do them!