Love Stories

Quotes, quotes, quotes. There are SO many quotes. I have been and still am a quote girl. I love writing quotes, reading quotes, and hanging quotes up all around (which I realize is missing right now in our house). This has been my newest addition which I painted on copy paper and hung up in our house. It is this...

Every love story is beautiful,

But Ours in my Favorite.

Growing up I liked watching chick flicks, and sometimes still do, they are fun and when I was younger I liked thinking about how my own love story would be. As we were getting ready to watch the movie I kept dragging my feet, I wasn't really in the mood to watch but it ended up being an okay movie :) I realized why I didn't really like it...because it isn't as good as our love life story!

One thing that D and I love to do, and I believe it is healthy for every marriage relationship is to look back and remember how your love story unfolded. We love talking about it and realizing more and more how the Lord guided us all along, through the hard and the wonderful times. We love going back to Rexburg Idaho. Beautiful, cold Rexburg is where we met. We love walking into the ballroom in the MC, going to Craigo's (now Pizza Pie Cafe) for some yummy cookie dough pizza. I could go on, but that's for another day. Simply remember. Choose your love and love your choice.

Home is Where We...

So I have been going through my college bin, looking at what assignments, talks, articles etc that I had saved. I came across one of my favorite classes, home decor! The first assignment of the class was to answer the question, "Home is where we..." Have you ever thought how to answer that question if you were asked? You could substitute many things in here, like marriage is...motherhood is....fatherhood is... and so on. Why not take the time to write it down, I find that reflecting on questions helps me to realize where my priorities are and where I want them to be. So here goes my list.

 Home is where we...
1. Are taught and teach our own children that God loves them. They are His children. He is their Father and He knows them individually.

2. Learn and teach our children that marriage is ordained of God and essential to His plan of happiness. We are created in the image of God. We each have a different plan, different struggles, but we have been given ways to make it through life and become who God knows we can be.

3. Gender is essential to God's plan, and we existed before as we do now, as a male or female...that never changed.

4. Learn and are reminded of premortal life (or life before we came to earth). We worshiped God and chose to follow His plan. Which meant we would come to this earth to gain a body and experience trials and tests that, with our choosing, will either bring us closer to Christ or farther away.

5. Learn that we can be an eternal family.

6. Teach our children about the sacred way in which children are created and that that sacred power is only to be shared between husband and wife after they are married. Teach it is a sacred thing that the world portrays as only for pleasure and getting gain.

7. Teach our children the wonderful roles of being a husband and wife, father and mother. Raise our children in love and righteousness. They learn rules, respect, discipline but in a way that is firm and fair, not degrading or abusive.

8. Help our children see how wonderful marriage is and children. Help them see that fidelity in marriage is vital and possible.

9.  Learn to pray, study scripture, keep the commandments, follow Christ and come to know Him.

10. Teach our children to stand up for what they know is right, even if it means standing alone. That means as parents you are committing to always stand up for the right even if you stand alone, because what you do speaks louder than what you say.

11. Learn to have fun together, to serve, learn to laugh, love, enjoy life!

The Sort of Getting to Know Us Post

Well, we are doing it. We are starting our little marriage and family blog. We hope you will enjoy it and maybe even take something from it...I know we certainly will! Like I said, I am in NO WAY an expert or a counselor, just a married woman with a lot to say.

D and I have been married for over 3 years. We met in our social dance class our first semester at school. We knew soon after that we wanted to marry each other, and after a few months of bumps and mountains we knew even more and got married in the Salt Lake LDS temple. We have a beautiful little girl who we sometimes call little lady. She has been the biggest blessing in our life! She keeps us moving, laughing, sometimes crying, and every day praying to be able to know how to teach her and for me not fear raising her in a world that is scary to me.

We are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, believe in God our Heavenly Father, in Jesus Christ, and in being able to be together as a family after we die. You may think me crazy...but why come this far through life, being this happy, having children, gaining experience and then at death have that all just end? I do not believe a loving Father would let it end, family is central to His plan and can bring the greatest happiness of all. Even if I you don't believe the way I do I hope you still stick around. 

One of my minors at school was in Marriage and Family studies. The classes, books, and studies we did in school have greatly blessed my life, our marriage, and helped me see even more that the world is a tricky place with society tearing family and marriage apart, but we do not have to be fearful. Take a stand against it by keeping your marriage strong, faithful, happy, and teach children.