Emotional

This week was a pretty emotional week for us. I think I always try to stay positive on this blog because I want my kids to know that we were happy. And we are happy. But I guess its good to show them we have hard times too right? 

Landon studies so much. I mean so much. A couple of mornings this week he was gone by 6, took a one hour dinner break with us, and then studied til 11:00pm. He says he hasn't even made a dent in the material he needs to know. Even after studying from 7am-11pm on Saturday with no breaks he felt overwhelmed with how much material he hadn't gotten to.

Jax and I miss him so so much. More me than Jax. Okay, okay, basically all me. :). And even now, as Sunday is over and Landon goes to bed early so he can wake up at 4:00am to study, I feel my heart break. And I think the hardest thing for me to wrap my brain around is there is still 9 more years. 

So yes. I was emotional this week. And yes, for the first time in a long time I broke down in my friends arms. I needed that so badly. Thank you so much! I'm crying now even thinking about it. 

I am so grateful during weeks like these that I have my Heavenly Father and my Savior. I know, with all of my heart that Heavenly Father loves me. I know, with all of my heart that the Savior, my Savior died for me. He makes it possible for me to repent. He makes it possible for me to improve. He gives me comfort and strength when I feel lonely and burdened. I know, I know, that my Redeemer lives. He is reaching out His hand, asking, pleading, praying that we too will reach back and grab hold. I know that the only way to have true joy is to follow the Savior. I am so grateful that i've been baptized by someone who holds His priesthood authority. It is the first step to making it back to Him some day. This gospel is so true. I KNOW it. And i'm so grateful, so grateful, that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

This next Saturday and Sunday living prophets will speak to the world. They will bare testimony of Jesus Christ. They will teach us how we can have pure Joy for eternity. I am so excited!!!

I just want to finish this post with my favorite part from the Prophet's talk to the sisters last night, it gave me so much peace and comfort and hope and joy. Life can be hard sometimes, but with Christ, all things are possible.

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“My Dear sisters. Your heavenly Father loves you. Each of you. That love never changes. It is not influences by your parents, by your possessions, or by the amount of money you have in your bank account.  It is not changed by your talents and abilities. It is simply there. It is there for you when you are sad or happy. Discouraged or hopeful. God’s love is there for you, whether or not you deserve love. It is simply always there.

As we seek our Heavenly Father through fervent sincere prayer and earnest dedicated scripture study. Our testimonies will become strong and deeply rooted. We will know of God’s love for us. We will understand that we do not walk alone. I promise you that you will one day stand aside and look at your difficult times and realize He is always there beside you.” -President Monson

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Girls night/Celebrate a new mom and her baby night!

 Jaxson brings us so much Joy. So much! Thank you Jax for the relief you give us!

Two Dr. Peppers & A Cold Sore

I never drink Dr. Pepper and I never get cold sores unless i'm super tired and/or pretty stressed. I was both this week. But it was a great week and i'm glad we were able to get everything done. I didn't take one picture, but a very cute video. (See Below)

I love Sundays. I love church. I always feel so happy during Sacrament meeting. I know that the gospel is true. It makes me happy. It gives me strength. It brings me peace and hope and joy. It gives me purpose. It gives us purpose. I am so grateful for what the Savior has done for me. I know He lives. I know that He died for me, for everyone. I know that He makes it possible to repent and to return to Him through His atonement. The Lord has blessed me with SO much and I hope that I can continue to change and get better for Him. I have so much work to do. This was a pretty crazy week and I couldn't have done any of it without my Heavenly Father and Saviors help. I wouldn't have wanted to do any of it without them either. Life is good. I love my family. I love the Lord. 

Here was our week:

M.

Seminary  (All week!)

Elizabeth & Victoria's Band Concert

Landon Studied
T.

Cold Sore 

Teaching with the Missionaries

Temple with Maddie

Dr. Pepper driving home
Landon studied
W.

Trains with Jax 

Library with Jax 

Landon Studied 

Taco Bell with Jax

Taught by the Missionaries
Th.

 Costco trip for the Wedding
Landon studied

Hide & Seek at the Canal with the Youth 

Visiting Juli--Baby #4 is here! 

Landon Studied
F.

Fiesta Friday (Seminary)

Decorating the church

Wendy's with Bre 

Dr Pepper #2 

Landon Studied 

H.S. Football game with Landon 

Cold Stone with Landon
S.

Finished Decorating the Church 

Wedding Ceremony 

Wedding Reception

Landon Studied 

Clean up wedding 

Return wedding stuff

BYU UTAH Game :( 
S.

Church 

Visiting Teaching 

Cuddles and Naps

Pizza and Pesto Pasta 

Week. Over. Woot woot!!!!!

A Dr., A Mom, Another Dr., and a Baby.

Landon 

Studies so much. We miss him even more. But we're grateful for all he does for us. Besides studying this week, he was able to watch a couple of football games with my brother Gary (who is here on othro rotation). Thats always fun for him. I know he likes watching football with me, but I also know its way more fun for him to watch it with the Schmar Dawg. Landon also took me out on a date Saturday night. We went to Cheddars and had a wonderful dinner. Mmmmmmm GOOD! 

Becca 

I taught seminary all week (with the help of Lando of course). I really enjoy it. It is tiring though, preparing a lesson every day and waking up at 5:30 each morning. I don't know how early morning seminary teachers do it year after year. I respect them so much more now. I was able throw my friend a bridal shower this week. We went to the cheesecake factory for some cheesecake and shared some wedding advice and talked about her upcoming wedding. We went up to my brothers house to hang out with Marie & her boys. She made Jax and I a delicious dinner. She is probably the best cook I know. Seriously... actually... she is the best cook I know. Thursday night I went with the young women to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It was fun. We memorized this article of faith and wrote about how it related to the beautiful art we'd seen. Friday Jax and I went to the Manchester Progressive dinner. We had Buffulo chicken for the appetizer with the Kenney's, Pena's and Henricksen's. We had an amazing Ecuadorian dish with the Jenk's, Pierini's, and Pulham's. And then we had Lemon Ice Cream at our house with the Henricksen's, Hirschi's, Jenk's, and Daetwyler's. It was such a fun night. The only thing that would have made it better would have been Lando. Finally, Saturday I was able to go to the Special Olympics with the youth in our stake. It was a pretty special experience.

Jax

Did even better this week with potty training. I think it will take another couple of weeks to make it become a habit, but he isn't even wearing diapers during naps or at night. We're super proud of him. Jax is talking so well and can say well over 50 words. He loves to run, jump, and swing. He likes playing with trains and loves making car sounds. He loves balls and can catch and throw pretty well. We love him so much. He had fun playing with his cousins this week (they sold lemonade and made $15 bucks in 45 minutes). He had fun at play group at the Hess's. He also got to play with Kade and Ten earlier in the week and Sammy on Friday. He loves his friends. He loves the dogs (and they hate him :/). Seriously. Poor dogs.

Gary 
He is living with us. We don't see him much. But I know he is here because he takes a one of the sack lunches in the morning and we never have leftovers anymore. :) Oh and every once in a while, I find him in Landon watching some football. We're glad he is here!  

We had another fun week house sitting and dog sitting. Learning lots of fun things about dogs. Like... don't leave a poopy accident in a bag that is reachable while you go spray off your child. If you do, the dog might eat it. And don't be trying to make homemade ice cream and a chocolate cake at the very same time. Because if you do... you may forget to put the sugar in the ice cream. Whoops. Lets just say it was a rough hour. 

Oh how I love being a mom and a wife to my family.

One potty training picture. Is that allowed?

licking up my non sugared ice cream that fell all over the floor

Change of Scenery

One of the families in our ward asked us to house sit/dog sit while they went to Norway for 3 1/2 weeks. Its been really fun so far. Jax has LOVED the trampoline, the slide, the swing, the space, the dogs. I've loved the kitchen island, the mini van, the master suite, the t.v. in my bedroom. Landon's loved the bed, the office, and the space. We've had a lot of fun so far. One week down. Two and half to go.

Along with dog sitting/house sitting, they also asked us to teach early morning seminary. The youth in this church are amazing. I can't believe that all ten kids in this ward are here every morning, on time at 6:20am. Anxious and excited to learn about the gospel. When Landon and I got married he sincerely battled between becoming a doctor or becoming a seminary teacher. I guess for three weeks he gets to do both. We've incorporated Fiesta Friday for these 3 weeks. And this Friday we watched this classic seminary video. Its about our choices. And though super cheesey, is actually really great.

The last big, HUGE, CRAZZZY thing that we've been doing this week is potty training. I officially understand why moms dread this. Jax is young and i know if I waited for a year maybe it would be "easier" to potty train. Maybe it wouldn't. But I don't want to do cloth diapers with him anymore, I think he is smart enough to get it and I'm hopefully not turning back. I'll let you know next week. Any advice? Please send it my way!!!

A few other notes:

• We had the missionaries over for dinner, and I didn't realize the dogs would eat the food on the table. I left for a second and when I came back all the buns for our burgers were gone. So hamburgers with bread it was. 
• BYU BEAT TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!! Very exciting Saturday night at this house 
• I was able to speak on the Holy Ghost at one of my dear friends baptism. I'm so happy for her 
• Landon spoke about Home Teaching in church today. He did a great job and bawled like a baby:)
• I made this, this, this, this and veggie burritos and they were all really yummy.
• Gary is here on a orthopedic rotation. He is staying with us! He is super busy, but we've had him for dinner a few times this week and thats been fun. 
• Landon's studies. A lot :) 

I think thats all. Sorry my thoughts aren't that organized. Happy Sunday and new week of potty training. Ughh... 

Happy 4 Years!

We were married in the Salt Lake Temple four years ago this last week.

In church we talked about the blessings we have received by being sealed in the temple. To be honest, I don't think I even know half of the blessings our family has received by making that choice. But what I do know is we are happy. Truly happy. We aren't perfect and we are still learning, but these four years have been amazing. Wonderfully us! And we're excited for eternity. 

Landon is my best friend. He gets me. He helps me do more and be more and loves me even when I don't get there. He is unfailingly patient with me. He works so hard in school, in his calling, as a father and as my best friend day in and day out. He is funny. He makes me laugh all the time. He is fun and knows how to kick back & relax. He is humble, and always recognizes when he needs to change. He constantly and consistently works on his relationship with Heavenly Father. And that is why I think our relationship is so great. He puts God first. 

We've really had a great four years and its crazy because I know that still is not a lot of time. But from day one, our marriage has had no timeline. Day one was the beginning of no ending. I wouldn't have it any other way. Landon is and always will be my best friend, my soul mate, my everything. For eternity. Forever. I love you Landon!

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Landon made some DELICIOUS steaks(seriously, the best steaks i've ever had), potatoes and asparagus for our anniversary. I made rolls, honey butter, homemade raspberry jam and chocolate cake. We could not have eaten a better meal had we gone out and spent $200. And i'm not joking. Then we watched a few of our favorite shows. It was fun to have a night together when I feel like we see so little of each other. 

This week Jax also got to spend lots of time with his friends. We played with the Westovers while their mom was summoned for jury duty on Monday. We went to play group on Thursday and Jax pushed girls in the stroller. I went to YW's on Thursday and had a blast taking pictures and getting slushies. I love those girls. Then on Friday Landon left for the BYU Virgina game and Jax and I headed to the Naylors for the weekend to watch them while their parents went on a quick get away before baby #3 comes. We seriously had a lot of fun. Especially Jax!

We are happy and blessed and sometimes (ahem....almost always) we are tired. :) It makes for a good life.