I Stand All Amazed...

Steve and I got to go to the Jordan River Temple and attend a session...in German! read on for more on that...

These adorable old people are the Meisers. We went with them to the Jordan River Temple.

Steve and I got to attend the last session of Conference at the Conference Center. Sitting just around us were people from the Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, Korea, Hong Kong, and Switzerland.

Steve's brother Jeff served his mission in Germany. His mission president was the cute little old man in the picture above, and his wife. They have remained very close. The Meisers are very good friends with the Uchtdorfs, and they had the Meisers come out for conference this year. Steve got to chauffer them around, and we got to go to the Jordan River Temple with them. I guess they do a German session every year around conference time. Steve and I wore the head sets and it was so cool cause there were tons of cute little old Germans there...and anyone who knows me knows I have a soft spot for old people. The Meisers were like celestial celebrities there...people they knew from Germany and hadn't seen in years were at the session. He used to be the Friedberg Temple president, and he has also been a bishop in Germany. It was like an adorable old people German reunion. I smiled so much, my face hurt. I felt like an idiot. I couldn't understand a word they were saying cause they were all speaking in German, but all I knew is that they were all so happy that it made me happy too. Sister Meiser leaned over to tell me, "You should not think that everyone in Germany is old! We are all old, but not all Germans are old! We have young people, too!" They were both so hilarious and so very, very dear. I enjoyed my time with them so much and I'm so sad they can't stay here always and be my adopted grandparents! President Meiser walks up to random strangers and says, "Now is the time, this is the place, and you are the one!". He walks around being guided by the spirit to talk to people and you can't help but love him. I also quickly loved Sister Meiser. She has such a strong spirit and is so beautiful. I am so grateful for the opportunity Steve and I had to be around such wonderful, spiritual people. Heavenly Father has been pouring blessings down on us and we are so humbled and amazed at all the love He gives us every day. What a blessing the gospel is in our lives. I am so thankful for my Savior and the sacrifice He made for me. I have been to hell and back and done so many horrible things. I know that He is the only way I can make it back to my Father in Heaven because I am so very, very far from being perfect.

What an amazing love that must be,
to give up everything to save only me
I know that He did it for every soul
but then again, I've also been told
that had I been the only one to save
He still would have gone to his earthly grave
gone through all the torture and pain
Just so I could be with Him again

I Stand All Amazed at the love Jesus offers me
Confused at the grace that so fully He proffers me
I tremble to know that for me, He was crucified
That for me, a sinner, He suffered, He bled and died

I marvel that he would descend from his throne divine
To rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine
That he should extend his great love unto such as I
Sufficient to own, to redeem and to justify

Oh, it is wonderful that he should care for me enough to die for me
Oh, it is wonderful
Wonderful to me

My cute girls...they are such good friends and they love each other so much! What amazing blessings they are.

Brooke is such a daddy's girl. They have so much fun together...Steve is such a fun daddy! (plus, this picture shows off how devastatingly handsome my husband is!)

I left Kate and Brooke playing in Kate's room to change out the laundry. When I went back in to check on them, Brooke had rolled her way under Kate's bed, playing with the toys that are stashed under there. She was so pleased with herself!

I pulled into the driveway one night and turned around to find this. My beautiful little angels. I love them with all my heart and I am so lucky they chose me to be their mommy!

Not so much any more

Steve and I got to take Kate to Lagoon a couple weeks ago and she had a blast. We found out, though, that the rides we loved as kids now make us incredibly sick.

Kate and I rode Puff together...she liked it til the last time around and then she started screaming. She's such an enigma.

Kate on the little tug boats

Steve and I rode the merry-go-round with Kate. I thought I was going to puke. Never again. Til next time.

And now, the post you've all been waiting for...

Or maybe you haven't. I don't really care cause I'm excited enough about this post for all of us! I finally got some pictures of our special day, courtesy of Eric's cell phone, to help illustrate how amazing our day was. I won't have any pictures back from the photographer for at least another week, but at least we have these to tide us over! Our special day was amazing. Steve and I were running on very little sleep. The girls' little spirits must have been excited too, because they were up very early. It was raining on our way to the temple, which may have upset some people, but we loved it...rain is kind of Steve's thing anyway. We got to the temple and...man, I love that place. Such a feeling of peace came over us the instant we walked in. It was such a beautiful, amazing experience. Our girls were so good. We got a bunch of pictures taken outside the temple, then went to lunch. That evening we had a beautiful reception. I actually got to dance with my husband, which was fabulous. He is so handsome. I am so happy knowing that my family will be together forever. What a blessing it is to have the gospel in our lives. It was a dream come true from start to finish.

Who ever said gardening isn't dangerous?

I had an adventure in gardening last night. I put the baby to sleep but Katelyn wouldn't go to sleep. So, I took her upstairs to hang out with grandma Marcia while I ran outside to use the last bit of daylight to pull weeds in my garden. The first little while went well, but then it started getting a little darker...I was having a hard time seeing what I was grabbing at...I even accidentally pulled a couple squash flowers. I'm so mad! However, there was enough light to see a monsterous black spider scurry toward my hand. I jumped up, flailing my arms, freaking out. I landed right on top of one of my gardening tools. It threw me off balance and I fell face first in to a tomato plant. (gives a whole new meaning to face plant). My face is fine, but I have a hole in my hand from the bamboo cage. That stupid spider probably got on me anyways and was laughing with all of his bug buddies about the stupid spaz girl. I'm sure I'm the laughing stock of the whole garden and I can never show my face there again.

Beautiful Babies and Funny Feet

Our wonderful miracle nephew Sam was baptized on the 10th. It was such a good day! I got to see my sister in law Katie and finally meet my beautiful niece Lily. She is so cute! We laid the two babies side by side and it was hilarious. Brooklyn is friggin huge, especially her head, and apparently her feet, which were almost twice as big as Lily's! Brookie is only 5 weeks older than Lily but holy crap she's huge. I almost chucked poor Lily right through the ceiling when I picked her up. She's so light compared to my big buddah baby! It was so nice to see Katie and Lily, we just wish Paul could have been there. We love you guys!