My Mother's Day 2010 and Following the Prophet

It all began with breakfast in bed and it was made by Trent then he woke up the children to bring it to me. The children ate half of it for me but it was ok I didn't mind. The morning was just relaxing and felt no rush to get ready until 10:00 for our 11:00 church!

Sacrament meeting was incredible we had 2 amazing youth speakers Sis. Reed and Bro. Angel which he walked up there with so much confidence and spoke without any notes. I was very impressed and he's 15 years old!

The musical number by Keenan Kanehele was incredible and he gave a poem beforehand and I was just in tears it was so touching. I'm going to have to get the words to both the poem and the song that he gave.

Then Sis. Johnson (Bishop's wife) spoke about Patty the Perfect mom and how us woman have a hard time with comparing ourselves. Our Power of Moms group last month talked about this exact thing and how we just need to take what we know we are best at and improve upon it and then slowly add a little here and there but don't get to the point of ripping our hair out!

Bro. Paul Packard closed the meeting and can I just say that this man has touched my life in so many ways and he doesn't even know it since I've been in this new ward. He actually in his talk spoke of just that of those women and mothers whom he has been touched by but they don't even know it.

We got to attend R.S. today as Primary workers and I was so excited to go be amoung great woman! I feel so blessed to be apart of this new ward and sisterhood. Sis. Sommer gave the lesson on Following the Prophet and I was so touched in the way she presented it to us. She spoke of her own family mottos and how Sommers Follow the Prophet and how its important to teach our children this simple but profound concept.

I remember back in TOV ward 2 years ago when Sis. Hofer gave a comment about her son complaining about moving pipe and working around the house and there was more to the story but I can't remember. But somehow he asked her a question that she knew the answer too but decided it may just come to him more powerfully if it was by someone else. So she told him, "Let's go see what the Prophet's have to say about this," That statement has stuck with me ever since and I just want to be able to use that statement with my children and to study the prophets lives and learn more about them.

Sis Sommer also had a book about the prophets as little boys and talked about the importance of their mothers teaching them correct principles and just life lessons. I was so grateful to participate in that lesson and to feel the spirit speak to me as a mother and what I can do to improve my role as a mother.