5-29-11 Sealing and Family Pictures

Well Jacob and I FINALLY made it to the temple to be sealed on the 25th of May. It was a beautiful day and many of our friends and family members were there to share in our special day. I was sure we wouldn’t make it there again, but we did! I am so grateful to be able to have this sweet man for eternity. He’s a wonderful husband and father, and I feel so blessed to get to keep him.

Trish was kind enough to get some shots of us before our sealing. It was windy, like it always is in Vegas, but we managed to get some good ones anyways.

5-22-11 Disappointment

Well, yesterday Jacob and I would have been sealed to each other had he not gotten the stomach flu Friday and had I not woken up with it Saturday. It’s just one of those things that you’re sure Heavenly Father will take away since it’s your sealing day, and then when He doesn’t you’re left wondering why in the world He wouldn’t make you well so that you could be sealed in the Temple to your husband. Needless to say, it was a grumpy day for me. I was mad at Jacob for getting sick and mad at Heavenly Father for not “letting” us get sealed. Plus, I was sick, and when I’m sick I cry a lot, so I spent most of the day crying that Heavenly Father doesn’t want us to be together forever and being mad at my husband for not pushing through his sickness and getting sealed to me anyway.

Life is full of disappointments. And sometimes you just don’t know why. Why didn’t it work out, why didn’t Heavenly Father hand out a miracle when it was for a really righteous purpose? He continues to teach me that He knows best. It’s not really something that I ever learn and then remember for the rest of my life. I have to always be taught it over and over again because I still say, “Don’t you care? This is a good thing I’m asking for.” So I had to be taught that again yesterday, that even when I don’t know why He won’t intervene that He knows best. He didn’t make Adam repent and come back to me when I wanted that to happen. I sometimes felt so mad – not mad, but hurt - that He wouldn’t save my marriage until I realized a while later, when Adam used his agency to choose another life, that Heavenly Father had brought me something better. Jacob is a sweeter and kinder man and more in love with me than Adam ever was. If he had given me what I wanted then, I wouldn’t have gotten what I have now. And what I have now is better than what I had then. I am always reminded that there is a bigger picture and that He sees it, so I don’t know why in the world Jacob and I got sick yesterday of all days, but I suppose that I do know that Heavenly Father knows best. It just takes me some time to remember that.

Yesterday was also my last day of school. I was too disappointed with the sealing cancellation to revel in my glory of finishing school, but today I am happy that school is over. I wish the next semester was years away.

I know I’ve missed quite a bit because it has been awfully busy. I went up to UT with the boys to see Susan and Shiloh and to go to Susan’s baby shower. Susan and David ended up moving into a new house while I was there, but Susan is pregnant and needed the help anyway, so it’s ok. They’re new place is beautiful and spacious on a huge peace of green land. Makes me want to live someplace else one day, but only as long as my family is there. And Jacob’s family too. We love being near family.

Here are a few pics from the Cedar City trip and Susan’s shower. Didn’t take many pics because we were busy moving.

Her new house makes me want a yard so badly.

I also got my first film scans back last week from Richard Photo lab. There were some really great images which made me totally happy!

Janea’s senior pics – she’s heading to BYU this fall, and the  boys are going to miss her for sure!

That last one is my favorite of Teagan.

I also went to Jeanna Haye’s styled shoot and shot several rolls of film. Hopefully I get some really great stuff from that.

5-8-11 Mother’s Day and Other Things

Today is Mother’s Day, and I am grateful for a day that celebrates my favorite job. These sweet boys of mine are just too precious for words. Too adorable to handle. I love every minute with them, even the frustrating ones where they won’t stop fighting and making me want to pull my hair out or poke my eyes out or both.

Easton excitedly ran up to me today and said, “Happy Valentine’s Mom!” I loved that. They gave me pictures and Jacob gave me a card he made on the computer that somehow printed Love Dave on it which he then scribbled out and signed Jake. I think it’s cute that instead of fixing it and printing me a new one, he crossed it out. It’s just fitting, and it made me smile :). They then sang and danced for me to Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are”. Then Easton and Teagan serendaded me with their own made-up songs. Easton woke up with croup this morning, so Jacob went to sacrament and then came home and I went to Relief Society. After church is when they did all the stuff I just mentioned. We have church WAY too early to do this stuff before, although Jacob did make breakfast for me and the boys. After giving me my gifts, we all ended up cuddling in our bed, and I thought about how much fun it is to be where I am in my life right now – married to my sweet Jacob and mother to those two sweethearts of mine.

We then went to Jacob’s parents house to celebrate mother’s day with Mom Edgel and Jayden’s birthday. We got to talk to Jacob’s brother Jordan who’s on his mission in Texas, ate some pizza, and had a fun time just hanging out. Then we headed to my parents we we celebrated with Grandma Romero and ate fajitas and played some more. Cute little Sadie loves Jacob and always gives him big hugs and snuggles, which she apparently NEVER does for anyone else (according to Becca) so we always laugh at how excitely she runs up to Jacob. It’s kind of sweet, to be honest, and makes me want a little girl for him :).

Yesterday I took the boys to this darling little park that’s butterfly themed and has a water spout area. They had SO much fun, and I acutally took my nice camera out to take pics of them. So we got a few good ones since they are hard to actually get a good shot of when they’re having too much fun.