The Priesthood Is Restored!

Spence's priesthood was restored Sunday evening! Our Stake President met with him and he had permission from the First Presidency to restore his blessings. It was so spiritual and special. I felt soooo privileged to have been able to be included. The Stake President said that he's not even allowed to invite his counselors in for it. The spirit was so strong- of course, we all needed tissues! We (I) have been waiting so long for this to happen. Spence will get his temple recommend this week and we are planning on attending the temple together on Saturday! Yay!

During the meeting, the Stk President reminded Spence how much Heavenly Father loves him and remembers his sins no more. He read Doctrine and Covenants 58:42 "Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more." Now that his blessings have been restored, his dates of being baptized, receiving priesthood and temple endowment are his original dates that they happened. How cool is that?

Last night for Family Home Evening, we talked about the priesthood and blessings we can receive from it. Spence then had his first opportunity to give each of his children a father's blessing- and me one also. The spirit could be felt in our home. The kids were all so touched. It meant a lot to them. Logan said he even started crying during my blessing. It was such a great experience- one that I will cherish forever.

We are going to try and hold out until December to be sealed as a family so that some of Spence's siblings can be here. I was telling Claire that we can go to the temple and be sealed so we can be together forever as a family. She says "So we go everywhere together?" I said "What do you mean?" She said "Like when you go cater and stuff, we all go?" Ha ha ha- No. That is definitely not what that means. :-)

The Stork Will Be Coming!

Well, as many of you already know from my Facebook post, I am PREGNANT! What the h*** am I doing? Claire just starts school and I have to start over? I was washing dishes last week while kids were at school thinking "Man, this peace and quiet is so nice." Nine months from now I will be reminiscing on that moment of peace and quiet.

Spence and I "mentioned" to each other that maybe we should have one more. My eggs perked right up. (Along with other things....Ha! Couldn't resist, sorry.) I have been blessed with fertility. I had only been off of the pill for about 6 weeks. So this was a bit of a surprise.

To tell Spence the "news," I bought a couple of little onesies and put in a gift bag, along with the positive pregnancy test. (One of the 6 I took.) This happened to be a day where Spence was out and about with meetings. I kept trying to track him down without trying to raise any concern. I finally told him that Claire really wanted to see him and she had something for him. He asked "Is it that important?" So, in the Subway parking lot clear in Draper, I handed him the gift bag. Claire kept asking me why I would give dad such a crazy present. (I hadn't told her the news.) Spence took out the onesies and had a confused look on his face. I told him to look in the bottom of the bag. He was surprised, but happy. Then he said "Claire! Mom is having a baby!" I think Claire went into shock. She went into Subway and just sat at the table and got really quiet. Then the excitement set in. She is so happy. She is already touching my stomach. I keep telling her it's my normal stomach. On the way home from Subway, Claire says "We're gonna have to buy wipes, diapers, stroller, clothes, carrier, crib..." THANKS CLAIRE! Thanks for reminding me how much money this is gonna cost.....

Nathan has it all figured out. He said while this new baby is in the annoying, teasing years- he will be on his mission. Then when he gets home he will be in college. How scary that I will have a son in college and one just starting in school! What is wrong with that picture??

Spence blames all of this on Jen and Emily and their constant harrassment of when we are going to have another one. He just doesn't want to take any responsibility in this. He needs to face that fact that it is entirely all his fault. :-)

Okay- so I'm sure all of this sounds negative, but I am a bit excited. Not excited to get big and fat and not excited for the actual delivery and all the pain that follows. But, excited to bring another cute child into our family. (At least I hope it's cute....)