FHE - Museum of Art

Last night Kenny and I had a great FHE! We started out by reading "Living the Abundant Life" by President Thomas S. Monson. We decided that we were going to make that our mission statement for the year 2012 - to live life more abundantly. We will do that by "cultivating a positive attitude, believing that we can achieve our goals and resolutions, and having the courage to face whatever challenges may come our way. Then the abundant life will be ours." 


After we read the article we headed over to campus and went to the Museum of Art. Admission is FREE every day and so we thought we would take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy some art for the evening. We had a blast! I love being married to someone who enjoys the arts just as much as I do! Then after our artistic rendezvous we headed to "The Creamery on 9th" for some yummy yummy ice cream. You can't go wrong ending a great night with ice cream! 


FHE last night was a success! 

An FHE full of dreams

Last night Kenny and I had a great FHE, it reminded me of how fun it is to be married to my best friend.  The night consisted of dinner at Souplantation (my favorite place to gorge on salad, soup, and blueberry muffins of course!) then a trip to Barns & Noble to simply browse the isles and dream of a future time when we will actually get the chance to read a novel. We then found ourselves in the "travel" section dreaming of the days we will travel the world, survey the unique architecture of foreign lands, and get lost on unfamiliar streets with names we don't know the meaning of. Last night our future has never looked so bright. I love how Kenny and I share the same dreams, and more than anything we want to be by each other's side to experience these things together.

Of course while in the travel section we couldn't help ourselves and we looked at the travel books for Utah. In a little less than two weeks we will be calling Utah home. This move has been a long time coming, and the reality that it is so close is a little surreal. As we flipped through those pages of the Utah travel book I couldn't help but get excited about our future there. I remember when we started talking about the possibility of moving to Utah, the reality of that dream seamed so far away then. Here we are just two weeks to go, and that dream will be our reality

A Christmas FHE

Tonight for FHE we listened to one of the talks from the Christmas Devotional that was broadcast last night (which we unfortunately missed) & then afterwards we made our gingerbread house (which you can see above - Kenny did a great job). We decided on listening to President Erying's talk for our lesson- which is exactly what I need to hear tonight, I loved it. It was a great talk about the Savior, about light, and about angels. It reminded me of the scripture, John 8:12, "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." I was reminded that with the Savior I never walk alone, I always have His light to guide my path. What a comfort that is, & what a gift the Savior is unto us! I am grateful for the Christmas season because it allows me to spend more time pondering the Saviors life, the magnificent gift He is to us, and the many blessings we enjoy because He lived and died for us. This time of year truly is special & there is a special spirit in our home as we spend more time this Christmas season thinking and talking about the Savior. I want the spirit to Christmas to last all throughout the year, because I hope that I never forget these precious truths.


I love Christmas! :]