Happy Mother's Day and "Being Settled"

What a great day it has been today....I have been blessed with 6 beautiful children and each with their own personalities, their own likes and dislikes and most of all they their own talents.  I love that they fight. I love that they love. I love that they love their daddy and me. I love that they love others.

Kyle made me his famous hamburgers and I made Red Velvet brownies with white chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting. Everything was delicious.  Kyle bought me sunglasses and a beautiful picture...It says "life is Beautiful"!!  I love this because life is beautiful..Life is like my children..It's beautiful and different for each individual and for each family.

It was just two weeks ago that we moved AGAIN!! We moved to another little sub-division in Cedar City, UT. The reasons for moving are not important but it does seem to bother some people (aka-family). Some ask the simple question of, "Are you Renting, AGAIN?" "When will you settle down?" And I understand and feel the frustration...I get frustrated too. This has been my 17h move in 16 years of marriage and it has been my 5th move in less then 2 years...So I get it...

But I have thought a lot about this and I have come to the conclusion the being "settled" is all in one's perspective.  Heavenly Father gives us gifts. They are called gifts of the spirit. Some it is given the gift of faith, gift of tongues, gift of prophesy, etc.. Everyone, as they live worthy can gain and receive gifts that are different and important to each individual. And so it is with being "settled".

Being Settled to me is having my family all around me. Being Settled to me is having a supportive husband that comes home at night. Being Settled to me is having a roof over my head. Being Settled to me is being a Latter-Day Saint and going to any LDS Church and feeling part of the Ward family. Being Settled to me is knowing that my Father in Heaven as my best interest in mind.

My family will never have the luxury of living in one house for 30 years. But what my family will have is the love of two loving parents, their needs met, and the knowledge that Kyle and I have always done our best to provide for them.

I was 21 1/2 when I felt the Holy Ghost prompt me to serve a mission. I had 5 transfers during that mission. I met people and fell in love with those families and the people of Uruguay.  When I met and married Kyle--I always said that the mission field was the best preparation for my marriage. And I guess moving is part of it.. My children know that each move is like a transfer in the mission field. Some areas we can't WAIT to leave and some areas we cry for weeks because we loved the people so much.

My perspective on being Settled is simple. Yes, I don't enjoy moving, I don't enjoy packing, I don't enjoy change. But I have learned to say, Yes, I will go and do...I will look forward with Faith. I will follow the Apostles counsel.."Come What May and Love it". I will stay close to my Husband and follow his counsel as he Follows the Lord's Counsel.  I will gather my little Children like little chickens and teach them, lead them and guide them. I will help them in their trials and help them to excercise their faith in the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  I will help them know that wherever they go they are needed in the Lord's Vineyard.

So I hope that I am never Settled in the Eyes of the World. I hope that I can continually have the challenges and trials in life that will refine me to the Daughter of God that I promised him I would be before this life. I know that I am a daughter of God. I know that Joseph Smith & Emma never felt settled in the eyes of the World and yet Emma is a great example to me of Strength. I know that Joseph was a prophet of God who followed and did the Lord's Will.  I know that Thomas Monson is our Lord's voice in our Day. I know that the Bible is the word of God and that the Book of Mormon testifies of the truthfulness of the Gospel. And I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints contains the fulness of the Gospel.

I am so grateful today for a wonderful family. I am grateful for a husband that has accepted the challenges that have come a long with me. I have 6 beautiful children that try everyday to choose the right.

I am excited for this move that we have made. I am excited to make new friends, and to renew my commitment to my Saviour Jesus Christ.

Love,
MOM

I thought it would be fun to list all the addresses over the last 16 years...let's see if I can!!!

1997-1999-Trailer in Moapa (I don't remember the address--:)
1999-2001-Rabee Court-Overton, NV-Stick Built
2001-2002-Lee Avenue-Double Wide
2002-2004-Bailey Island-Henderson, NV
2004-2005-Notte Pacifica-Southern Highlands, Las Vegas, NV
2005-2006-700 S.-Leigh "snob" Hill
2006-Motorhome (3 weeks)
2006-2008-Rose Hill-Cedar City, UT
2008-Equestrain Point-Cedar City
2008-2009-Equestrain Point-Dream Home, Cedar City, UT
2009-2009-Little Valley, St. George, UT
2009-2010-1881 S. Washington Fields, UT
2010-2011-Phoenix Dr, Green Valley, St. George UT
2011-2011-Southern View
2011-2011-Southern View
2011-2013-Enoch UT
2013- present--Ashdown Forest 1912 N. Matchstick Wy