Merritt Memories

I love Sundays because it is the one day in my life that is not rushed and chaotic- after the whole getting ready for church routine of course! I love that I can partake of the sacrament, renewing my promises I've made to God. I love seeing my girls in dresses and my boys in shirts and ties! I wish they would choose to dress up more often, but I know why not. I'm the same way! Give me jeans and a t-shirt any day! I love that my son blessed the sacrament today and the other was an usher, opening and closing doors that lead to the chapel. I love singing hymns with family. I love learning new things each week, or relearning and committing to do better. I love hearing Christ's teachings. Today the talks were on tithing and God's grace. I love both of these topics. Each has been a learning process for me. Tithing I understood much earlier, but I'm still learning about God's grace. It is such a HUGE topic to explore! The brother quoted from a  talk given by Brad ...

We have been in our home for almost 6 months. I say that and it seems like so long ago!! In reality, however, it seems like we haven't found our footing in those 6 months. Why does it take so long to adjust to change? I feel my kids are doing better than Dustin and I. They are slowly moving forward with friends and feeling comfortable, but the adults still seemed lost! Dustin looks at me all the time like, "What have you done?" I want to hide my head and  yell. "I don't know! It seemed right at the time!" lol I can't, it did feel right at the time. I know it was the right choice for us. It is good to get out of your comfort zone and stretch yourself. I think the problem was that we stayed too long in our comfort zone. Once we were settled, we were ready to never leave! I'm so grateful we did though. We have been deciding on what to do with our .27 acre lot. That's a lot of land to landscape! That;s a lot of money, too!! We have come up w...