The Orange Chair & Power Tender Mercies

THE ORANGE CHAIR

Many people know that I LOVE parties! And I LOVE the details in a party.  I do realize that the details are probably more for me than Lindsay because she is so easily pleased.

After Lindsay decided on “rainbow gumball” theme (ha ha), I had an idea that it would be cute to have little chairs for each kid in the colors of the rainbow.  I only had 1 red chair, but my mom just happened to have yellow, green, blue, and purple.  That meant I only needed 1 orange chair.  I called about 6 stores—and they didn’t have ANY (let alone orange).  I posted a want ad for ANY color and thought I could just spray paint it.  Again, nothing.

Then, 2 days before the party, and still no chair, I said a little prayer telling Heavenly Father that I knew it shouldn’t be a big deal, but it was something that was important to me and to please help me find an orange chair.

That night at Relief Society, I was visiting with 3 friends and I had a feeling to ask if by any chance they had a red chair I could borrow (I had the thought that if someone had a red chair, I could paint my red chair orange).  My friend Camie said, “I don’t have a red chair, but I have one that I spray painted orange.”

I know that this story may not seem like a big deal, but it was just a little blessing to me to know that Heavenly Father was listening to my prayer and that he loves me.

THE POWER OUTAGE

The day before Lindsay’s party, I had a bunch of unexpected things come up that took away from me working on Lindsay’s party.  I started doing the prep work around 9:00 at night—which is normally my bed time.  At 11:30, I was so tired I decided to go to bed, then wake up early the next day.  As I got in bed, I had a strong feeling that I needed to go finish.  So, I got up, made cupcakes, frosting, a cake, jello, and charged the battery to the camera.

The next morning when I woke up, the power was OUT!  And it didn’t come back on until an hour before the party!  I felt so blessed that I had had that prompting to finish because if I hadn’t, nothing would have been done in time for the party!  I’m so thankful for a Heavenly Father that is mindful of me, and the little things that are important to me.

Ogden Temple Open House

Our family made it up to the open house for the Ogden LDS temple.

It is BEAUTIFUL!!

I loved watching Darin talk to the kids in whispers as they walked from room to room.

I loved holding Andrew as he waved to EVERY volunteer.

But the best was seeing his reaction as we went to the celestial room.

"Ooooooo!!!  Ooooooo!!!" is all he kept saying as he pointed to different things.

I love this family of mine!

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A Christmas Miracle

A few months ago, I mentioned that I had an anti-virus that wasn’t good for the baby.  I was getting monthly blood tests to monitor my levels of the anti-virus.  In December the baby was only two levels away from needing a blood transfusion (while still in utero).  If the levels got too high, the baby would go into anemic shock which would result in birth defects/brain damage.   I was a little nervous about it, especially because if I get too cold, it makes the levels increase, and well, it has been REALLY cold around here.

Darin gave me a priesthood blessing and said that the baby would be healthy without any damage.

A couple of days before Christmas I went in for my regular appointment to get the results of the last test and to get my blood tested again.  When I asked the doctor if my levels had changed, he said they had changed a lot, and took me out of the room over to his computer.  He pulled up the results of my last test and it said, “No anti-virtus detected.”  It is completely gone!   Yay!!  It really was the best Christmas present!

They also checked for Hydrocephalus (what Lindsay has), and they said this baby looks perfectly healthy!  So thankful for so many prayers on our behalf!