Enjoying the Journey

I'm still pregnant and it's getting pretty obvious now because a balloon animal guy made me this pregnant dog. I guess that's one way of saying, "Hey, lady your pregnant."

 32 weeks.. Time is flying by 

  Just recently my sister Makell and Chelsea did a baby shower for me.. I failed to get any pictures, but I know some were taken, but I don't have them to put on the blog :(. All of my sister-in-laws were able to come from Arizona. We tried to have as much fun as we possibly could. We took the kids to the dinosaur museum and I think they had a lot of fun. 

It wore my brother in law chase right out. 

 A little while back Blake and I made homemade grape juice. One day we went over to a neighbors house and I saw all these yummy grapes and I said how fun it would be to have grape vines She then offered her grape juice machine and it made for great memories. It was soooooo good. 

Carved pumpkins with Chase and Jessica. Blake's is on the top left and mine top right.

Another fun thing we did for Halloween was a murder mystery dinner with our friends. Blake's character was a complete jock and my character was a born to be cheerleader. We had a blast playing the characters and stepping back into the 50's. 

My little sister Lauren is a senior this year!!!!! It's freaking me out.. how did this happen?? I'm so proud of the young women she has become. In this picture she just got finished with state cross country and she received fourth place. 

 For six months Blake and I had the privilege of working with and mentoring two kids. I love spending time with these kids. They have completely changed Blake and I for the better. 

I just recently had an amazing experience and it's not something I would share on facebook or instagram and I even debated sharing it on here, but it is a picture and a story that I don't ever want to forget and a blog is more for us anyway right?? Blake and I have really been trying hard to save our money for this baby coming in January and it's been a bit challenging with money lately. I have been getting super stressed out about it. We have been trying really hard to do our best in praying, scripture study and attending the temple. Doing these things consistently I have felt closer to god than I have been in a while. Blake and I combined our money and I went to the bank by myself; as I was putting in all our hard working money I also needed to pull out tithing. We hadn't paid tithing for a little while so it was a lot of money for us to owe in tithing. I felt my faith shake a little as I pulled out the money, but I did it because my husband has always told me "we can't afford not to pay our tithing " and that saying is something I think about every time I pay it. As I went to work the next day I had a few minutes to spare so I went to the gas station and paid 54 dollars in gas and my stomach sank. Still having  ten minutes before work I pulled out my phone and started reading my scriptures for the day. I kept getting distracted thinking I should just go into work.. what if I am missing out on a good table. I decided I really needed to read my scriptures before going into work. I finished up the chapter and felt more calm about everything. As I was serving I kept running into bad luck with tables that either wouldn't tip great or didn't order that much. I began feeling a little stressed again. Until a young couple that looked a little older than Blake and I came into the restaurant and ordered not very much food. As I went to go clean up their table I looked at their bill last thinking it wasn't going to be very much and it turns out they tipped  me $100. My whole body went into shock and my eyes began to water as I just stared at this piece of paper. I felt almost immediately gods love for me and an impression to just keep trying to do what is right and heavenly father will take care of us. Overwhelmed by love I quickly sent a picture to Blake and testified that it pays to pay tithing. The money was sweet, but to be reminded that god is always watching out for us if we do his will was more powerful than I could have ever imagined. I'm so grateful for the couple who will never know how much it meant to me. I never got a chance to thank them, but I do know that god will bless them for listening. I hope that I can be like this young couple to be in tune enough to do gods errands here on earth.