The Easiest Question I Ever Had To Answer

Almost 16 years ago, I was asked a question by the sweetest person I know.

He asked if I would marry him.
After the Easter pageant at the Mesa Temple, he showed the kids where and how he asked me to marry him all those years ago.  I think my kids were paying attention because later Chandler said "That's where I'm going to propose to my wife some day," and he pointed out a beautiful bench near a flower garden.
My heart still melts for this man I married.

This Easter weekend was wonderful with two Easter egg hunts on Saturday and two on Sunday.

What is it about Easter candy?
It just ends up everywhere, like that awful plastic Easter grass.  Let's just say, there's random jelly beans on the living room floor and those left over candy pieces in the kids baskets have been picked over.

My dishwasher has been on the outs, so I did a quick craigslist.com scan to see what was out there.  There was a used BOSCH dishwasher for $200.  The owner said it was in her mother's home and her mother had just been moved into a retirement community.  It sounded like a great deal (considering they sell new for around $750), but I couldn't get down to Chandler before it sold (about 25 miles away).  Well, a few hours later I did another craigslist search and found a used BOSCH dishwasher for $25 just down the street from me.  The guy said he'd just purchased a home and was replacing all the appliances with stainless steal.  My brother Sam picked it up.  It's installed and works great.  Thank you craigslist.com and thanks to the missionaries who came by just as I was taking the used dishwasher out to my car.  Yep, they volunteered to help with the heavy load.

I was able to finish up a beautiful mint green dresser last week and it already sold at Antique Plaza.
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Hope you had a beautiful weekend.

Here's a peak at my new ring tone; a gorgeous song by Brandon Heath called I'm Not Who I Was.  Whenever someone calls, I don't want to answer because I love to be inspired by this beautiful message.

Love in Disguise

I was doing homework with my seven year-old Mayer a few days again, teaching him how to tell time.  We were multiplying by fives, when Mayer stopped and looked up. 

Outside where I work, I had left my radio on K-LOVE; Christian radio and Mayer could hear the music.

“I love this song,” he said, listening for a moment and then went right back to counting out the minute hand on his worksheet.

The song Jesus In Disguise was playing; a song about seeing those who need love, who need help.  About reaching out and doing what He would do.  That’s the way to see Jesus.  Jesus is in disguise all around us.

And here was my son singing the lyrics to this perfect message. 

I didn’t even realize he had been listening to these songs on the radio, let alone memorizing the lyrics, but he plays outside near me while I work.

I used to listen to talk radio, political commentary and local news, but I found myself unenlightened.  Although I want to be informed, the bantering of one political group to another got me no where but stressed out about things I can’t control.  There’s a lot going on in the world I don’t like and if I let myself get caught up in it I feel discouraged, but I can control what I bring into my home.  My home is my sanctuary.  My home is my domain where I love and laugh and cry.  Listening to Christian radio has made a huge difference in my day.  How happy I am it streamlines into my little children’s minds too.