“Hope is not knowledge, but rather the abiding trust that the Lord will fulfill His promise to us. It is confidence that if we live according to God’s laws and the words of His prophets now, we will receive desired blessings in the future. It is believing and expecting that our prayers will be answered. It is manifest in confidence, optimism, enthusiasm, and patient perseverance.”
-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Our road to have children has been a challenging one. It seems like a rollercoaster. Some days I do really well, and other days it is a struggle. However in the past few months, I have felt a lot of hope. I still don’t know when the baby that is meant for our family will arrive, but I do know that it will happen. I know that there is a plan for us, a special birthmom, and for a baby that is meant to be in our family.
In the spirit of this hope, I wanted to do something special for Steve on Father’s Day. With the help of my sister-in-law, I created these little shirts. I don’t know whether we will have a boy or a girl so I created one for each.
Steve of course loved the shirts. He is so excited to be a dad! I know he’s going to be an incredible one!
Since it was Steve’s birthday last week, I made a list of 29 reasons I’m glad he was born!
1. I love to laugh with you! You can make me laugh so hard I cry!
2. You are a hard worker and provide for our family.
3. You are great with money and keep us on track.
4. You will make a great daddy! I love watching you with other kids, because I can see how great of a dad you will be for our kids!
5. You are a great priesthood leader.
6. You’re always willing to help me out!
7. You are very smart!
8. It’s great to always have someone help me out with computer stuff.
9. You are a very motivated person and keep me motivated!
10. You do the laundry for me each week!
11. You are always willing to hold my hand.
12. You give great back scratches!
13. You are always willing to cuddle with me.
14. I know that you are always willing to listen to me!
15. I love watching you in your calling. You do an excellent job!
16. You support me in everything!
17. I appreciate all the encouragement you give me.
18. I’m glad that you are always worthy to give me priesthood blessings.
19. I love going on our yearly vacations with you! It’s so fun to spend uninterrupted time together.
20. You’re always willing to give me quality time, because you know it’s important to me!
21. I am grateful that you’re willing to always take care of the little details of all the things we do.
22. You always make sure our bills get paid on time!
23. You are always good at figuring out the details of anything we’re involved in!
24. I appreciate your patience with me…even when I’m not a patient person!
25. You have a strong testimony!
26. I love talking to you! We have some great discussions!
27. You are always willing to do something romantic for our anniversary or my birthday.
28. I love when you leave little notes (like when you left for San Francisco).
29. The top reason that I’m glad Steve was born is so that he could be my husband! I couldn’t ask for anyone better!
Today I decided that Maggie needed to learn a new trick. It’s been awhile since we’ve taught her anything new. So today I taught her how to shake. Steve has informed me that I taught her the wrong hand, but it’s still pretty fun!
Today was a funny day at school. We had a mountain man come and present to our fourth grade. Well, he points and me and says, “I don’t know what she is…is she a head volunteer or something?” Then just an hour later a parent comes up to me and asks who I was. When I told her, she said, “You don’t look like a teacher!” I just had to laugh…twice in a matter of hours. So now my question is what does a teacher look like? Just for fun, I googled teacher images to see what came up.
So maybe I need glasses and my hair in a bun??
However, even though it’s funny that people don’t think I could be a teacher, I actually enjoy it–because most of the time I think it’s that I don’t look “old” enough to be a teacher. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t ever want to look “old enough!”
