Blessed

I always hesitate to really and truly count our blessings on this blog. I don't want to make it sound like our life is all beer and skittles (a saying I proudly got from Darrin's grandma). It's not.

At least one room in our house is always in some state of disarray, my kids are naughty on most days, I am usually a day late and a dollar short, my car is never really clean, I usually forget to pay my utility bill in time for it to make it in the mail so I am always going to the city building to pay it, and I am always out of printer ink.

BUT, we have so many blessings! And, you know, you see what you look for. You look for the bad, that is what you see. You look for the good and see good.

When we were praying over where to move and what to do, both Darrin and I were really blessed with the knowledge that Eagle Mountain was where we were supposed to be. So even in the face of so many people giving us the "your crazy" look when we told them what we were doing and asking the usual questions...'why do you want to live so FAR away from everything?' or 'you know that town is full of polygamists' or 'all the houses look the same, do you really want to live there?' we really felt good about our decision.

We built our house and moved in and totally loved having our own house!

Then the economy tanked.

I kept thinking. I know that we were supposed to move here. I know it. But, why? And now, even if we wanted to sell we couldn't come near to recouping what we paid for our house...so I guess we are stuck here, even if this isn't where we are supposed to be.

But then, I decided to let faith take hold. It was then that I really began to see why we are supposed to be here.

We live in a little Oasis, our own Island in the Sun.

Our children have gobs of friends to play with. All we have to do is step out on our porch with a bag of popsicles and they swarm like bees. It's fabulous!

We have such a supportive, amazing neighborhood. Most of us are in the same stage of life (kids, husbands working long hours) and so many people are so helpful when we need support. I have never lived in such a tight knit community. What a blessing.

We have a great Stake and Ward, with an amazing Stake President and wonderful ward leaders. We have a huge ward and have been part of 2 ward splits since we moved here 3 years ago. We enjoy the uniqueness that having such a high concentration of members and especially a huge percentage of children in our ward brings us.

I have been able to realize my dream of having my own preschool and I am now in year two of being blessed with wonderful preschool children and amazing friendships created with children and parents alike.

Most especially we have been blessed with some very very very dear friends. Every so often you meet people in your life that are very dear to your heart. We have been blessed with these kinds of friends while living here. I don't know what I would do without the love and support of my friends here in Eagle Mountain!

We do lived a very charmed life here, and I am so very glad that we listened to the promptings of the spirit when we were told that this is our home.