The LIl' Things

     Lately, it has been the little things in life that makes me thankful for my husband and where we are at in our lives right now.  We have been blessed with a great Ward down here in Arizona that welcomed us with opened arms.  Our ward is half medical/pharmacy/podiatry/pa/optometry students/families and normal people/families....haha one day Ryan and I will make the "normal family" list!  Anyways, I have loved the Relief Society president in our ward.  Our presidency holds a "Super Saturday" about twice a year and last Saturday was our Super Saturday.  They hold cooking classes, gardening, photo shop classes and anything else womenly haha in the morning then crafts in the afternoon.  You have to sign up for the classes and since I am in primary I kind of forget to go to the relief society activities and sign up.
     So I was really sick a couple of weeks ago and it was the last sunday to sign up for the classes.  My Super Duper husband remembered that I wanted to sign up and since I was home puking out my guts he sent me picture messages of all the crafts and about the classes.  He wanted to know what classes and crafts I want to do!  He is such a sweetheart!  I had even forgotten that it was the last Sunday but he remembered me talking about it.   So getting to my point....the relief society president saw him sending me messages and signing me up for classes.  Last saturday when I saw her, she made a point to "Remind" me of what a wonderful husband I have.  She said that the whole presidency talked for five minutes about how none of their husbands would have signed up their wife for classes or take the time to do it.  I am so thankful for the quick minute she took to help me remember why I have a great husband.  It may seem dumb to some to think it was a big deal to me, but that is why I am such a lucky girl, because my husband is definitely the better out of the two of us and he makes me a better person everyday!
     It brings me to think about Elder Richard G Scott's talk this last General Conference about "The Eternal Blessings of Marriage."  Ryan and I have tried to make it a goal to go to the temple twice a month.  The Mesa Temple is about 35 to 45 minutes away depending on traffic and to many that isn't much of a commute, and it isn't.  But when you have a husband in medical school studying every waking minute of the day and a wife who work every night except Sunday, I find it pretty spectaculr that he finds time to take his wife on a date to the temple, it means a lot to me.  It shows just how much he cares about our eternal family, being a worthy priesthood holder, and puts the gospel first.  

Elder Scott said, "It is so rewarding to be married. Marriage is wonderful. In time you begin to think alike and have the same ideas and impressions. You have times when you are extremely happy, times of testing, and times of trial, but the Lord guides you through all of those growth experiences together."   

     
     I am so thankful, for my husband.  He makes me a better person every minute we are together.  He makes me laugh so hard all the time at the littlest/dumbest things.  I am very thankful the the little things in life that remind me of the greater things to look for and knowing that my Heavenly Father has us in his mind all the time.

"We can not do great things. We can only do little things with great love. You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her."