I'm In Business!!!...

Well, it's a start any way!  I have had so many requests to sell the things that I sew and to start up a blog for people to see what I have done, prices and what they will want to order, so I took the plunge and started a site.  Don't know if it will take off at all but it's fun to at least try!  With Ross being out of work and I love to sew, I thought that even just a little will help a bunch!

So, go check it out, tell me what you think and any ideas you might have and if you could follow me on that site I would appreciate it more than you'll know!  I will follow you as well:)  Thank you so much and thanks for taking the time to look!  Maybe you could help me spread the word...:)

http://www.sewinluv.blogspot.com/

Fall Pictures....

My dear friend has taken our pictures for 2 years now and I love her work! 
Fall is also my favorite time of the year.  I love everything that Fall brings!  It makes me truly appreciate and acknowledge that my Father in Heaven is so loving and has created this world for us to truly enjoy.

So.. here they are, but prepare for picture overload....:)  Thank you for taking the time to read and view this post and all of them too:)

So there you have it....I can't pick out my favorite one... although I love the one with Brayden and Ross.  Thank you for stopping by and taking time to see the latest in the crazy life of the Stevens!:)

Words of Wisdom...worth reflecting upon!

I have been reading in the book called Divine Signatures, the Confirming Hand of God by Gerald N. Lund.  I borrowed it from a friend and I am so thankful that I started reading it again.  The following quote is worth posting... something I definitely need to re-read continually!

From George Q. Cannon, of the First Presidency:

"The Saints should always remember that God sees not as man sees; that he does not willingly afflict his children, and that if he requires them to endure present privation and trial, it is that they may escape greater tribulations which would otherwise inevitably overtake them.  If He deprives them of any present blessing, it is that he may bestow upon them greater and more glorious ones by-and-by."

I really really needed to hear those words.  The timing could not have been any better.  I have never ever thought "why am I going thru this, or why me?"  I have never even really complained about my trials, although I have done my share of crying and being frustrated, but I know that they have always had a purpose, even though I don't always know what that reason is... I know that they are for my benefit.  However, to hear these profound words makes me feel more loved by my Heavenly Father because He knows that if I wasn't to endure the hardships that I have been allowed to been blessed with, I would have to face something much worse and not be able to overcome them.  I have excrutiating pain that limits me more than I would like to right now, but it is a sweet feeling to know that I am going thru this because He loves and trusts me.  How blessed I am!  I don't like it, but I'm not sure we are supposed to like it, but learn from it, become stronger, better and more empathetic of others. 

I pray that I can be a good example to someone, and to be a blessing and comfort too.  I know that I am loved by my Heavenly Father and Savior.  I know that my family loves me even though things get tough, we will always be tougher than the situation at hand.  I love you with all my heart!!