Befores/Afters and (of course) Cambry Updates!

1st: Jason's had this flag and frame from when he was in the Air Force. Jason's never really liked how it was put together, and therefore never wanted to display it. So for Christmas I decided to refurbish it for him (with the help of others) and it looks great now (and is displayed proudly!).

Before

After

2nd: Right after Christmas break we moved from Aggie Village to the Townhomes...SO nice!!!

Before

After

New Updates:

After we moved in to the Townhomes Jason was hooking up our washer. He turned off the little lever by the hose hook-ups but it wasn't really working so he thought he could be fast enough to just quickly hook up the hose while the water was coming out, which might have worked had Niagra Falls not been hooked on the other end! The water pressure was too much that he was not successful. So instead we had a very fun and eventful morning!

Fun Cambry Updates:

(She's going to try the skeleton next...)

Showing off what Great Grandma Stewart got her!

Eating is tiresome work!

Doctrine & Covenants 11:21

I was reading an article on lds.org titled The Savior, the Master Teacher, by Elder Jay E. Jensen. There was a scripture that he referred to in his talk that I hope to live by, for the sake of my children:

“Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men”

If we obtain His word first, only then can we know how to share it. We have to know what we're sharing before we can know how to share it with others. I'm going to try to memorize this scripture and its reference because something else that Elder Jensen mentioned in his talk was that citing scripture is much more powerful than if we just paraphrased. We and others will "...be certain that Jesus is the Christ when we read, study, and cite—not paraphrase—holy writ to strengthen ourselves and others."

This is one of my new goals.

NC House Sold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was the most amazing feeling when we got the check in the mail of the proceeds from the house. But now we really can rest easy and not hesitate to celebrate because we just view our mortgage account and it said, and I quote, "Principal Balance: $0.00". We are officially done!!!! This passed year has been quite the nightmare with this house. We fasted and prayed, along with all of our family (Thank you!) and it sold within 1 month of our initial fast. Our goal was to have it gone by January. Now it's gone and we don't have to worry about it any more. We can actually pay off some of our debt and even save some! Our testimonies have definitely grown in this process, so for that I wouldn't take away our experience, however I don't ever wish it upon us again either! :)