Temple Square

On Wednesday night we trekked down to Salt Lake and went to Temple Square with Grandpa and Grandma Berning.  We were able to walk around City Creek for a little bit and grab a bite to eat and then walk around the Temple grounds.  

The lights were beautiful and we enjoyed the time we were able to spend together.  Plus walking around Temple Square in the wintertime always reminds me of our wedding and our eternal family.  Love it. 

First Day of Nursery

Today was Jacob's first time going to nursery!  WOOT WOOT!  I was so proud of that little boy of mine.  He was a champ.

It feels like quite a big step actually - for all of us.  I am so grateful that Jacob has a place for him and that he can begin his outside-of-the-home learning of the Gospel.  He colored a picture at nursery and we put it on the fridge where he can see it and whenever we asked, "where's Jesus?" he would point to the picture.  Melts my heart.  

It was a little weird for Mark and I to be Jacob free today at Church.  But it is exciting at the same time too!  We are proud of our little big guy!

Cold

Now, I actually love the cold.  I'll take the cold over the heat any day.  However, last week/weekend we got really cold.  I normally love this weather.  There is something just cozy about it being cold and snowy outside and your warm and bundled inside.  However, our apartment is really drafty.  And the cold just sneaks into all of the doors (and we have four doors leading to the outside in our apartment [who does that?!]) and the windows.  Jacob and I stayed inside all week.  And I mean all week.  We went grocery shopping last Monday morning and we didn't leave until Saturday night when it was our ward Christmas party.  And still, somehow, someway we got the cold.  

Jacob was draining fluids.  I couldn't keep up with his nose.  And then there was the coughing and sneezing and then the inevitable happened - Mark and I got sick as well.  Boo.  

So we were just kind of a sick bunch this week.  The cold though has left and we are all slowly feeling better.  Mark had his finals this week and is currently finishing his very last one.  I am so proud of that boy.  He works and works and works and never complains.  He is a good man and I am one lucky girl to have him.  

The silver lining in all of this is we have had an enormous amount of snuggle time (Jacob and I that is) and I have tried to maintain a fairly consistent round of hot chocolate to Mark while he studies.  AND at least we got sick this week and not next week when we'll be packing and making our travels to the great state of Utah.  WOOT WOOT! 

So here's to be warming and cozy this winter...even if sometimes we get a little cold too!

Jesus the Christ

This last year our Relief Society challenged us to read Jesus the Christ by Elder James E. Talmage.  I decided that I wanted to do it and finished it this week.  This definitely isn't a book you can just curl up and read for hours on end...it's deep.  It's really deep.  But it has been a wonderful, personal experience for me.  

I would completely recommend reading this book to anyone.  I have felt such a deeper connection with my Savior and on levels that I don't even think I knew existed before.  Through study of this book and prayer my love, appreciation, knowledge, respect, understanding, compassion, reverence and complete awe of our Savior has grown exponentially.  

I know that Jesus is the Christ.  I know that He was foreordained to be the Savior of the world.  He showed us the way.  I know that He loves me.  I know that He loves all of us.  I know that He saw my face and atoned for my sins and the sins of every other person that has ever lived.  I know that He is my advocate with the Father.  I know that He lives today.  And I know that He will come again.