Hold your babies a little closer.

Clayton and I had the sad opportunity to attend a funeral in Pima on Friday. His friend from High School had a six month old baby got pneumonia and his immune system could not fight it off, and he ended up passing away. I was amazed how strong his sweet parents were, they both got up and spoke at his services, there is no way I could ever do that. Attending this funeral for this tiny sweetheart, was such a testimony builder, at first it made me question if God knows what he's doing. It was heartbreaking to see this family have to go through such loss, but as his parents spoke it reassured me that God knows exactly what he is doing. The parents knew from the day he was born that he was a special kid and the Lord prepared them for many months for his passing. This quote from Joseph Smith sums it up perfectly. "The Lord takes many away, even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth; therefore if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again."

When my dad passed away the only comforting thing for me was to think, that the Lord has bigger and better things for him to do in Heaven. There are times that I am actually jealous of those that have passed, because they no longer have to worry about the evils of this world. Having someone you love in Heaven is an incentive to live your life the best you possibly can, so we can live with them again. It also helps you to stop "sweating the small stuff", you never know how long we get with our kids and loved ones. LIVE FOR TODAY!

A BIG thanks to grandma Welker for babysitting for us, and to Becky for letting us fresh'n up at your house before the funeral and for going to lunch with us!! It was great catching up, I'm looking forward to our Cruise!! :)