Skyler :)

Mommy and Skyler painting cookies for our first meeting :)

Our first family photo nearly two years ago!

I was once told that everyone has one missionary that helps open the door to the Church. My missionary was a blue-eyed blond-hair toddler. She insisted on calling me Mommy from day one, no matter how hard I tried to get her to call me Sara. She knew before Ryan and I did. She chose us to be her parents. We didn’t have much of a say in it :) Luckily, I am also head over heels in love with her Daddy! Looking at her, I knew she deserved the best of me, and I wasn’t at my best. We started going back to church as a family. First every now and then, which progressed to every other week, finally ending with every week plus all sorts of activities and callings throughout the week. Ryan and Skyler gave me the best gifts possible, not only the love of a family but also the love of the Church. For the first time in my life, I can say that I have a testimony in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know without a doubt that Joseph Smith restored the gospel to this earth and that Thomas S. Monson is a living prophet today. I am grateful for all that I have been through in my life, because had I not faced the trials that I did, I would not have been ready to become the person I need to be. I know I am still not anywhere near perfect, but everyday Ryan and I are becoming closer at reaching our goal of being sealed together for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City Temple.