deep thinking

I went to Stake Conference this weekend and some of the things they said really made me start to think.  I wish I would have had a notebook because there was so many things I wanted to do and remember, and like always, I can not remember it all.  So I thought I would just start little by little.  One of the first things they talked about was our family history.  It is so important to keep our family history and to write down the things that we do in our family's.  I always say that "I should write that down." and then when you forget what it was the next day it makes me so sad that I didn't just write it down when I thought about doing it.  Our family is changing daily it feels like and our kids are growing so fast.  Ryan and I just said that last night as we were looking through some pictures of our girls when Brytlee was just a baby.  It is crazy how fast time goes and how much kids change in just a few years.  I am so grateful that I started this blog and it has been a great way for us to see the changes and to remember some of the things we have done over the past 8 years.  I only wish I would have started it sooner so I could remember it all.
One thing the speaker said was that he had talked to his grandparents and they had told them wonderful stories.  But the longer they waited to write them down, the less they remembered about what they really said.  That is so true.
The other things they talked about in Stake Conference was Temples.  I am so thankful for the temple and what has done for me and my family.  I know that I will get to be with my family forever and that is one of the greatest blessings I could ever think of.  I feel so much peace in knowing that and having the gospel in my life has also brought so much peace and happiness in my life.  They talked about how we should go to the temple at least once a month and I need to work on that…. I would love to go all the time, but I feel that right now my life is so crazy with being a mom and I have a hard time cutting the cord and leaving my kids.  I know that Alexis could babysit and she should be a lot more than she does, but I have a hard time leaving them.
They also talked a lot about how the youth can do a lot of temple work and family history work.  I think it is so amazing how much work is being done by our youth today and how good they are at using the computers and how it is a perfect job for them to enjoy and get into.  This generation of kids was built for this kind of thing and I know it was not by chance that the family search and indexing became so easy to do on a computer.  It is for these kids that are so interested in electronics.
Something I was thinking about during the conference was how excited I am for my Mueller family to go to the temple  I can not wait to see my Grandpa in the temple and take my Grandma to be sealed for time and all Eternity.  This is something that my Grandma I am sure has been dreaming about for sooooo many years.  I don't know how she was so patient or how she did it, but I know that it was so worth it.  They just seem so happy and there is a huge smile on my grandpas face that I can not forget.  My mom is so excited for her own family to be sealed together and it is all just so amazing.

I have also been thinking how in the world did I get such great kids.  I am so proud of these kids of mine.  I love them with all my heart and then more.  I never in a million years would have guessed that I would have this amazing little family.  I am so thankful to be a mother and to have the privilege of raising these wonderful spirits.  Alexis is growing up and just feels like she is so old.  She is such a sweet girl and I am always so impressed with her choices she has made in school, and with her friends.  I love to see how social she is.  She is such a social little butterfly.  She loves to have lots of friends and doesn't care who they are.  I love that about her and is always ready to go and have fun with everyone and anyone.  I know that friends make a huge impact on youth and I am thankful that she has good taste in friends.  I have loved every friend she has brought home and think they are all just amazing.  

I am also so impressed with how smart my kids are.   I just got the report cards for the kids and I was so excited.  All the girls had so many A's and worked so hard in school.  They are just so smart and I am so proud of them.  I can not believe some of the things that Alexis has to do in the 7th grade and I don't remember doing a lot of the work she does until I was in high school.  I know they do a lot more work now and a lot sooner than they ever did when I was growing up.  

Adison has such a fun, spunky, cute, princess, personality and I love it.  She is sometimes more than a handful but I just have to laugh.  My mom always said that I was going to have kids just like me someday and she was right.  I wouldn't change them for anything though, they keep me on my toes and make me laugh.  

Look at these beautiful eyes.  That is the other thing, I am amazed at how beautiful my family is… inside and out.  

Max has figured out how to pout and get his way.  He is getting a little spoiled and it is so hard not to give into this little adorable man.  

As soon as he wakes up my kids have to hurry and get him so he isn't sad.  Adison will put a ton of toys in his crib to make him happy until we go and get him.  I am glad that she hasn't tried to get him out on her own yet.  

I thought it was so funny to see the different faces he made in one minute.  He is such a cutie pie.  

I love the little pictures I get from Alexis on Snapchat.  She is so cute!  

Max figured out how to blow the straw and make music.  He is growing so fast and is learning so many things.  He just figured out how to open the doors and escape from the house.  That is way to early for this little boy…. and now I have to keep every door in the house locked.  He has also become a little tornado.  I now have a big one named Adison and her little side kick Max…. 

This girl is always in a swim suit.  

Max loves to help build towers and then I call him Wreck it Ralph because he loves to knock them over and mess them up as much as he can.   I hate that I didn't have any pictures of Lizzy and Brytlee in all of these.  I hope they know that when I am talking about all the things I am proud of, it is about them also.
We have been so busy and I keep thinking about how when I just had little kids and I didn't have much to do I would tell my sister Annette that I was so board…. she told me that I should enjoy it and that I wouldn't have any time to be board before long.  She was so right!
All three of the girls are in basketball right now and we have something going on about every single night.  It is so nice when we are all home and we can just hang out together and relax together.