Family Updates:
Luke is growing so fast - He has two teeth, can crawl and loves to stand up on everything. He has a great laugh and loves to smile.
Sam is happy and LOVES to dye Easter eggs...we do this about once a week. Sam had a belly button hernia corrected by surgery in February and is healing up nicely. He is mostly excited to have a "belly hole" like his Dad.
Dean is smart and kind. He is learning to read and has lots of friends at school and on the bus. He also had surgery this last month to remove a dermoid cyst on his neck. Dean can get pretty nervous about things, so we didn't tell him about the surgery until the week before he was going to have it. He was given a priesthood blessing by Shaun and his Papa Nielson and he was in pretty good spirits the day of. The hospital was a whirlwind of activity (opposite of how it was with Sam) and normal Dean would have panicked or even hid under the blankets. But he didn't! He was calm and chatted happily with all the nurses...even after he woke up from anesthesia. He has recovered so fast and well and we feel so blessed.
As most of you know, Shaun passed his real estate licensure exam in March (yay!) and is now transitioning to working in that field full time. I have been feeling anxious about how it will all work out and if we will have enough money during the transition (especially with a job that is 100% commission!)
I never used to receive answers to prayers via random scriptures like you hear some people talk about, but in the last two years it has happened a handful of times. Most recently, the past two Sundays. The first was In relief society the Sunday after Shaun passed his test. We were studying revelation given to Emma Smith and the teacher asked us to form small groups and study one verse and report. Mine was D&C 25:9 - "And thou needest not fear, for thy husband shall support thee in the church; for unto them is his calling, that all things might be revealed unto them, whatsoever I will, according to their faith."
Even though Shaun's calling is not what is making me worried; I felt like the first line was just for me.
And, just in case I didn't get the message the first time, the following week in Sunday school we spoke about the same section in Doctrine and Covenants. The teacher spoke about how we can relate the revelations given to Emma to our own lives. I'm thankful that Heavenly Father found a way to help me feel at peace during this time.
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