Brown Family

This summer, in Indiana, I read this picture book of the Book of Mormon to Auri and Brylee. We finished the book and I had a prompting to say a prayer with my girls and ask if what we had read was true. They answered yes, so I told them that we would pray and ask and then after we would be really quiet so we could listen for the spirit. That was all I said. I said the prayer and asked if what we had read was true. Then we sat there. Brylee was only 3 and was able to sit still for only a minute but after a little bit longer, Auri turned to me and said mom I have this really warm feeling right here (she was touching her chest). I never told her how an answer might come, but this was a testimony to me that the spirit is very real and you don’t have to be a certain age to feel it. I was able to explain to her that the Holy Ghost was answering by that warm feeling she was feeling. A cute story about my sweet Brylee is that I asked her if she wanted to watch a show, and she immediately answ...

My last post on this blog was from 2013. So much time has passed and I hope that since then I have become a better version of me. Lately I've been thinking so much about my ability to create things. It all started last year. My Idol in life, Chelsea Remund offered to teach an art class to a group of our friends. She made a statement that will forever have an impact on me! She said, the things we create are part of who we are. God gave us the ability to create. Ever since then I have thought so much about how in the next life, creation is going to be something we do everyday to grow. I guess that is also a huge part of this life as well. But it just seems so much greater to think how in the next life we will get to create worlds of our own. My creative skills are super limited and my brain has a hard time coming up with concepts and designs on its own. I learned this since I made the decision to try to create more.. so far it is mostly just me copying things but at least I am trying...