fasting + felt cakes = happiness

   I have felt like the worst mother and wife lately.  I won't go into detail, but I have just really needed some divine help with being the person that I want so much to be
So on Sunday I fasted to be a better mother and wife, and to have my heart filled with even more love for my family, and to have the Lord's Spirit stronger in our home.


   The next day I played with the kids all morning. We made felt 2-tiered cakes and felt decorations that they can add and remove at will to design and redesign their own cakes.
We made a mess of the house. But they are happy and I'm happy.  

 Brooklyn wanted to make a cupcake for Stoney, so I helped her.  She couldn't WAIT for him to wake up from his nap so she could give it to him. I had to convince (and then threaten) her not to go wake him from his nap.  She was so excited to give it to him.

She still LOVES to make surprise gifts for everyone.  It's one of my favorite things about her.  Then later she designed and built a little pink mug out of felt all by herself.  She built it as a surprise for me.




She was the best daughter and the BEST big sister all day. 


The Lord really answered the prayer of my fast.  It continues to amaze me how powerful fasting is.  It is so much more powerful than prayer, because when we fast we are sacrificing something important (food and water) for something more important.  It wasn't fast Sunday but it ended up being a good Sunday to fast because our lesson in YW was on sacrafice and how it is so powerful to bring blessings.