I've played softball, volleyball and racquetball this past week...which makes me very happy. Even more exciting is the fact that I think I'm finally about through this latest bout with SI joint pain. The past month or two has been really bad. Almost every morning, I would wake up completely stiff and wondering where the pain would settle in that day. I even had a couple nights where I couldn't go to sleep because laying down hurt so bad and I would wake up in the middle of the night. One night at vollyeball, I was hurting so bad and got so discouraged I decided to go ask the bishop for a blessing because he was in the building. First off, let me just say, I have NO doubt in the power of the priesthood. I had barely said anything to the bishop about what was going on, not only with my SI joints, but also in the rest of my life, but when he gave me that blessing, I KNOW he was receiving the words I needed to hear. I'm not going to go into detail about the blessing itself, but it gave me a lot to think about. I've spent a lot of time pondering on it. I was reminded that we need to be grateful for the trials in our lives and not be so quick to ask Heavenly Father to remove every little discomfort from our lives and that they serve a purpose. We grow through trials and without them, we cannot reach our divine potential. I am so thankful for the restored priesthood and the gospel in my life. I am thankful to know that I am not alone and that the Lord knows and is involved in every part of my life.
I've also been trying to spend a lot more time over at my sister's place, helping her with the kids. I took Nadia and Dallion to the park one day....which was an interesting experience to say the least. A few days ago, I got to take Nadia to the park alone. She is such a precious little girl. She LOVES to run! We were climbing all over that playground and she definitely had her Aunt Becky working hard to keep up with her. On the way home, though, she was so tired, she wrapped her arms around my hand and leaned her head against my arm till I offered to carry her home. It was adorable. I love that little girl SO much. I love all of my nieces and nephews. They al tug at my heart in separate distinct ways, but Nadia....she's my little girl. She was the first niece and she definitely stole my heart. I can't believe it, but Nadia turned FOUR last weekend. For her birthday, a friend of mine who owns some horses let her come ride them. Nadia LOVES horses, so I think she had a great time, but I could tell she was intimidated by their size.
A couple other things that have kept me busy: hiking and painting. I'm really excited to have time to do these two things this summer. Yesterday, Natalie, Aimee and I hiked the wind cave/Naomi trail from Green canyon. It was beautiful! Riley came along, of course. He's such a trooper. I don't think he even got tired. I sure was, though! I was feeling pretty good yesterday and even played volleyball last night, but this morning, I am sure feeling it. I love hiking because it's such a great workout, the scenery and nature is breath-taking and it gives me a HUGE sense of accomplishment. And then painting--I finally finished a small craft project this week that I've been meaning to do for months. It's not that big of a deal...just a couple wooden words I painted to decorate the bathroom, but I quite like how they turned out. I'm really excited to do a lot more painting though. I'd love to get really good at it. I've done a couple pictures, but mostly I like to craft paint. It's so relaxing. I've got a couple paintings in mind that I want to do, so I think I'm going to hit up the craft store today to get started.
Well, thanks for putting up with yet another long blog! Here's a few pics from this week for you to enjoy!
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