My favorite talk during conference was by Elder Jeffery R. Holland "Safety for the Soul". You can read it here: READ TALK

or watch it here (Sunday Afternoon Session, "Safety for the Soul", Elder Holland, audio) which I think is so so powerful and very moving: LISTEN TO TALK

Never have I heard a more spiritually driven talk about the Book of Mormon and the Prophet Joseph Smith. My friend said to me once that there may be things in the gospel that you question and a time where a testimony waivers on truths so then go back to the point where a testimony has been made sure and it will always fall back on the fact that Joesph Smith was a Prophet called of God. In gaining that testimony one will never be led astray. The story is just too incredible not to be true. Then if one believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet then one also knows that the Book of Mormon is true. I could never never deny the spirit that I have felt in my life testifying of those truths. Of all the books I have read the Book of Mormon is the only one that has changed and continues to change me as a person--making me want to be better, to do better. I love this by Elder Holland, "I want it absolutely clear when I stand before the judgment bar of God that I declared to the world, in the most straightforward language I could summon, that the Book of Mormon is true, that it came forth the way Joseph said it came forth and was given to bring happiness and hope to the faithful in the travail of the latter days." It has brought me happiness and hope and how grateful I am for the gospel in my life.

Plenty to Love

Nolan at 6 months (almost 7) is chubby

weighing in at 19.7 lbs, is happy and

content, charming, lovable and pretty low

maintenance (like his dad!!)

my first apron

I made this apron from the fabulous amy butler love line. picture compliments of dax as his dad is in idaho for an interview.

A few weeks ago we walked outside only to find that Daxton's bike seat had been stolen with a few remaining pieces still on the ground. A week after that our manager had a bike in his basement that he was getting rid of and it ended up being perfect for Dax. Dax was elated about the cup holder and bell that were included. A few days later he told his dad that he wanted the training wheels taken off. I wasn't there to witness the beginnings but Greg said, "he didn't have to try, he just did it"' and continues to every morning when we go out. The first day we did this I looked up from pushing my double stroller to see Dax flying in the air on one side and his bike on the other ending in a scrapped knee and a few tears but he got right back on and rode the rest of the way.

Last week we took Dax and Lucas to see "their" dentist. The results: Dax has LOTS of cavities and Lucas has the potential to be even worse. So Dax will have to make numerous trips to the dental school in the next month and Lucas will possibly be helped by a dentist willing to put him out and get it done all at once. A bit embarrassing to admit, but it's not because they eat a bunch of snacks it's because they "graze"-- eat ALL day.

Dax said the other day as Lucas got on the couch to join ALL of us for our morning scripture study "Wow, how many Godfrey's can you fit on a couch?"

Since the primary program that neither Dax nor Lucas participated in due to bashfulness, Lucas walks around singing/yelling "RIGHTEOUSLY, Righteously, R I G H T E O U S L Y!"

Nolan is a whoppin 19.7 lbs at 6 months old, can roll over, has a different schedule every day, smiles a whole lot and gets rounder every day.