SuNdAy InSpIrAtIoN

i love sundays and i love the truths we can learn from each other and from our church leaders.  next week is general conference for us and it gives us the opportunity to listen to the words of a living prophet.  i feel so blessed to know that we have living prophet on the earth today and to know that our Heavenly Father speakes through him to us.  i look forward every april and october to spending 2 days listening to the words of our leaders and basking in the Spirit of the Lord.  today our home teacher came to visit with us and shared with us the first presidency message for march entitled "Why Do We Need Prophets".  we had a lovely discussion about the importants of prophets but the truth that especially stood out to me was the idea that even when we feel like the prophet is asking us to change it is not because the church or the gospel are changing.  it is because we have moved to far away from the standards the Lord has given us.  we are being reminded of how to get back to where the gospel would have us.  we are the ones who must change.  change is hard and sometimes it takes us sometime to decide to follow, but i know that following the prophet always brings us joy and happiness.  i know that he is the only man on the earth who has the authority to speak to all of us from God.  he is the only one who has been given authority to lead this church and its people in these days.  i'm so grateful for my testimony of the prophet and to have been so blessed to hear them speak both in person and on broadcasts through out my life.  we don't need to meet the prophet to know that he is a true prophet of God we can all know it through reading his words and praying and asking our Heavenly Father if modern day prophets are real and true.  He will always answer us.

NeW cUpCaKeS

I worked out a new cupcake this week for our weekly Bachelor viewing party! KeyLime with coconut cream. They were pretty awesome and I learned to candy citrus fruit. All it needs is a little more attention to the frosting. It could have been lighter and with more coconut but we'll get there! Enjoy the picture!