Are we LUCKY? or VALIANT?

Lately I have been thinking a lot about how we are here. I know we hear in church there was a war in heaven, we wanted to come down, get bodies, have free agency yadda yadda yadda. I'm talking about how were we so lucky or valiant to be here. HERE in AMERICA, with FOOD, EPIDURALS, MODERN MEDICINE, THE GOSPEL, FREEDOM and sooo... much more? Do we know how lucky we are to have what we do? Do we know how lucky we are to go the store and buy medicine if we need it? I have been overwhelmed by the blessings we keep receiving. B.J. and I don't watch much T.V. ,but lately we seem to be keeping up with the news on Haiti. Thee other night John Travolta and his wife were on the news with his private jet in the background, and they were being interviewed by the news. He was saying how he has the means to go to Haiti and deliver items and take doctors to help the poor victims. He also said that he felt some sort of responsibility to do what he can to help those in need because of his wealth and situation. I was really impressed by that. I am so sad for what they are going through in Haiti. I was on the Internet looking for babies I could adopt and found out that there was 380,000 children in Haiti waiting to be adopted in 2007. Who knows how many kids are in need now? When I got my Patriarchal blessing it was told to me that I was from the tribe of Manasseh. Ive always liked hip hop music, some rap, and black people. I spent my younger years down in Lehi Arizona going to school with the Indians cause we lived by the Reservation. I always got along with the brown boys. My mom and dad let an Hawaiian girl live with us to go to school and play volleyball when I was about 14 years old and I just loved her. It was sad to see her go back to Hawaii. B.J. and I have been talking about adopting a baby. I am sure there are people out there that think it would be silly to adopt when you can have your own kids, but when you see the amount of kids that need a home, I don't see why not. I would love to adopt right now, but I think I would want all of my kids here and I would want them to be a little older. So back to my original question? How were we so LUCKY or VALIANT to be here? I know there is a lot of babies in need in this country, and a lot of people suffering so how did I come to the family I did with the amazing blessings I have? I have herd some people say that the reason we came here was because we were so valiant in the pre existence were we valiant or did the Lord know that there was no way we would make it back unless we had what we do? Let me know what you think.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year. Having small children makes it hard to go out, and even if you had someone to watch the kiddos you don't want to be out too late cause most kids are up at the butt crack of dawn. My in-laws came over at 12:15 so we could go next door to our neighbors house for their little shindig we were invited to. Going to bed at 3am and waking up at 9:30 doesn't do the body good. B.J. and I were invited to 4 parties and wanted to attend all of them but it just didn't work out. It was a lot of fun having my in-laws in town, they are wonderful to my kids. My kids are the youngest in my husbands family so they sure get a lot of love from them. On my side of the family there are a lot of kids so Major and Dallas love being over there and playing with them. Christmas was so fun with the kids they bring such a fun atmosphere into the holiday. I am kinda sad it is over but B.J. and I have so much to look forward to. We haven't heard about our house yet still waiting and waiting and waiting. I hope and pray things works out with this house. Whatever is supposed to happen will.