A Morales Minute

My niece Esther was born on January 18 at 10:51 pm. Her sweet spirit came to meet her family then departed this life at 12:30am January 19. During a very difficult pregnancy it was discovered that Esther would be born with spina bifida as well as holoprosencephally, a condition in which the brain does not develop properly. They were told she would not live long after birth, if at all. Miraculously, Esther was born alive, and through a series of tender mercies form the Lord, all four of her older siblings were approved to be in the hospital with her. Which in this time of Covid-19 doesn't happen. She lived just under two hours and spent every minute in the company of her loving parents and adoring siblings. I'm so grateful they had that precious time together and for the knowledge the life is not our beginning or our end.  We flew to Vegas to be with Brian's family and to attend the funeral. There have been many emotional moments but also wonderful blessings of being togethe...

Earlier this month we finally got our new couches! With Covid shipping of things has taken a big hit so it took forever to get our couches. At one point I thought I'd just cancel the order and we bought a couch from Costco. It was NOT comfortable. So we ended up taking it back but it was sure a big hassle to get it out of the house. In the meantime the old couch is in the piano room till Marcus takes our old one upstairs with him when they move to Arizona.    I love this picture of my girls. This is the sweetest thing I've seen today. I'm so grateful for their friendship with one another. Sisters make the best friends. I could hear them talking and laughing in the other room so I got up to see. They are so cute cuddled up next to each other.  One night the kids played one of their new games they got for Christmas and had cinnamon rolls that I made. Worked out to be a fun dessert while playing.  The kids with their Great-grandpa Noble  

Tyler received the Aaronic priesthood and was ordained a deacon today. He's excited to learn and take on this new responsibility. It's hard to believe all my kids are in the young men/young women program and not a one in primary anymore. We're starting a new chapter in our lives now!