Dear Gemma Mitsuko Scoville,
Today after General Conference, you received a beautiful blessing from Daddy where you were given a name and a blessing. I wasn't sure if you would sit by yourself, but you were so brave and sat so reverently as Daddy, Grandpa Scoville, Papa Gichan, Uncle Joseph, and Bishop Jones placed their hands on your head. You were blessed with courage and a strong desire to do what is right. You were blessed with the ability to always choose the right and to be a good example to your brother. You were blessed with ingenuity and that other will follow you. You were blessed to be able to hear the word of the Lord and the Holy Ghost. You were blessed to feel security in our family and to know that you are always loved and that you will never have to wonder and that you will always be reassured that you are a precious daughter of our Heavenly Father. You were blessed to have strong faith in our Savior. It was a beautiful blessing and it was neat to get a glimpse into what Heavenly Father sees in you. You are so sweet Gemma. So many people tell me all the time how dainty and sweet you are. You love everything girly and naturally love to help. You love it anytime I ask you to help me with something. You love being pampered in any way. You love the sparkles, glitter, the lip gloss, lotions, and getting your nails painted. You also have a really good heart. Whenever Eli is having a really difficult time, you area always bringing him something to comfort him and usually even getting hit when trying to help him. You don't think of yourself, but just want to run to his aid and I love it. You are such a little Mama and love to take care of your babies and your brothers. If you see Eli or Ren laying down, you are always stroking their head or bringing them something. You love to laugh and have the most contagious laugh! Gemma, you were blessed with such amazing things today and I think it is wonderful that you were blessed with things pertaining to the Spirit because you can tell that you are so sensitive to the Spirit already. You really do want to do what is right and try so hard all the time to make people happy! You are beautiful inside and out baby girl and I love you!
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Monday, May 7, 2018
Little promptings....
I'm trying to get back to writing down all the little promptings I have each day and wanted to write about a little prompting I had on Sunday. Eli has been having a difficult time going to nursery lately and it has been difficult because Eli has been hitting a lot as well and I can't just leave him in nursery to cry it out until he is fine because he starts to hit the other kids or the teachers. Great, right! Yeah, I have never had a hitter so I trying to figure out how to handle this. I was praying about what to do to help Eli to go to nursery and not hit and I had the impression to pray with Eli. I usually am in a big rush to get the kids fed, dressed, and off to church and I usually do not pray with each of them individually in the mornings. When I got Eli out of bed, I remembered the prompting and knelt down in prayer with him. It was so sweet because he folded his arms you could tell that he wanted to pray with me. We prayed together that he would enjoy nursery and be kind. We prayed that he would be helpful and happy and then we said, Amen. I was amazed when he went to nursery after wanting to play with some playdough. I was able to go to my classes and when I went to pick him up, Stephanie told me how happy and helpful he was. She said he didn't hit at all and kept blowing kisses. She said he was like a totally different little boy. Prayer works! Even on the little things and I am so grateful for a Heavenly Father that is aware of our struggles. Aware of Eli's struggles. Even as I write this, I was reminded and prompted to continue to pray with Eli. If I saw this much difference in one morning on prayer, I need to continue to do this with him. He is the sweetest boy and I know praying with your children can be a powerful tool!
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
The twin's sealing- December 30th 2017
"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." 1 Corinithians 2:9
As I look at the pictures of our sealing day to the twins, this scripture in Corinthians is what comes to mind. This scripture has come up it seems every time that something would go wrong in our efforts to adopt the twins. It has actually come up every time things were not going well with any of the kids adoptions.
I knew I didn't have control over what was going on, but I knew that God had prepared something incredible for me as long as I loved him and listened to the Holy Ghost. There was no room to doubt becauase I knew that somethings awaited me.
Yesterday as Ron and I were holding hands in the sealing room, we watched our kids walk into the sealing room, ( well, Ren came running in to us), I started to get a glimpse into what Heavenly Father had prepared for me. I have dreamed about this moment for so long and my heart felt like it would explode as I watched the kids walk in. They were so beautiful and pure and I wanted to hold onto that moment forever. Ren walked in and immediately wanted to sit on my lap. The twins looked so cute just sitting on Ron's lap. Reese and Nora walked in so beautifully and came and sat on the white chairs. They looked so big and reverent and were just taking everything in. I couldn't have been more proud of them for being so reverent.
A pretty neat part of the sealing was that our sealer was Larry Smith. Jenny Smith's dad. Ron and I went to do sealings right before Ron flew out to Pennsylvania and Brother Smith was the officiator. He made everything so special and just made me feel so loved. It was like I could feel how much Heavenly Father loved me from the words that he spoke. We decided to ask him to officiate at the twin's sealing and he did an incredible job. When he spoke to Ron and I ahead of time, I was already in tears just as he talked about how much he loved me and how proud he was of me. I was already in tears before I walked into the sealing room and was completely overwhelmed with the love we felt from all of our friends and family. I was a little sad that none of my family would be in the temple for the twin's sealing, but it was a little tender mercy that when I went up to the sealing office to meet Ron, Keith Kennington was waiting for me. He is one of the sealing coordinators for the Ogden temple and saw that we were on the schedule and made sure that he could be there for our sealing. It meant a lot seeing him and it made me think about my youth and all the choices I had made leading up to that point. Later on, Ron told me that he had been praying for me that I would feel loved and special and that Heavenly Father was proud of the decisions I had made in my life. He said that Keith and Larry were definitely an answer to his prayers as these two men had known me when I was younger and had been a father figure in my life. I agreed! It meant a lot to know that these two men were proud of me.
Also, Brother Smith also taught us a lot of great gospel truths that I thought were amazing!
"Faith is underestimated and Prayer is the most underused tool."
He also said that faith and prayer was not underestimated or underused in bringing our family together. He talked about how important the sealing is and Elder Nelson's talk about the girls coming to him in a dream and wanting to be sealed. Symbolism of the patriarchal grip , the kneeling at the alter, everything is symbolic of the atonement of Jesus Christ!
When I walked into the sealing room, I think I was overwhelmed with love from all of our ward family. It was difficult not having any of my family in the sealing room to be a part of something that was so special to me, but when I walked into the sealing room and saw all of our ward family. I was truly overwhelmed with emotion. I'm so grateful for all the people that have helped us over and over again. People that have had my kids over to their house time and time again. People that have came over and just started folding laundry. There has been so much service offered to our family and I just started to think about how much family I really had in that room.
A few days before we had gone to the temple, I was praying that I would just be prepared and feel the Spirit. I remember thinking about how I knew there were angels in the courtroom when we were able to adopt the twins and I had an overwhelming feeling that I knew there would be angels in the sealing room celebrating with us. Of course they would be there to watch their beautiful family on this special day.
There is so much peace in knowing that they are ours forever. That even death cannot take them away from us. For the longest time, we lived in fear that they wouldn't be ours. Trying hard to not get too attached. Then when we finally were able to adopt them, we still had the fear that we would have to go to court again. It seemed like we still had to have all the attorneys involved, we still had to get home visits done, and there was just a feeling of uncertainty. Finally with the twin's finalization and having them sealed to us. There came the peace that passeth all understanding.
Also with that peace, came a clarity that I desperately needed. The clarity that comes from seeing what is most important. Seeing my children in the temple, all dressed in white, gave me the visions and desire of having them return time and time again. That is my goal. I have been stressing about gymnastics and all these things that are important, but not eternal. I love my family with all my heart and I am so grateful that we can be together forever.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
The twin's sealing
"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." 1 Corinithians 2:9
As I look at the pictures of our sealing day to the twins, this scripture in Corinthians is what comes to mind. This scripture has come up it seems every time that something would go wrong in our efforts to adopt the twins. It has actually come up every time things were not going well with any of the kids adoptions.
I knew I didn't have control over what was going on, but I knew that God had prepared something incredible for me as long as I loved him and listened to the Holy Ghost. There was no room to doubt becauase I knew that somethings awaited me.
Yesterday as Ron and I were holding hands in the sealing room, we watched our kids walk into the sealing room, ( well, Ren came running in to us), I started to get a glimpse into what Heavenly Father had prepared for me. I have dreamed about this moment for so long and my heart felt like it would explode as I watched the kids walk in. They were so beautiful and pure and I wanted to hold onto that moment forever. Ren walked in and immediately wanted to sit on my lap. The twins looked so cute just sitting on Ron's lap. Reese and Nora walked in so beautifully and came and sat on the white chairs. They looked so big and reverent and were just taking everything in. I couldn't have been more proud of them for being so reverent.
A pretty neat part of the sealing was that our sealer was Larry Smith. Jenny Smith's dad. Ron and I went to do sealings right before Ron flew out to Pennsylvania and Brother Smith was the officiator. He made everything so special and just made me feel so loved. It was like I could feel how much Heavenly Father loved me from the words that he spoke. We decided to ask him to officiate at the twin's sealing and he did an incredible job. When he spoke to Ron and I ahead of time, I was already in tears just as he talked about how much he loved me and how proud he was of me. I was already in tears before I walked into the sealing room and was completely overwhelmed with the love we felt from all of our friends and family. I was a little sad that none of my family would be in the temple for the twin's sealing, but it was a little tender mercy that when I went up to the sealing office to meet Ron, Keith Kennington was waiting for me. He is one of the sealing coordinators for the Ogden temple and saw that we were on the schedule and made sure that he could be there for our sealing. It meant a lot seeing him and it made me think about my youth and all the choices I had made leading up to that point. Later on, Ron told me that he had been praying for me that I would feel loved and special and that Heavenly Father was proud of the decisions I had made in my life. He said that Keith and Larry were definitely an answer to his prayers as these two men had known me when I was younger and had been a father figure in my life. I agreed! It meant a lot to know that these two men were proud of me.
Also, Brother Smith also taught us a lot of great gospel truths that I thought were amazing!
"Faith is underestimated and Prayer is the most underused tool."
He also said that faith and prayer was not underestimated or underused in bringing our family together. He talked about how important the sealing is and Elder Nelson's talk about the girls coming to him in a dream and wanting to be sealed. Symbolism of the patriarchal grip , the kneeling at the alter, everything is symbolic of the atonement of Jesus Christ!
When I walked into the sealing room, I think I was overwhelmed with love from all of our ward family. It was difficult not having any of my family in the sealing room to be a part of something that was so special to me, but when I walked into the sealing room and saw all of our ward family. I was truly overwhelmed with emotion. I'm so grateful for all the people that have helped us over and over again. People that have had my kids over to their house time and time again. People that have came over and just started folding laundry. There has been so much service offered to our family and I just started to think about how much family I really had in that room.
A few days before we had gone to the temple, I was praying that I would just be prepared and feel the Spirit. I remember thinking about how I knew there were angels in the courtroom when we were able to adopt the twins and I had an overwhelming feeling that I knew there would be angels in the sealing room celebrating with us. Of course they would be there to watch their beautiful family on this special day.
There is so much peace in knowing that they are ours forever. That even death cannot take them away from us. For the longest time, we lived in fear that they wouldn't be ours. Trying hard to not get too attached. Then when we finally were able to adopt them, we still had the fear that we would have to go to court again. It seemed like we still had to have all the attorneys involved, we still had to get home visits done, and there was just a feeling of uncertainty. Finally with the twin's finalization and having them sealed to us. There came the peace that passeth all understanding.
Also with that peace, came a clarity that I desperately needed. The clarity that comes from seeing what is most important. Seeing my children in the temple, all dressed in white, gave me the visions and desire of having them return time and time again. That is my goal. I have been stressing about gymnastics and all these things that are important, but not eternal. I love my family with all my heart and I am so grateful that we can be together forever.
A big thank you to my wonderful friend www.ValoryJeanPhotography for capturing these amazing pictures on our special day.
As I look at the pictures of our sealing day to the twins, this scripture in Corinthians is what comes to mind. This scripture has come up it seems every time that something would go wrong in our efforts to adopt the twins. It has actually come up every time things were not going well with any of the kids adoptions.
I knew I didn't have control over what was going on, but I knew that God had prepared something incredible for me as long as I loved him and listened to the Holy Ghost. There was no room to doubt becauase I knew that somethings awaited me.
Yesterday as Ron and I were holding hands in the sealing room, we watched our kids walk into the sealing room, ( well, Ren came running in to us), I started to get a glimpse into what Heavenly Father had prepared for me. I have dreamed about this moment for so long and my heart felt like it would explode as I watched the kids walk in. They were so beautiful and pure and I wanted to hold onto that moment forever. Ren walked in and immediately wanted to sit on my lap. The twins looked so cute just sitting on Ron's lap. Reese and Nora walked in so beautifully and came and sat on the white chairs. They looked so big and reverent and were just taking everything in. I couldn't have been more proud of them for being so reverent.
A pretty neat part of the sealing was that our sealer was Larry Smith. Jenny Smith's dad. Ron and I went to do sealings right before Ron flew out to Pennsylvania and Brother Smith was the officiator. He made everything so special and just made me feel so loved. It was like I could feel how much Heavenly Father loved me from the words that he spoke. We decided to ask him to officiate at the twin's sealing and he did an incredible job. When he spoke to Ron and I ahead of time, I was already in tears just as he talked about how much he loved me and how proud he was of me. I was already in tears before I walked into the sealing room and was completely overwhelmed with the love we felt from all of our friends and family. I was a little sad that none of my family would be in the temple for the twin's sealing, but it was a little tender mercy that when I went up to the sealing office to meet Ron, Keith Kennington was waiting for me. He is one of the sealing coordinators for the Ogden temple and saw that we were on the schedule and made sure that he could be there for our sealing. It meant a lot seeing him and it made me think about my youth and all the choices I had made leading up to that point. Later on, Ron told me that he had been praying for me that I would feel loved and special and that Heavenly Father was proud of the decisions I had made in my life. He said that Keith and Larry were definitely an answer to his prayers as these two men had known me when I was younger and had been a father figure in my life. I agreed! It meant a lot to know that these two men were proud of me.
Also, Brother Smith also taught us a lot of great gospel truths that I thought were amazing!
"Faith is underestimated and Prayer is the most underused tool."
He also said that faith and prayer was not underestimated or underused in bringing our family together. He talked about how important the sealing is and Elder Nelson's talk about the girls coming to him in a dream and wanting to be sealed. Symbolism of the patriarchal grip , the kneeling at the alter, everything is symbolic of the atonement of Jesus Christ!
When I walked into the sealing room, I think I was overwhelmed with love from all of our ward family. It was difficult not having any of my family in the sealing room to be a part of something that was so special to me, but when I walked into the sealing room and saw all of our ward family. I was truly overwhelmed with emotion. I'm so grateful for all the people that have helped us over and over again. People that have had my kids over to their house time and time again. People that have came over and just started folding laundry. There has been so much service offered to our family and I just started to think about how much family I really had in that room.
A few days before we had gone to the temple, I was praying that I would just be prepared and feel the Spirit. I remember thinking about how I knew there were angels in the courtroom when we were able to adopt the twins and I had an overwhelming feeling that I knew there would be angels in the sealing room celebrating with us. Of course they would be there to watch their beautiful family on this special day.
There is so much peace in knowing that they are ours forever. That even death cannot take them away from us. For the longest time, we lived in fear that they wouldn't be ours. Trying hard to not get too attached. Then when we finally were able to adopt them, we still had the fear that we would have to go to court again. It seemed like we still had to have all the attorneys involved, we still had to get home visits done, and there was just a feeling of uncertainty. Finally with the twin's finalization and having them sealed to us. There came the peace that passeth all understanding.
Also with that peace, came a clarity that I desperately needed. The clarity that comes from seeing what is most important. Seeing my children in the temple, all dressed in white, gave me the visions and desire of having them return time and time again. That is my goal. I have been stressing about gymnastics and all these things that are important, but not eternal. I love my family with all my heart and I am so grateful that we can be together forever.
A big thank you to my wonderful friend www.ValoryJeanPhotography for capturing these amazing pictures on our special day.
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