Spring Cleaning

It's been another beautiful week here in Rexburg! I've spent most of this week cleaning our little apartment in preparation for Spring semester, which starts tomorrow (April 20th). This semester is going to be extremely demanding, more than any other semester I've had, so I wanted to make sure that cleaning was done before the chaos of classes began. It's funny how you don't really notice how dirty things get until you've cleaned them...and then see how they're SUPPOSED to look! Even just after dusting in the living room, our little home looked a million times better. I think I'm going to try to be better about cleaning more regularly though!

Wednesday Jake was off of work extremely early, so it was "Bring Your Husband to Work Day!" and I picked him up before heading over to nanny Brandon. Brandon thought he was pretty cool of course, and seemed disappointed on Friday when I showed up without Jake!

On Thursday Jake was off work early again and since I didn't have nannying, we enjoyed the afternoon together. The weather was beautiful out so we walked to the library together and picked up a few books. That night was the night before "Move-in Weekend" for spring semester, so one of my friends and her friend crashed in our living room since they got to Rexburg early.

Jake and I were invited on Friday night to have dinner at the home of another member of the Relief Society presidency. The whole presidency was invited, along with their husbands, and it was a lot of fun. Jake and I were the only ones there without kids, and we were the youngest couple by about 10 years, but it was still a blast! We shared stories and laughed with the other couples, and it was nice not having to cook that night.

Jake and I finished cleaning the last bit of our apartment on Saturday evening, and it was such a huge
relief to have the house completely done! I'm lucky that I have a husband who likes to clean, because there were a lot of things I hadn't even considered cleaning that Jake willingly scrubbed away at. He's definitely a keeper!

This Week's Spiritual Thought

This week Jake and I started reading about Mormon in the Book of Mormon, and something really struck me as we read the first chapter. When Ammaron approaches Mormon and explains to him about the plates, Mormon is only 10 years old. But Ammaron still trusted him with a very important task, because he believes he is capable of doing what is required of him. My whole life, and especially now as a newlywed, I have been treated as though my opinion or life experiences don't matter because I'm "so young." That I couldn't be trusted to do anything of real value because I'm inexperienced. However, Ammaron didn't see Mormon in that way--he believed that even though Mormon was young, he could still be useful and accomplish a lot. Ammaron, as a prophet, could see Mormon's divine potential in the same way that God does. God doesn't look down on us because of our age; He believes we're all capable of important things.