I am a happily married, forty-year-old mother of five \u2013 four girls and one boy.\u00a0 I am able to be a stay-at-home mom, which really means in-the-car-driving-my-kids-around mom.\u00a0 Being a mom is a blessing, but oh so challenging!\u00a0 I love being a member of the Relief Society.\u00a0 It has provided me with friends who offer great support to me as I raise my family.\u00a0 I am able to learn from more seasoned moms who have already raised their children, counsel with moms my age who are currently going through the same challenges as me, and I am also able to mentor younger moms who are just beginning their families.\u00a0 These friends of all ages are great examples to me of Christian love and service.\u00a0 The Relief Society is a place where I feel love, acceptance, safety, and charity.\u00a0 It also provides me opportunities to look outside myself and serve others.<\/p>\n
Along with raising my family, I enjoy running and hiking, reading, cooking healthy foods, vacationing with family, and digital scrapbooking.\u00a0 Our family loves to spend our summers at the beach and our winters camping in the San Diego deserts riding motorcycles.\u00a0 I am also finishing my bachelor\u2019s degree (20 years later!) through Brigham Young University\u2019s Independent Study program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am a happily married, forty-year-old mother of five \u2013 four girls and one boy.\u00a0 I am able to be a stay-at-home mom, which really means in-the-car-driving-my-kids-around mom.\u00a0 Being a mom is a blessing, but oh so challenging!\u00a0 I love being a member of the Relief Society.\u00a0 It has provided me with friends who offer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n