For my Family Relations class at BYU-Idaho my teacher is having us update our own customized blogs every week with thoughts and impression gained through homework/class assignments pertaining to the family. I was so excited to start this blog because family is one of the most important things in my life and now I get to share that with everyone else. I hope that through this blog you will understand the importance of the family unit as it is the most central and important unit that God has created and is one of the sole purposes of this life here and hereafter.

As I was thinking of a name for my blog I decided on "Family: A Little Heaven on Earth" because 1. I truly believe that family can really be a little heaven on earth and 2. I read Elder Hales talk titled "A Little Heaven on Earth" and it talks all about the family. This talk has inspired me to create a family that will be that sanctuary and heaven here on earth. So that my kids will feel safe, secure, and loved, and that my sealing to my future spouse will help create that haven for my family with those promised blessings for eternity. At the end of Elder Hales' talk he says "I ask you not to lean on your spouse as a crutch but to stand strong, strengthen each other, and ask for help as you pray together each night...That you might have true happiness and find the joy of a celestial marriage with a little heaven on earth is my prayer."

This has always been my prayer too, that my future family will be my little heaven on earth! That my future spouse and I will work together and strengthen each other and our kids so that we can create a celestial family that will feel a part of heaven on earth.