Today was a wonderful day!

You would think that sacrament meeting with this bunch (see above) would be loud, hectic, frustrating, and anything but reverent... and for the most part you would be right. But today was the best sacrament meeting I have had in a very long time.
We have one o'clock church which is great! I have plenty of time to get the kiddos ready, eat a small lunch and be to church on time. Joey is busy with meetings all morning and has to be there early to help with the sacrament so I am pretty much on my own. Today I get to church with five minutes to spare. I was smart this time and remembered Jayci's blanket and took a bottle for Nolan. I have the older kids wait until after the sacrament is passed to begin coloring, which really cuts down on the noise and irreverence during the sacrament. I am not sure why it went so well today (could be because Jayci fell asleep right after the sacrament was passed or that Lily was separated from the rest of the kids) but I think it is because I needed to hear one of the testimonies shared today. A young father was telling a story about a women who heard him talking about his kids and interrupted to ask him why he would be talking so much about kids and not about all the other more important things happening in the world. She had a real dislike for children and expressed it to him. He told her that to him, his children were the most important thing in his life. This young father just blessed his second child today and so he was emotional as he told this story. I felt the spirit so strongly.
Lately I have been wondering if I should want more out of life than being "just" a mom. Should I want to be famous, a politician, author, musician, ect... I was feeling like I should have more ambition for "Greater" things. I was telling this to Joey just last night and he reassured me that I was doing the GREATEST thing I will ever do. I sometimes let this world into my head and get to thinking that I should be more, do more... and then I go to my church meetings and I get it all back into perspective.
I am so glad to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am grateful for this rare fast Sunday, where I got to listen to the testimonies shared and feel of the spirit, reminding me that I am doing a great work and to keep my focus on it.