Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there, but most especially to our (Chad's and mine) own mothers! Expect a call from us sometime soon, but enjoy this video any time you want. The kids learned the first verse to this song in Primary last week and the other 2 verses about 15 minutes before we recorded. So that is why you hear me in the background. I thought I was singing quieter than that, but the camera is obviously sensitive.

If you watch closely, you'll see that Daniel had hiccups, Leah was leading the music with her foot, Rebekah had lost interest (you don't need to be real observant to notice that) and Nathan was more interested in the kittens than the song. Ah, Motherhood!

I want to share my favorite poem about mothers. I got it as a bookmark several years ago at Deseret Book.

Two Temples

A builder builded a temple,
He wrought it with grace and skill;
Pillars and groins and arches
All fashioned to work his will.
Men said, as they saw its beauty,
"It shall never know decay'
Great is thy skill, O builder!
Thy fame shall endure for aye."

A mother builded a temple
With loving and infinite care.
Planning each arch with patience,
Laying each stone with prayer.
None praised her unceasing efforts,
None knew of her wondrous plan,
For the temple the mother builded
Was unseen by the eyes of man.

Gone is the builder's temple,
Crumpled into the dust;
Low lies each stately pillar,
Food for consuming rust.
But the temple the mother builded
Will last while the ages roll,
For that beautiful unseen temple
Was a child's immortal soul.

-Hattie Vose Hall