Our Miracle Table

It never ceases to amaze me the way Heavenly Father cares about every aspect of our lives, including our dining sets. For a while now, we have needed a new table because our old one only fit six people, and we have seven people (going on eight) in our family. We have watched adds and on Saturday we decided to spend the morning going to stores to price things out, not necessarily buy anything, but get to know what we needed to save and what was available. We found that tables that sit more than six people are pretty expensive. We went all over and found our best options at R.C. Willey clearance and then D.I. (their new stuff that they make). That afternoon, a bolt from the blue (we think it was inspiration...thanks spirit) struck and we went onto KSL.com to their classifieds. We have NEVER been to that site before. We saw the table above with four chairs (we needed two more) for less than anything else we had found all day, it was in like new condition and was the right size, but also had an 18 inch leaf that would make it huge (like our tiny kitchen could handle that, but still, it's nice just in case). We called immediately and the guy said he had gotten several messages (the add had been up for two hours) but we were the first ones to reach him. Josh went over that evening (thanks Frank for your help lifting) and checked it out and now we have a new table that will fit all of us. It is very sturdy and with six kids we will need that. Also, it matches the chairs we already had which I am really grateful for because those kinds of things bother me (although I would have lived with it....or sanded and re stained the chairs). It is nothing fancy, but is exactly what we needed. We feel awfully blessed and are very grateful to a Heavenly Father who takes such kind care of our family.