Love

"We're all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose wierdness is compatible with ours, we join with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love." -Dr. Seuss

Smile

Mom: Should we stay still?
Me: Yes
Mom: Okay *starts swinging*
Me: No, I said don't move, now smile



Me: You look mad, try again...



Me: Hmmm - not quite...



Mom: I don't like that one - let's take another...
Me: Okay, let's do a funny face since you have a hard time smiling



Me: WHAT?! You were supposed to do a funny face!
Mom: I did
Me: No.. that's a perfect smile - next time I tell you to smile, do that...













Me: Okay now do that "funny" face again where it looks like your actually smiling...



Much better!

It's coming

If the warmer weather this week wasn't proof enough this will convince you spring is just about here!

Be Content.

I am easily overwhelmed.

Work.School.Church.Home.

I look around and it seems as though everyone's lives are busy - but they handle it so much better than I do. They still get their to-do lists checked. They school, work, mother, clean, cook... they make it all seem so easy.

Sometimes it makes me feel like I am capable of less. Like I can't do what they can.

I spend a lot of time thinking about this - thinking about how I wish I could do more. How I wish I could get everything done.

Well, I've decided that's ending. It's time for me to learn to be content with who I am. To be proud of the things I do accomplish rather than dwell on all of the things left un-done. To stop trying to prove something, taking on too much and ending up overwhelmed and disheartened.

2011 is the year to be content.

It doesn't mean I will stop trying to be better, or settle for what I am now without the desire to grow. It means I'm going to prioritize the things that need to get done and not worry so much about the rest. It means I'm going to be satisfied with what I accomplish and happy with who I am.

2011 is the year I'm finding my happy place.

"We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have
to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is
comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying
to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we
are."
- Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Disneyland

Yes, I'm obsessed. Yes, I could go over and over and still be entertained. Yes, my dream came true when we bought annual passes in October (we've already been twice)

Christmas time (was) here...

Full of presents...




Family...


Lights...










food, rest and fun.