Target~I love Target. Sometimes I go just to 'speed shop', which means check the ends of the isles for anything great that I didn't know I couldn't live without. Other times I go in every section and look at everything. Lots of times I go more than once a week because I find fun things the first time and figure that maybe it'll be that fun the next time. A cute shirt for Emma, shoes I know Regan will love, a great purple swim suit for me, the perfect serving dish for Brady(because he's cooked lots more than I have in the last year), or if I have to things we actually need. I think one of the reasons I love having Regan be in preschool is so that I can go there every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday if I need to. Which leads me to...
Needs~Our needs certainly change often. Today Emma "needs" a DS. Regan "needs" a cool little tape measure she found in the check-out line of Hobby Lobby. Lyla "needs" me (which I am totally fine about this:) I "need" a craft room, even a corner would be great. And Brady "needs" BYU to win. Speaking of that...
BYU~
The football team hasn't been doing so great. Am I the only one who doesn't really care? It's not that I don't like them so much that I hope they lose...it's that when they get in the habit of losing Brady can accept it better and is much more "present" on Saturdays. So, yeah- I was kinda mad that they won on Saturday. He told me if they lose then a bowl game was very unlikely- which would make my December 22nd a little easier this year- so I was secretly hoping...
It
was funny a couple weeks back to have to miss the BYU/Utah State game because of an event I'll post about later & happen to be with my parents that night and have my Dad, who is from Logan snicker as he checked the score on his phone. Before that we spent a weekend in Sedona -just us=heaven- and missed the game and loved it, although I am pretty sure updates were coming in on his cell phone. Moving on to...
Cell Phones~I don't know how we ever survived without them. How lame it is now to think of passing notes in HS!! I am addicted to texting and sending all the cute pics I possibly can to friends and family. I am however on the fence about how it makes us unwilling to talk. Sometimes a full conversation can happen in text and yet I miss the face to face connection. Oh and texting during church, not a fan of that one. In closing let's talk about...
Church~I love it right now. Not that I don't always, but I'm liking what new things I am learning and the insights I'm having. I've thought a lot about my life and the lives of others close to me lately. We all have such different experiences and we handle each situation so different. In RS last week we had a great lesson on repentance. I was especially reminded that forgiveness is a key part in the process of repentance. We must forgive others to be forgiven. We must be gentle with ourselves & forgive ourselves to be forgiven. Sometimes after all is said and done all that's left to do is to forgive. It does us no good to hold onto our mistakes or the mistakes of others so we forgive and let go of that burden. Then our lives have more room for love and true joy.
Love & True Joy~
My family. That's all there is to say about that.
