conference weekend

i know this is a very old picture (jayson isn't even a thought yet), but

i want my little family to know how much I love each of them.

i LOVE conference weekend for more reasons than just staying in

my p.j.'s all day, having yummy scones for breakfast, and

snuggling with my little ones on the couch. i love to be filled

with new things to ponder & work on.

new reasons to try that much harder the next day.

sometimes i get so overwhelmed with little things

that don't matter that i tend to miss the BIG picture.

i love this quote:

"Enjoy the little things in life..

for one day you'll look back and realize

they were the big things."

sometimes i try to wish time away because it

seems so hard or time consuming to do so many little things

for my little people, but other times as i look at my little

angels throughout the day at different moments

i want to bottle those times up forever so that i can always be

here to love and protect them and hold them close.

my new goal is to enjoy each moment of their "growing years"

i want to spend each and every second i can loving life

no matter what.

i loved Elder Ballards talk at the end of the afternoon

session on sunday. (actually i loved all of them), but

it was a great boost to sit and think about being a mom

and what that really entails.

i am grateful for my mom that raised me and taught

me so much. now i have the same opportunity to raise

my little kiddos.

i have such a fear of raising them the wrong way,

but i know that i am not alone (thank heavens).

i have a whole slew of people to help me. i definitely

couldn't do it without my wonderful husband and

Heavenly Father!