Priceless...

I know it's been a long time since my last post, but not too much has been going on. I did, however want to mention a few small precious (to me!) moments that have occurred the past few weeks. A few days ago I came into my room and found Liv sitting with her baby, teaching her how to read. I thought this was pretty cute of her, not to mention very intelligent!

Kate came to visit last weekend and it was so great. It has been really fun living a little closer to her so that we can see each other more often. She is great and we love her!

Since nothing very exciting is going on, I thought I'd talk a little about how much I love this time of the year. I love how on the day after Halloween they start plating Christmas music on the radio, which really gets me in the mood for the Holidays! I have always loved Christmas music, even when it's not November or December. I'm a dork and I love to sing it really loud in the car! Liv looks at me like I am crazy sometimes!

Christmas is also a wonderful time for us to think about what matters most to us. I have been thinking a lot about my little family and how much I love them. Kellen is that most wonderful husband to me. It would take me forever to say all the things that I love about him, so I'll just say that I am a very lucky girl. Also I am so thankful that we were blessed with the opportunity to raise Olivia. She is the most amazing little person! I have been so blessed in my life to have wonderful friends, an amazing family, and mow to be married into such a loving family. Sometimes I get down and think that my trials are too much for a weak person like me, but then when I think of all that I have been blessed with, I am so overwhelmed with joy that it makes everything OK.
Today in Sunday school I learned something. It hit me like a ton of bricks. We were discussing the unconditional love that The Savior has for each one of us. The teacher talked about how no matter what we do, how many sins we have, The Lord is always there for us. Waiting for us to come to him and feel of his perfect love. I thought about my own life and my never-ending list of sins and trials and I just felt so comforted to hear (obviously not for the first time in my life!) that He loves me and is waiting for me to come to Him and partake of His light and his love. I think it was the perfect way to start the holiday season. With a spiritual kick in the pants! Sometimes I think that's what we need to make it through the next 6 weeks! It can be an overwhelming time, (especially with kids) and sometimes I think I am going to go crazy! But I just need to remember that Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for all of our blessings, and Christmas is a time to remember, and be thankful for the birth of Our Savior.

I am going try hard these next few weeks (and hopefully the rest of my life!) to remember why this is such an exciting time of the year. I usually don't post about spiritual things, but I just felt like I had to mention this experience I had today. I'm not really a great writer, I just say what I feel and sometimes I look back on old posts and I have to laugh at myself! So sorry if I bored you!