December Goal

 I have been trying to follow along with the 'Light the World, 25 Days of service' advent calendar the church has put up this month. It has been a great way for me to look outside myself and set goals.  

Today's challenge was focused on the scriptures. Spencer and I have set a goal for the month of December to read every morning together at 7am. On a typical morning we read together if we have time before he is rushing out the door, which if I'm being honest is hardly ever. 

Actually I can't remember the last time we read together!

I also love "special bookmarks". This is a picture of my Mom and I a couple of years ago visiting the Idaho Falls temple. 

Let's not sugar coat anything, today was a rough one. Little Avies acid reflux was bothering her all day, and my toddler was more than a little restless. 

If it were not for Kysa we would all be running around half naked and fully starved. She is my Angel and will be dearly missed when she starts school next month.

This quite moment under the light of the Christmas tree only lasted a moment, but somehow it made everything worth it. 

I live for these moments.

The Christmas concert at BYU Idaho is one of my favorite things.This year David Archuletta and Nathan Pacheco came! There were many jokes made about Kysa getting married to David Archuletta.She has a crush on him.

 After dropping Aven off with my brother and sister in law, I picked up Kaleb to watch Finnley. The traffic was crazy! We decided to park further away, and just hike down. 

The concert was fantastic! I left feeling uplifted and happy.

My favorite songs were "Glorious"and "The Prayer"

Lucky

I sure do love my parents. My Mother has taught me to be patient and kind. Always cheering and encouraging me to be my best self. Mom stayed with me each time I have had a baby. Cleaning, cooking, shopping and being my Nexflix partner. I will always cherish the time she spent with me.
 Popcorn is pretty great too. He has taught me the value of working hard and service.  When he visited this summer he hung all my pictures painted my walls and got me "another one of those" ice cream from Dairy Queen.  
The best thing in the world has been watching them play with my babies. 

They are lucky girls

And so am I.

https://www.mormon.org/christmas/in-25-ways-over-25-days/jesus-honored-his-parents

Accomplished

Today I spent hours cleaning and reorganizing the pantry. What a great feeling. Finnley helped by sampling anything she could open, which happen to be the nuts, chex and pretzels.

Today was the first time Finnley has ever worn snow pants. She looked so cute and squishy, I wish she could wear them everyday.

My hot husband and I went on a mini date. An emergency run to the grocery store to get glycerin suppositories for our poor baby. Despite dreading the whole process and feeling bad for our little Avie, I loved the one on one time. 
It was a good day.

Southern Oregon

For Thanksgiving my little family braved the 14 hour car ride to visit my parents in Oregon. It ended up being a 16 hour drive counting all the nursing and play ground stops.

 One of the greatest joys of being a parent has been introducing them to the places and people I love. Last week was full of special memories.

 Walking with Finnley to the old bus stop to see the cows, her helping my mom sprinkle chocolate chips on the pancakes, or rake leaves with my Dad. Sweet little Aven's favorite thing was sleeping my Moms warm, protective arms.