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BLOGGING..where have you gone? Why have I let you slip between my fingers? Something I truly love and I've just stopped cold turkey. Not cool. I'm coming back for you.

So instead of trying to recap everything I missed out on for the past months, we're just going to start here. now. today.

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Sunday. It was perfect. The light coming in my window was beautiful(and that's saying something cause I have like no windows in my house), the boys were playing peacefully for hours, and everyone was happy. It's moments like these I have to run grab my camera because I want to do whatever I can to capture it. Freeze time.

A little Instagram recap for you:

"This Sunday felt quiet and peaceful and silly and relaxing. I watched these little people play for hours after church and it just made me happy. It made me grateful. Grateful that we set aside our Sunday each week to be different. To focus on our family and our Savior Jesus Christ...the very reason that this day is different, the very reason that this family is so different. " ❤️ #hisday #lds #sharegoodness #iammormon

Sunday's around here are different. A day we step away from the World and focus on our family.

Church starts at 10am (which seems like the perfect time...but for some reason I still have to kick it in gear at 7 to make sure we are all dressed fed and out the door on time). We spend the next 3 hours at church. YES, 3 HOURS. It's seems long, but actually quite insignificant when I think about the amount of time I spend doing who knows what the rest of the week. It's our time to focus on Christ and his love for us. It helps me recommit and remember why I love being a Mother and Wife.

Then we're home for the rest of the day.

It's not our day to shop or run errands. We make sure chores and yard work are all done on Saturday. The kids don't run off and play with friends or turn on the TV/ipods. And no, we're not weird. We're perfectly normal people. We just like to disconnect a little.

It's our families day to relax and spend time on things that will make us better. Dinner with extended family, visit close friends or people in need, take a walk together around the block...who knows. Today I just sat on the couch sneaking pictures of the boys while dinner cooked. It was peaceful and quiet. It made me happy to watch their little bodies beaming with joy over some tiny lego creation.

On a side note we finally hung our white doors and I feel like I'm in a beautiful new home. More pictures of that project to come.

Today I'm grateful for many things, but especially for Sundays.

Sundays bring us together. Sundays bring me back to what's important and help me recommit to the week I'm about to face/conquer.

I think it would do the whole world a bit of good to step away for a day. Try it. You might actually fall in love with the idea. ;)

Today I was listening to a talk {by Jeffrey R. Holland}

If you have a spare moment you should listen to it {HERE}...So good. Just thought I would share a few things from the talk that I love and want to remember.

Favorite part of this talk.

{Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can}

Unfortunately, that is not me at all... I usually try to be as inconspicuous as I can. Then I'm reminded of all the blessing I have that have come from the gospel. It makes me want to spread the joy and not be so shy. But, that's me. As much as I try to break through my shell, I think I will always be stuck in my little corner...but don't worry, I'm very content here :)

That's kind of why I love blogging. It helps me feel like I'm interacting with the world, when really I'm just typing away to myself. haha

Anyway, back to the point.

I am a completely different person around my family. No shell. Just me. The crazy (hopefully fun) person that nobody else really knows exists. So this talk really reminded me that it is SO important to share my love of the gospel with everyone, but especially my children.

Skyler has been enjoying his bow a lot lately (And when I say a lot, I don't really me A LOT. More like a little... as much as school will allow). And you would never know, but I actually took these pictures at the archery range. Skyler was just a few feet away target practicing...his new favorite way to take "family"pictures :) So when Elder Holland starting relating this topic to a bow and arrow, it just made the talk that much better. No, but really, this is just a great quote.

I want nothing more for these sweet little boys to grow up and have the same love and desire for the gospel as Skyler and I have. And hopefully (even in the smallest way) they will notice that in us.

Ever. Single. Day.

And a picture just for fun.

This is a Preston face through an through. Today he said "what's attitude, Mom?" I told him and then asked why he wanted to know. He said, "someone told me I have attitude".

Oh. Boy.

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