Lovin' life!

I'm feeling pretty blessed today.  I taught a young women's lesson (I'm the Mia Maid adviser) and the girls participated really well and it felt very spiritual in there and they even taught parts of the lesson which is the new way we are supposed to teach.  I was so proud of them and of the good girls they are.  I truly love and admire them.

Then, I also played the organ like a rock star today!!  I have been taking lessons locally from a professional organist and it has made all the difference.  I finally know a lot more what I am doing and my chorister is finally happy with the way I play and said I played fast enough.

We have just paid some debt we had hanging around and boy did that feel wonderful!  I feel so grateful to my Savior for His love and care for me and my family.  I thank Him publicly for all I have.  His name be praised.  Thank you.

Moses is 10 months old!!!

 For the record.  I am OBSESSED with babies sleeping.  I don't know what it is but I have a theory that Heavenly Father wouldn't just drop us to earth cold turkey so when we are little (until we are 8 perhaps) he lets us come back to the pre-existence in our dreams.  I mean look at him.  He is positively ethereal.  Please don't quote me on this though.  I can't believe our little munchkin is 10 months old now.  I adore him so much.  He is always ready with a smile and here are some fun stats on him this month:

• He is finally crawling frontwards and backwards!!
• He can pull himself up on short things like stools and bathtubs and he is so proud and we are so proud!
• He loves to eat broccoli finally (they say it can take up to 17 times for a baby to learn to like a food)
• He doesn't love avocados yet
• He really likes yogurt and food in general
• He is still the smiley-est boy ever and loves to bob and bounce to music
• He adores his sister
• His giggles are adorable

Paleo diet

Yup that's my new thing.  I'm fascinated by it and I'm trying to adopt its habits.  Basically, a protein with a ton of leafy green veggies and some fats.  So it's your chicken with tons of kale and green salad stuff and then a lot of avocados and oil and balsamic vinegar.  I'm just testing out the waters but I gotta say it's really fascinating stuff and I am a believer.  It kinda goes hand in hand with the Crossfit mentality which I also really admire and intend to do again once our baby girl is born (oh yeah 23 weeks already!  I am so excited to meet this little girl o mine.  

So anyhoo, paleo is what I'm in to and I'm liking it.  I will keep you posted...

We got a minivan!

Yeah baby!!  What do you think?  A Dodge Grand Caravan for our driving pleasure.  It's a house on wheels.  I didn't ever think I could get this excited about having a minivan but I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  And I know it'll be in our lives for a long time.  It's not a perfect car and needs some repairs (the windows don't work) but we paid for it in cash and have no car payments and man does that ever feel incredible!!  I am one happy mama.  Still getting used to driving it around but Lizzie sure loves it.  Paul put a lot of time and effort into researching it and getting it and it has four wheel drive which I think is so necessary.  I am really grateful for him for his help.  He is a great man and husband and I appreciate him so much.  I need to tell him that more to his face.  So yeah, minivan.  : )