Give oh, Give Away

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I happened upon the BYU devotional this morning when Little E wouldn't take her nap and I was exhausted trying to find something to take my mind off of my weariness. How lucky I was to have done so, thank you Heavenly Father. The message was given by Arthur Brooks. He is the president of American Enterprise Institute and presented his studies on the connection between giving and success. What a great message. It will be rebroadcasted on March 1st, this Sunday. I HIGHLY recommend watching it.

Smile

I've been having some hard nights the past few days, because Little E was teething it threw her system all out of whack, but last night she actually slept without waking up. Therefore it feels as though the sun is shining and birds are singing. I'm in a much better mood so I thought I'd post 10 things that make me smile. Maybe they'll bring a upward curl to your mouth too...

1. The sound of my kid's belly laughing.

2. Parades.

3. Baby animals.

4. Kids singing along to the radio.

5. My husband saying he loves me.

6. Baby pictures.

7. Elderly couples holding hands.

8. Bed head. Especially my brother's.

9. Seeing my mom cry when she thinks about my dad.

10. Australian sheep dogs in a trance.<- that's for you Sarah

Scouts, oh so fun

Funny Ha Ha

Last Wednesday was packmeeting and Racer X received his Wolf patch, Duty to God and a plethora (Jefe, what is a plethora?) of other awards. It was a very nice evening. As you well know, the mother of the awarded scout gets to receive a pin for all of her hard work at encouraging her son as well, so when I joined Racer X up front to receive said pin he looked at me with bewildered eyes and said,"Why do I pin it on you? Dad helped me the most."
I sheepishly chuckled and looked at Lover Boy who turned red then nudged his son. "Just pin it on her." You gotta love what kids blurt out sometimes, pure truth.