Awesome Idea

I found this new blog that is all about being optimistic and finding good in every day. What an awesome idea! My husband will tell you I have a problem with pessimism. :-) Maybe this will help me find good in every day too. She's also having a super cute giveaway right now so check it out.

http://www.porterandkarla.blogspot.com/

Blast from the Past

Emma 7 weeks old

Eli 7 weeks old

Maylee 7 weeks old

Sunday

I'm trying to take a picture of my kids every Sunday after we get home from church. Then I can see how they grow and change through the year. I figured Sunday was the only time when all three of them are clean, bathed, and dressed nicely. Also a pic of my 6 week old girl. How the time flies.

The Halls

So I am not very good at making friends. I have a hard time getting to know people and I feel awkward like a 15 year old girl with freckles and braces sometimes. After being in our ward for 2 years I still hardly know any of the sisters!

I thought the culprit was being called into nursery for 18 months and not being able to go to Relief Society, but after a year in there I still don't know anyone! On Sunday I finally learned why. It was my first week back after Maylee's birth and hence my first week in this ward with a baby. And I discovered something...

They're all in the halls! At least half the women in my ward are in the halls during the meetings. Which makes sense considering half the women in my ward (at least) have young children. I met like 10 new sisters on Sunday and had conversations with at least that many more that I sort of knew. A new baby is a great conversation starte, so maybe now I can break the ice and get to know some of the women in my ward.

Here's some pics of the kids in their Christmas clothes. Too cute! Thanks Granna and Aunt Blondie! Also one of Maylee, 5 weeks old now.