There's always going to be someone prettier than me. There's always going to be someone skinnier than me. There's always going to be someone who can match their jewelry better than I can. There's always going to be someone who can bake better than I can, and there's always going to be that girl who I admire who is better at living than I am. 

But that's okay. I'm fine with people being better than me because I am me. I'm not anyone else, and so what if she's prettier or skinnier than me? So what if I burned the muffins? I'm human and I make mistakes. I don't have the perfect body, but to my husband I do. I'm happy with my life because I know who I am and I am loved. 

Tonight I got to spend some time with another married couple and their baby, and I love that they accept me into their home whenever I feel like coming over. Most of the time I arrive with my husband, but tonight I just walked over by myself and they let me right in. I love that I don't have to try to sit up as straight as I can, and I love that they don't care that my hair is a mess. They love me for who I am, and I'm so grateful.

I love teaching my talents to others, and I admit that I get a little envious at them if they are good at it than I am. But it makes me happy to see them succeed. I can't wait to be a mommy so I can teach everything I know to my children and to see them succeed in life.

Staying home does this to me...

I get crafty! In the past few days I have scrap booked our wedding pictures, made a cute "G" to hang on the walls (I'm not too proud of it, so I didn't take a picture), and I made this to hang above the door to our bedroom:

 Cute, huh?

Sunday Mornings

Like most people, I hate getting out of bed. I usually try and think of the reason I have to, and I usually come up with many good ones. Like, "I'll be late for work" or "Mike won't be happy if he comes home at 2 and sees me laying in bed". So I get up and get going on my day. 

This morning happened to be a Sunday morning and I woke up to the soundtrack to The Prince of Egypt playing in the kitchen and sunshine bursting through the closed blinds. I just happen to LOVE this soundtrack, and who can resist the sun? I got up with a smile on my face and walked into the kitchen to find my AMAZING husband making coffee cake. He makes it every Sunday morning when we have a later church, but it still makes me happy.

When we have church at 1:30, it gives us time to do things that we normally wouldn't do any other mornings. We don't really have many things to worry about, except which shoes will match my outfit :) So we can make big breakfasts, play games with each other, watch a church movie, study church doctrine, read up on the lessons that will be taught in church, take a nap, scrapbook, etc. I love spending Sunday mornings with my husband, and I'm looking forward to spending them with my children as well.

My Life

Today I went into work at the bank for 4 hours, and I knew that if I didn't have a positive attitude I would have a miserable time. So I went in with a smile on my face and kept it on the whole time. I didn't have the best day in my life, but it wasn't horrible. The bank was pretty slow and I got bored, so I started making a list of the blessing in my life. It felt like a machine was writing for me because my hand was listing off all the blessing I have super fast. My mind never drew a blank. I have so much to be thankful for and if I just stop to think about what God has given me, I should walk around with a smile on my face 24/7. I know I'm not perfect and I don't lead the perfect life, but I do have a great life. I have a loving husband who supports me in whatever I choose to do, I have 2 jobs when most people don't even have 1, I am a member of the only true church in the world, etc. I could go on and on. I do have a great life and I need to remind myself more often. 

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In case you didn't know, I do have a photography blog, and I just updated it! Check it out:


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