Take Your Own Advice, Beth

I'm not feeling very happy today. Plenty of reasons...

But here's the thing: My reasons to be happy more than outweigh my reasons to be depressed.

I taught a lesson today in Young Women, focusing mostly on being positive and how that can lead to success. Perhaps I should take some of my own advice?? Because gratitude puts us in a more positive frame of mind, let's examine some reasons to be happy.

I'm grateful because:

1. My cousins from Utah visited this summer. We don't get to see each other nearly as much as I'd like, but that makes me all the happier when we are together.

2. We have a new cat, named Bobby Handsome (Helena's choice), who is very loving and is fitting in well.

3. Helena started kindergarten and loves it! Except the Pledge of Allegiance.

4. When Hunter talks on the phone and is ready to finish his conversation, he doesn't say "bye" or "I love you" - he kisses the phone and then hugs it, with a big grunt to emphasize the effort he's putting into that hug.

5. Our attic is nearly completed. Thankfully, it's completed enough that there's no more noise, and not too much dust. It still has a little more work before it's really usable space. But there's so much potential!

6. Helena learned how to ride her two-wheeled bike overnight and loves to take extra-long bike rides.

7. Hunter also got his first "bike," a plastic, toddler-sized deal. It has pedals, however, and he figured out how to ride it immediately.

8. We've decided to go to Walt Disney World just after the Thanksgiving holiday, when Christmas will already be in full swing at the resort. We're excited to go one more time before...



9. The thing I'm happiest about: We're having a baby! He or she is due Feb. 24. Better than anything else was being able to feel AND see the baby kick yesterday. We'll find out if we should expect a boy or a girl on Oct. 12. I'm just hoping for a healthy baby, with an easy disposition :)