Hairy Spiders and Broken Feet

I am amazed at the people I meet. Sometimes it is a choice to be happy no matter how difficult or easy your life is. I really want to model kindness and friendship. I have opportunities to meet members in their homes and share experiences when the Spirit is present. And I am never disappointed in their expressions of faith and their happiness despite difficult conditions. I want to choose to be happy in my routine activities. I really want to model kindness and friendship within my home. I love how Violet and Eliot are the best of friends, and maybe it helps that they live so far away from other playmates now, but I would love for my children to also be best of friends. Life goals.

And I love that God is always offering me opportunities to learn humility. It really does take humility to learn to listen and to show kindness and hold your tongue sometimes. I feel like we are always tweaking our habits. I have so many small things I want to improve on, but best not to get caught up in details. 

Dan is back from the Philippines. I think he really enjoyed traveling with Fenton. I wish he'd have been home on Monday morning. When I got up to make breakfast I stepped on this guy. I have avoided walking into dark rooms since. 

I also finally made it back on the track. I had a good friend/trainer who kept me in shape while I was recovering. (Broken foot.) The other photo is Dan getting his final track workout in before the race next week. 26 laps on a Friday night... somehow he has turned into a runner.