Every Morning

I have been really, really trying to be good at several things that I'm not typically good at. Goals you might say.

1. Exercising. I hate it. I hate to sweat. I hate trying to find the time. So I just don't do it. Until now. With our Christmas money from parents (and a gift to each other) we bought an elliptical. LONG story short, we finally got it put together 2 weeks ago. 6 weeks after it was delivered! I now get up just before 6 roll my self down the stairs and do a 30 minute workout. I can't say I like it yet, but I'm doing it 5 days a week. That's gotta be good for something.
2. Family Scripture Study. With Aaron's crazy hours, family scripture study hasn't happened for a very long time. I decided at the beginning of the year that I just had to step up and do it with the kids. So I wake them up at 7 and they all roll down the stairs. We read for about 20-30 minutes and they get ready for the day. I have been very proud of them. Almost 2 months under our belt and no complaints...even from the oldest! My favorite part of our reading is listening to Hayden read. Whenever he reads Lord he stretches out the o and the r to Loooooorrrrd. Must be the little bit of Arkansan in him.

3. Personal Scripture Study. This is something I go in spurts with. Sometimes I'm really good, and sometimes I'm not. So once again I had to set a time or it doesn't happen. My daycare kids are usually here by 8, Isaac and Caite get on the bus at 8:10 and Hayden gets on the bus at 9:15. It's pretty quiet for that hour between buses. The day care kids are happily playing down stairs, Hayden does his daily reading, and that's when I can sit and do my scriptures. It works for now. I have a goal to read the Book of Mormon twice this year. That's only 3 pages a day. Easily done. I'm ahead of schedule at this point.

So with those 3 things done every morning, I start my day out right. Now to tackle laundry...the never ending battle!