Lately I........

My lovely friend Lauren does this on her blog and I've always loved it so I thought I would steal her idea and share some of my loves, likes, and loathes as of late.......

Lately I love.....

My calling. I am the primary chorister in our ward and it has been wonderful. I love the kids and I love singing so many beautiful songs with them. On Sunday we sang He Sent His Son and I taught them the sign language to go along with it and wow......I could barely sing I was so overcome with the spirit. I don't even know how to describe it, but it was very wonderful and very special. Which brings me to my next love......

Sam being a sunbeam! So far he LOVES primary! He NEVER liked nursery (each week was awful and traumatic for all of us) so to see him there with all the other kids signing and singing along was almost too much......such a precious moment :) He is such a sweet boy and I'm so glad we can have that time together!

Cereal with chocolate in it. I am in love with this. I started out with chocolate chex and then went to Special K red berries with chocolate chunks and MAN it's soooo good! I think chocolate chex is my favorite. If you haven't tried it then go to the store right now and buy some! Mmmmmm! Your mornings will never be the same ;)

Steven and Siena living with us. It hasn't even been a month yet, but we are so used to them being here and we love it! I really love it :) I love having my Siena chats everyday. She is the best! Last night I came home to Sam and Steven jamming out on their guitars. Sam thinks Steven is the coolest and definitely has a crush on Siena (or as he calls her...Sanena) We are so lucky to have them here with us!


Lately I like.....

My new haircut. My hair was really bugging me and one Sunday Kevin said to me, "I don't think your hair has ever been this long for our whole marriage." I asked him if it was good long or awkward gross long and he totally hesitated so I knew it was time to cut it! Looking at these pics it was definitely time......hehe!

The Big Bang theory. Kevin and I have been watching it before we go to bed and it is soooo funny! Sheldon is hilarious and the more we watch it the more Kevin fears that he is just like him! I have to admit that there are some similarities there, but not enough to make me worried....maybe slightly concerned, but not worried... ;)

Cleaning. Lately my happy place has been putting my earphones in and blasting my iPod and cleaning. It is wonderful! Very therapeutic. I love playing shuffle on my iPod. You go from a Broadway musical to the Backstreet Boys to Classical music to Ska! It's the best! Sadly I can only do this when Kevin is home so during the day our poor house struggles a bit. Here is an example.....

Sam knows he can get away with anything when I am on the phone with my sister so he decided to empty out all the puffies and make a feast for Jane! Ha!!! She was in puffy heaven :)

Costco. During the Holiday season I really hated taking trips to Costco......definitely too crazy and frantic for me, but today we went and it was lovely! No pushy people, no long lines, no screaming children..... just a good old fun time:) We were even able to grab a hot dog and a smoothie! How fun is that?!? Gotta love Costco! Though I am SO ready for the days when I'm only buying one set of diapers......



Lately I loathe......

My makeup. For those of you who watch The Office, I am in a threat level midnight! Confession: I have worn the same lip gloss since Jr. High and now I can't find it anywhere. NOWHERE! I don't know if they stopped making it or what! I don't know what to do! Do you know how much money I have spent trying to find another gloss or lipstick that looks good?!? Hundreds!!! (Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit) but really it is getting ridiculous. I also hate every kind of mascara I've been using. So globby. Any advice? My whole face is just BLAH. I really need some help so any words of wisdom is welcome :) 

People that purposely hurt and exclude others. I'm not sure if it makes them "feel cool" or "superior" but it is immature and sad. Honestly I wish they would grow up. I hate feeling helpless to those I care about and I wish I could swoop in and make it all better for them. I wish people would get out of their own bubble and see what others are going thru and how much they are struggling. We never know the whole story so take a moment before you start judging others and acting out on those judgements. It definitely makes me that much more grateful for the wonderful friends and loving family I have in my life :)

This new app business. For some reason you have to verify your provider in order to watch shows online now and it makes me so mad! This has "the man" written all over it. I guess in a way this could be a good thing......instead of watching shows that are definitely not very uplifting *cough....the bachelor....cough*  I can use that time to do something a little more productive......like re-watching Downton Abbey and writing more blog posts......aaaand maybe an occasional Vampire Diaries here and there.....that is definitely very uplifting and extremely productive ;)

My pants. Let me be more specific. My "derriere" in my pants. I'm being serious here....you can laugh all you want, but my stupid non existent bum makes all my pants look terrible! It is so saggy and awful back there. It's embarrassing! Where on earth can I get a cute pair of pants that will still fit my legs and waist, but also fit my behind?!? Sorry is this weird? TMI??? Its just been really bothering me lately and I had to vent.....sorry I'll stop.....please don't "look" at me the next time you see me......I'm already very self conscious! Haha! (*please do not mistake this as someone who is complaining about something but obviously is trying to compliment themselves or fishing for more compliments. I promise that is NOT my motive here! I really just dislike all my pants and the way I look in them at the moment!)

And lastly........seeing MY bad qualities in my kids. I have a lot of fears and it makes me sad to see some of those fears and anxieties in Sam. I guess the poor boy didn't stand a chance ;) I remember being young and counting down the hours until it would get dark outside and seriously panicking before I'd have to go to bed. Every day Sam will stop and say, "It's not dark outside....it's not dark yet....it's not bed time....." I know he is scared and having a hard time. It breaks my heart since I lived like that for years and YEARS! My poor parents :( Lol. Wish there was some way I could keep all the scary things in this world away from him. I guess for now I'll just keep working on bed time and spiders ;)