I LOVE APPS!!!

Ok, so I'm going a little crazy with the apps, but they are SO fun! My favorite is the gratitude journal. I also love the to do list, the scriptures, the games that keep my girls competing, and I haven't even mentioned the photo editing apps....AWESOME. Here are just a couple of photos I edited ON.MY.ITOUCH!

Good Morning!

Okay, so this is a little weird. I am still getting up a couple of hours before everyone else for no other reason than I feel rested and don't want to sleep anymore. Huh? I have always slept til I absoutely have to get up and now I'm up with real time to myself? I have to admit I really love this time of the day. The house is quiet, but not empty. The telemarketers haven't started calling yet and I have my laptop all to myself. I can journal, paint, read, whatever and get this: NO INTERRUPTIONS. Whoa. Although I am getting a little freaked out. I was up before 5 this a.m. (I took a major sunday nap yesterday) and I (gasp) mopped the kitchen floor. Eww, that's just wrong. Well, I'm gonna ride this wave as far as it goes because this must just be a glitch in the space and time continuum.....have a nice day!

Old Family photos ROCK!

The first 7 years of my life were complicated. Another story for another day. However, one of my biological half sisters passed away in May and the floodgates of memories...good memories....were opened. Old family photos have resurfaced and have helped me so much. When I saw this photo of Laurie and I, I about exploded with happiness. I'm 5 and I'm a happy, normal, proud big sister! I am wearing my WHITE GO-GO BOOTS! I LOVED those boots! It was a relief to remember something besides the sadness of those days.

This second picture helps me see myself in my own daughters...it helps me feel a part of something bigger. I am finally beginning to put my experiences into perspective and seeing the hand of the Lord in my life even clearer. It is really true, a picture does say 1000 words.