2 year old Pictures

Yup. Slow with this but a couple weeks after munchkin turned 2 I got her pictures taken (just at JCP) and there were a couple really cute ones :)

I love the sweet spirit you can see in her eyes here (Which used to be blue but this summer last summer turned green)

 But this one is my favorite :)

 They wanted me to give her a kiss on the cheek and this is what we got, the photographer was disappointed but I love it because it is so real and you can see how much she is laughing  and happy :)

Forgettable Moments

I have decided that really truly life is full of forgettable moments. And do you know what, that is ok! Because of TV and movies and sites like pinterest people create unrealistic expectations for their lives. Now don't get me wrong I like all of those things but I think that people forget that not every moment needs to be Facebook post or Instagram worthy. A little while ago my mom taught a Stake RS women's day class on joy and we were talking when she was preparing for it. She mentioned that when she needs a moment of calm she thinks back to a moment when she had 5 little ones and the whole family was together at the beach (now don't quote me on any of this). Was that necessarily a moment of joy at the time? Well, why don't you imagine dealing with 5 kids at a beach.. I'm guessing not so much. But looking back on it brings her joy.
Saturday was a busy day full of forgettable moments over here, nothing really "post about me" worthy but I did manage to stop for a moment and take a picture.

 Michelle was "washing" her trike with the shamie ( I have no clue how to spell that, nor do I really care)

Cute right? Yeah, it's cute.But looking at it is also a little moment of joy for me. I think that is one of the reasons I like having pictures, even if the quality is lacking (as my pictures often are). They help bring me back and to be in the moment, a moment of joy. Man is that they might have joy but that doesn't mean that you are supposed to feel joy twenty four seven. We have to know the rough times so that we can see the good. I think that even in times of trial we have moments of joy but we often don't recognize them because they are just that, moments.