Love Notes!

It is the month of Love!!! What better way to show our love than by little love notes!
I was reading Becky Higgins blog the other day and she shared an idea that she did for Christmas. I LOVED IT! She actually shared some downloads that gear more to Valentine's Day. I just loved the idea so much that I actually went right out and bought boxes and treats.
It was so much fun putting these little kits together.

The idea of the Love Note is to have a little place that has note cards, pieces of paper, a pen (and treats of course) so that members of the family can write a random note to another member of the family expressing their love, thanks or admiration. I am considering purchasing some more little boxes, one for each family member and putting the love notes card on the top--so that each person can have a special little place that they can save their notes. I just think that this is the perfect Family Home Evening for February. I hope however, that the little love note box just becomes something that we do all the time.

I made enough boxes to share with my Visiting Teaching ladies---I really got into this. Coolest thing? I actually just went and did it and FINISHED IT!!! For me that is huge!

If you are interested in making your own boxes for your family and others go to Becky Higgins and scroll down to yesterday and the day before for the downloads.

Here are the links to the blog posts --read the post to understand and then follow her links to get the downloads.
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Love note links 1

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! LET'S SPREAD THE LOVE!!

Happy Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday Mr. Man!

I can hardly believe that my sweet towe headed baby is already 12 years old!

Facts about my #2

Taller than his mom(not hard but still-he is only 12)

His feet are a size 12---bigger than his Dad's!

He has a kind heart

He is a terrible tormentor to his little sister.

He is a good reader

Good student

Loves Football, snowboarding, wake boarding, motorcycles and bikes.

All in all he is a great kid and I am so glad that I get to be his Momma!

Still Working

My friend Lara wrote that it is difficult to always be changing, adding new habits constantly. I totally agree with her. I have tried to keep going with this new habit idea. Well, I too have had some success and some, well less than successful moments.

Isn't that what life is truly about? Continually improving. The only thing that we take with us in this life is the knowledge that we attain. We can't take the clean house, the car, etc. with us. However, the knowledge we gained from trying to stretch and learn will be with us through the eternities.

Last week I said that I wanted to be more complimentary of my children when they are kind. I am going to stick with this habit. We have had a pretty good week but there is still so much I need to improve on in this area. It is so easy to just not REALLY pay attention when they are being kind or helpful. We are just so glad that they aren't fighting that we just go with it. However, I firmly believe that we all need to have people notice the kind,good things we do. So,I am going to continue to try and be more aware of the wonderful beings that my children are. I also hope to find a way to celebrate it. I talked about "love notes" or something but I didn't do it. I know that with my #3 seven year old, she would just love the notes. She is also the one that I truly have to notice when she is kind because she can be such a difficult little pill. Morning is still rough. Working on a new routine with her.

If you would like to improve your life go over to Lara's place and join Smart Habit Saturday. It has helped me to at least be more aware of the changes I want in my life. It also provides a forum to talk about success and a place to hopefully be inspired!

Love Notes!

Sweet. Theynk's hunny, Mommy needed that!

Love Notes!

Just a little bit of love! It seems to me in this hustle bustle world that often it is too easy to overlook the tiny little joys that come into our lives. I know that I am often telling my sweetie that I don't "feel the joy". Well, sometimes that is true but others I just need to acknowledge the bits of joy that come my way.

So today-here is some "love notes" from little Missy. I am trying to really love these because they will soon start to get fewer and fewer until the only thing they write is a note that they need money!

Try and find some little bit of joy today. Perhaps a cute mug that your cocoa is in or the blossoms at the grocery store(which I think we should buy ourselves more often). Just be aware of the little love notes around you!!

(I don't want to take the time to re-scan the picture the other way-so, turn your head!)

HAPPY MAIL!

Do you remember when you were little and lots of letters came in the mail? I do! I remember being in college in Hawaii and going to the post office daily. We would wait with our friends to see who got a letter from home, who got one from a missionary(always the favorite) who got a care package. I was one of the lucky ones. My Mom and my future Mom in law wrote me lots of letters.The missionary--not so much(but I still have every one of them!) I also received care packages. I would receive coloring pictures from my little nieces. They would do leaf drawings, pictures of their family. They were very little. I still have those pieces of art that came in the mail. One time I was really missing the fall leaves so my smart Mom sent me a baggie full of dry leaves. It was the best smell in the world for a homesick girl.

Today snail mail is a thing of the past. Children today do not have the sheer joy of opening a little note from a friend. Email has taken over. Blogs and web pages have replaced handwritten notes.

However, Good Old Fashioned Snail Mail is still the best! I am lucky because occasionally my sweet Momma still sends a little note in the mail. Sometimes she even sends my angels a package.

Yesterday was a HAPPY MAIL day! My sweet niece, Brittany sent us a valentine. It was full of sweet nothings and had No words of any kind! This sweetie has been in a rough place in her life for a few years. She is just not sure of who she is or what she wants to do or should do. She is our little lost girl. She is in many a prayer. This little envelope of goodies from her brought tears to my eyes because it was so sweet, so Brittany. I hope that it is a good sign.

Think about someone you love and actually get out an envelope, a piece of paper and a stamp. It may be the very best $.39 you will ever spend. It could change a life!