Beauty In The World...

Today I decided to write about a few different moments from the last couple weeks that brightened our day. I think I feel a fancy quote coming on...

"To enjoy a happy life one must simply recognize the little happy moments scattered along the journey"

Enjoy our 3 wonderful moments...

1. A few weeks back Mark shipped off to LA to visit Paul, April, and their new little baby Lilian. It was a wonderful time with a beautiful sealing and family reunion! But one of my favorite moments was when Aunt Nancy and I went on a quick drive to grab something from the store. On our way home we got a bit lost...and ended up seeing the funniest thing!

Remember we are in LA. No snow and like 60-70 degree weather. Someone decided they really wanted snow and so they had taken quilt batting and nailed it to their lawn. But even better as we drove by the lawn care guy was out front weed wacking the edges to keep the grass back. Basically it looked like he the was edging his snowy lawn.

2. Last week we attended the annual elementary school teaches basketball match. It was our girls school verses another local school. We lost the game for the first time in 3 years, but we are pretty sure the other team was tired of losing and brought along some ringers. At the end of the game the we were talking to the mascot of the girls school and they were allowed to put on the mascot costume. The girls were so excited to become rockets! Kids can find happiness in just about anything!

3. Every Sunday after church we go on a 10 min. nature walk (it only takes 3 min if its freezing cold or raining!) This week we were taking a leisurely stroll and everything was nice and crisp after some morning rain. As we came around the last bend the sunlight was shinning through the trees and it looked like the trees were covered in Christmas lights. All the branches were covered in sun filled rain drops. It was awesome to see a natural Christmas celebration!

Enjoy finding your own happy moments!

The forgotten child

I have decided to dedicate this post to our often forgotten child. Our first born son in the wilderness of Connecticut. He probably spends more hours by himself than any of our other children ever did. In the mornings he wakes up, and we give him a bottle which he can now hold by himself. We put him on the front room floor and he eats alone while all the rest of us are running around like crazy trying to get ready for another day. Throughout the day he is put in baby saucers or on blankets which he thoroughly enjoys, but still spends time alone in them. Then at night he sleeps in his own room while all the rest of us have company all through the night. Also, he probably has had less pictures taken of him in the last 6 months than our other kids.

But all that said we still love him just as much, and he brings such joy into our life.

1. He loves to laugh. Maybe more than our three girls. He laughs when he sees people he likes, when the girls tickle him, when you are changing his clothes, and when he wakes up sometimes. He loves to smile and laugh at just about everything. He is super happy. Just glad to be included in the Moyle craziness.

2. He loves food. Really food...none of that weak sauce baby food. He doesn't really like to eat the oatmeal stuff or the baby food jar stuff. Just put some cooked broccoli or hunks of bananas and strawberries on his tray had he's happy. His first official food was an old banana peel that he grabbed off the table, and his new favorite is popcorn.

Eating his first food, old banana peel

Trying to eat Christmas presents

Eating snow...

Eating his sister's toys

Eating the good stuff off his tray

3. He is super chill. We drag him around everywhere, and he just puts up with it. We've taken him to late night basketball games, hiked in super cold weather, and dragged him across the country and back, and through most of it he was great. He just looks around and seems to be trying to take it all in with his very concerned looks.

Its like 10 degrees outside!

So many hugs! Maybe too many!

I fell asleep in my bouncer, just tooooo tired

Thinking "How will I ever survive this family?"

All in all we are happy to have him in the fam!

Enjoy every minute because you don't get them back!

Throwback...For a New Year!

So we just finished Christmas and New Years. We got amazing gifts and goodies from everyone, but I just wasn't in the mood to write about all that. Maybe I'm still letting the dust settle.

I decided to write about something me and my Aunt Nancy use to do a long time ago. When I was a toddler she taught me how to balance a spoon on the tip of my nose. You have to breathe on the end of the spoon to get it moist and then get it stick on the tip of your nose.

Here we are showing off our sweet talent...

And don't worry I still got it, even 30 years later!!!

I told Ellie and Sadie about this, and they wanted to give it a try. In our modern age I took movies instead of pics. Enjoy! By the end Ellie got the hang of it, but Sadie is still a work in progress....

Well there you go another exciting day in the life of a Moyle!

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