This year, as I mentioned in my New Year post, I have been working on worrying less and delighting more. Some days go better than others on the worrying less, but I think I have made some actual headway in delighting more in my daily life!

One thing I have done is remove the pinterest app from my phone, and consciously try to leave my phone in my room during the day. I’m not perfect at being present with my kids, but I think I am making progress, and that is delightful to me! I do get my phone out to take pictures, though, and that is the primary reason I wanted a smart phone in the first place, so I think it’s good!

Another thing I want to do more of is schedule fun. So, instead of just wondering what we are going to do during the day, I want to have a plan like put puzzles together or go to the aquarium or have a story-reading marathon, etc. The kids really don’t crave fancy, expensive outings, and Fay and Carter are super playmates and entertain themselves quite well. But I figure if I premeditate things we could all have fun with together, and we all look forward to them together, I’ll just enjoy being a mother that much more! We’ll see how it goes.

Another way I’ve decided I can delight more in my life is just have more quality time with my man! Nobody delights me like he does, so the more I’m with him, the more I delight in all the things! So, Josh, do you want to hang out sometime?! (or all the time?)

There are always hard things going on in the world. And sometimes I let the worry take over my thoughts. But I know that isn’t how Heavenly Father wants me to approach life. He wants me to have faith that through the Atonement of His Son, all the outside things will be taken care of as long as I take care of the inside things. AND He wants me to enjoy the blessings He gives me–especially my beautiful, delightful family!