Count your MANY blessings

Here's a picture of my four very favorite blessings. How lucky am I! Our little ones are growing up so fast. Today we were playing memory, the game, and I had to smile when I watched Taylor put her arm around Chase and encourage him to pick the right match. One of those special mom moments. Sometimes I think that Taylor's heart is so big it's going to burst! She has so much love to give. At her preschool, her teacher picks one of the kids to be the helper out of a jar each day. This truly is a big deal in her world. She loves to be the helper! But honestly, she loves maybe even more, when one of her friends gets to be the helper. Whenever I pick her up from school she says to me, "guess who was the helper today?" And when she tells me who it was, she is so sincerely happy for them. I love that she doesn't get envious, or wish it was her, instead she is genuinely excited for each of her friends. Love that about her! Chase's new thing is "I do it myself!" He now wants to say his prayers himself, (which is absolutely adorable and then some!) put on his shoes himself, etc. etc. You get the idea. Today we went to the store and ran into our cousins. Tannon his cute cousin, (who Chase is in awe of) tried to help Chase with something and I heard Chase tell him "i'll do it myself!" I swear, I see so much of my personality in him! Little Talan is still just the sweetest thing ever. We went and visited my dad at his office today, I was holding him when we walked in and the secratary just started laughing and she said "look at that smile!" He was grinning from ear to ear at her. He loves people and is so smiley to just about anyone. He did the same thing when we walked in my dad's office to him, just grinning away. It's so fun to watch them grow and learn new things. They truly make me want to be a better person. They teach me so much through their little examples. I love that I get to spend my days with them. I tell ya, it doesn't get better than that!