Bela Girl

My friend Rachael Earl (mycameralovesyou.com) took my kids pictures tonight... and already got some up on her site! I'm in love with these first two.. Love their faces.. it's so them. This one I love because we can sometimes find Benson in Bela's crib with her giggling and laughing after we've put them to bed. If Bela cries at all, he'll take it upon himself to go in there and make her happy. I want to discipline him, but when he says, 'I just didn't want to hear her crying', I can't. It's so sweet and I'm glad we captured them in there being so cute with eachother.. SO Benson: I'll post more when I get them..

Today was such a great day. Conference weekend is my favorite. I am always uplifted and inspired to be a better person, and more specifically this conference, a better mother. A repeating theme, at least to me, was loud and clear: My work as a mother is the most important thing I can and will do in this life. I am grateful for a prophet of God who gives me the same counsel that He would give me if He were here. I have really thought a lot the last two days about being a mother. I think I take it for granted, and maybe even sometimes wonder what the heck I'm doing! Benson and Bela bless my life in a way nothing else could. They stretch me, try me, test me, help me, teach me, and in the end make me a better person and allow me to feel pure love. I am grateful to be a mother. And I realize the great task that it is. It is my responsibility to teach them to be good, Christlike people, and to understand who they are. I have been thinking about the idea that actions speak lou...