Porter Post

I have gone from trying to run on zero, to feeling like I'm up to my eyeballs in blessings! (I don't often use exclamation marks, but get ready for several in this post.) I'm still the same person, I still have three toddlers, my house is still messy, I'm still cleaning up throw up (Jack and Ben just started), but I'm bursting at the seams with happiness and gratitude. Reason #1: A few weeks ago my sister-in-law (fist bump Lindsey!) introduced me to a podcast called Power of Moms Radio. I had never listened to a podcast and honestly the thought made me think of when I was a teenager in the car with my parents and they wanted to listen to the news on the radio. I never wanted to listen to the news on the radio. But Lindsey said she thought I would like it, so I gave it a shot. BOOM! I loved it within the first couple of podcasts. At Lindsey's recommendation, I started with "What Really Matters" and "How Do You Feel Successful As A Mother...

So, for the last six months or so I've kind of been on and off drowning in motherhood. Maybe that sounds like an overstatement for the surface lookers, but inside I've felt like a red siren is flashing over my head alerting everyone that I'm under the water.  There is a time and a season for all things, right? I feel like life is an endless round of cycles. I'm always reminded of the phrase from the hymn "If You Could Hie to Kolob"  that says, "Improvement and progression have one eternal round ." If you want to experience the joys in life, you also need to experience some of the trials. We all go through periods where we're at the best part of the cycle and eventually we find ourselves on the other end working our way up again. Depending on what season of life we're in the cycle might be going very slowly, or so fast that you feel like you're getting whiplash.  For my over-all cycle I feel like I've been slowly trudging ...

Jayce had a long weekend off a couple of weeks ago, so we took advantage and splurged on the Provo Rec Center. That place is rockin'! Unfortunately the kids aren't super into being splashed right now, so they didn't love the kid play area (which is awesome--hopefully one day they'll appreciate it) but they did have fun in the shallow water playing with toys and going around in the lazy river with us. Cameron got really good about only holding onto us with one hand. Open water still makes him really nervous, but he'll get there eventually. I'm pretty set on having one of these in our basement someday. What do you think it is, like $50? ;-) Jack's best friend of the day: Just because it's cute: We were able to see all of our med school friends at Princess Lilly's bday party. They don't always have long attention spans with their toys, but when they do it's amazing and adorable. Cameron spent a few...