Simplify.

Before my mission I blogged occasionally, mostly to keep my far-spread family up to date on my life. When I returned from my mission I felt a stirring to start my blog back up. I posted here and there but just couldn't get into it. I had a feeling I was missing something and I couldn't put my finger on what that was so I avoided it all together, ha. When Ben and I were married the stirring grew stronger and I couldn't ignore it anymore. But what was I supposed to do?? What was the missing piece? I'm a marriage and family studies major and am learning SO many good things so I concluded that was what I needed to share. I decided to create a new blog to motivate myself. I worked and worked on this blog. I loved how it looked and yet something was still off. I felt overwhelmed and confused and contemplated giving up on the whole idea.

Then, General Conference came. The first talk of the first session spoke to my soul. And it wasn't just because it was given by President Uchtodrf. The talk was about simplifying and how we have such a tendency to over complicate life and miss out on the wonderfully simple moments. I know I'm guilty of this! In this simple moment, the Spirit spoke to my heart. Simplify the blog. Stop stressing. Simply, share happiness. Share the little things. As I pondered this it seemed so simple (haha) and so obvious. My favorite things to see/read on the Internet are stories about my friends/sisters kiddos and their day to day routines. I love seeing simple happy moments of my loved one's lives. How powerful would it be if we were all more diligent about sharing the little moments that simply make us happy? The Internet would be a much different place. 

So, that is my goal! This blog is dedicated to simple happiness. You won't find anything fancy here but hopefully you will find something that will put a smile on your face. 

As President Uchtdorf said, 

"Sometimes we take the beautiful lily of God’s truth and gild it with layer upon layer of man-made good ideas, programs, and expectations. Each one, by itself, might be helpful and appropriate for a certain time and circumstance, but when they are laid on top of each other, they can create a mountain of sediment that becomes so thick and heavy that we risk losing sight of that precious flower we once loved so dearly."

Here's to not burying our flowers in fluff :)

xoxo

Kay

This was one of my favorite simply happy moments this week :) Ben is going to be the best daddy someday :)