January 20, 2026 Tuesday

 Seminary went well. It is hard to get up as I am not yet into the routine, but I can tell I am getting there. After seminary I came home to check on the kids, they were all still in bed except Maebryn who was awake when I left. I was amazed that she hadn't woken anyone up. Everyone else..Evan, Benson and Roslyn were still a little under the weather so we had them stay home and I took Alden, Calvin and Maebryn to school. We started learning about Puerto Rico today which made for a nice day. The first day of a country is always really nice as it's already planned out and everyone knows what to expect. Things are really going smoothly at work. Came home and did the Spencer's lessons. Then I warmed up some frozen pizza's, snuggled Maebryn and Roslyn as I read to them, then went up and read "The Other Side of the Mountain" to Benson and Evan and am now in bed writing this and it's only 8:30. 

Miracle of today is just it all, miracle that school is going well, that my kids are getting better, miracle that they are so good even as I am gone all day, miracle that I have time tonight to write this and look over my seminary lesson for tomorrow. I feel very blessed in many ways and there are times when it feels like a lot going on and that I need to do but when I really think about it, I am grateful for all of those things because without them I would either be lazy or there would be other simpler things that would seem hard. Your ability to do hard things increases with each hard thing you tackle.