You've got that one thing

Dear Reader,

Ok, I have no been very diligent in giving incredible insights or updates from my life recently. I know excuses are like armpits (everybody has a couple and they all stink), but I think the few updates I'll give today will give a good idea of why I have been very busy.

There is reason #1. Ok, probably reasons #2-7, as well. We have been busy going on scavenger hunts, baking cookies, watching movies and going on adventures (She won't ever admit it, but she thought my scavenger hunt was pretty lame). Lauren and I have so much fun together. She may or may not kill me for posting the picture above and talking so much about her, but there has to be a full explanation for not having a lot of time. That time has been well-used, however.

The song title for today? Well, that comes from her. It's that one thing that is inexplicable when you love someone. That one thing is the perfect combination of the little things. As Alma says in the Book of Mormon, "By small and simple things will great things be brought to pass." We both have/do/want those little things that make for having little joys everyday. Obviously neither of us are perfect, but we are working hard at learning what we need to know.

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