Long Days and Short Sweet Moments

I feel like Saturday is our only family day. Sunday’s Ryan has meetings, then church, then tithing settlement. It makes for a long day, especially when my focus is not on the right things... I need to learn to live and appreciate the moment, not think of what’s coming on my list or fret about the quarrels the kids have had. Well, I had a moment today, when Jake who was having a tantrum fell asleep in a little pile on the bathroom floor while I was bathing John Paul and Lily. And I looked at him, and his angry face had turned so angelic, and I thought “He’s not going to be this little for long. Just breathe this little moment in and cherish it.” (I also like how he sang O Christmas Tree loud during a quiet part in church. ‘O Kissmatee O Kissmatee!’ ;)

Early December

 This looked like a dog pile, but Ryan wasn’t squishing the baby ;). Ryan’s so good with the kids. I love candid moments I capture. We went to Poland with Rachelle Allen. I’m glad we can travel with food again now that we have a job. Jake and I made cookies one day. The past week was stressful with the car, but we took the kids to the Christkindlmarkt in SLC. We had a good time.

My Sweetheart

This man is so wonderful. I’m a blessed woman to be sealed to him forever.

Sledding

We took the kids sledding since it dumped a load of snow for Thanksgiving (almost 15 inches). Jake was so cute. He kept saying “I’m having a fun time” each time I’d take him down. Then he pointed to the large hill, so the girls plodded over through the snow to the big hill with me and Jake. We went down and caught a bump. Then Jake said, “This is NOT fun.” He didn’t like the big hill, but loved when we went to the other hill again. Though it was sleeting, the kids loved sledding and sledding.

Caption

Monta said when she gave me this picture: “Mom, it’s me bumping along in my car to bring you groceries when you are old.” I love this picture. I framed it in a red frame.

My creative girls

 Esther drew these pictures of her sisters. I think it captured a certain something of each of them. Amy created the LEGO “Taj Mahal” she said. ;) I love my creative kids.

Focus on blessings

 Remembering what my body has been through this last delivery and how it still affects me, I realize that I need to focus on the positive. I’ve had another breast infection. They hit harder and faster, and it’s easy to get discouraged, but if I think about how I’ve been able to feed JohnPaul for 9 months, that’s better and makes me grateful.