Sunday, February 17, 2019

Sliding on the pond

We had a great time with our friends on the pond today.



Blue skies and ice to slide on makes for a great time. :)

In fact....this has been the activity of choice over the last 3 Sundays

LAST SUNDAY:  




Two weeks ago:








Sure looks a lot like February around here!
We're enjoying it though - aside from the sore throats and sniffles earlier this week. :)

Boston Temple

We had a long awaited date night on Friday, thanks to our friends, the Lewis' for babysitting for us.

 When we arrived, there was the most beautiful sunset lighting up the sky and temple.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

You matter


  • I ended up steam mopping and bisselling poop off my floors and carpets for about 90 Minutes yesterday. 
  • We had our water filters replaced, and the company accidentally replaced an arsenic filter with a carbon filter.  After they fixed the repair the next day, the system was leaking!
  • My 1 year old thought it was funny to fill his mouth with milk and then spit it out on the wall to see how it splashed...over and over again. 
  • Someone accidentally dropped the tray from the high chair and broke it, so it wouldn't clip on and off the tray anymore (Scott fixed it later! Yay!). 
  • Oliver has discovered how fun it is to throw objects from the stairs down to the living room..sometimes on my head.  
  • My life is mostly just a never ending stream of cleaning up and fixing in the children's wake of destruction.

As I was reading "Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day" to Cora, I thought "I'M having a terrible horrible no good very bad day too!" hahaha   I could write this same story with different words.  "And the water system was leaking, and I hate when the water system leaks!  I might as well move to Alaska"

But amidst all that are these sweet important moments.  A great conversation with a child.  A moment where they help out, just to be nice.  Seeing them play happily together for a few minutes.  The older kids making Oliver laugh.  Holding and comforting one who got hurt.  Assuring one that he is loved.

This post from Lisa Jo Baker was great to read and hear a voice saying that nothing is more important right now than doing just what I'm doing.

http://lisajobaker.com/2015/03/moms-feel-unappreciated/?fbclid=IwAR2N1Lm9uwVQ7u3Rgn_ngbSZU6zPlybwmhtUdsKFhOxbyofXy_KvUmHp7oc

You are important too, and you matter to me!
Hope you enjoy!  💛 Katie