Good times...

Tonight Freddie took both boys and the 3 oldest girls to watch a horse show in Jacksonville. So here I sit with just my 2 babies! Two of the sweetest girls on earth. I never get the opportunity to spend time with them like this so tonight we drank chocolate milk and had toast (Gracie's idea!) and watched nick jr til I thought my heart would explode. Ella followed me around the house and Gracie chatted endlessly. It reminded me of two other of the sweetest girls on earth. They think they're all grown up now, but I know better. One of them chatted nonstop and the other stuck to me like static cling. Then came another of the sweetest girls on earth. Thank goodness Faith knows she's still a kid! That girl is endless happiness all bundled up in one little person. Next were two boys who rival the greatest men the world has ever known. These two captured my heart in exactly the same way the girls did. Totally and completely. And now I'm back to my last two little darlings. So precious and growing up way too fast. I wonder if Heavenly Father wanted us to have moments like this. Where you are overjoyed at your blessings and yet somehow sad that it can't last forever. I think maybe that's the joy of eternal families. Even though these are moments that we can't get back we have all eternity to spend making new moments, enjoying them and wishing they could last forever. But I'm glad they can't. Because if they did, my little miracles could never have miracles of their own. And that is a joy I would never deny them. So I take the moments when I can. And right now....I can!

Lazy Day!

Such fun plans we had for today....and then it rained and it poured all day long :( Oh, well. Sometimes that's not a bad thing. Everyone stayed inside and played the wii, played with toys, read books, and layed on the couch. Turned out not so bad after all. The house though is the one that's suffers the most. It really looks like a tornado of 7 kids ran through it all day. I've never been so thankful not to have company in all my life! Usually, it's on days like these when my visiting teachers will just happen to drop by. Thank goodness they've both raised large families and can feel my pain! I have always wondered though, why no one ever just "drops by" when the house is clean? Murphy's Law I guess. Anyway, I finally decided to lay down a few minutes since I've had a headache all day, when Freddie came home. He was just gonna finish up a few things he needed to do for work on his computer. And then his phone rang.....and then again, and again, and again. Oh boy, there goes my few minutes to myself. But I love it. I wouldn't change it for the world! Maybe it doesn't sound like such fun to anyone else, but to me, this is heaven. I have a gorgeous husband, gorgeous kids, and a place to call home. Rich? Yes, I am!