Some days I search for meaning, meaning in the tasks I am doing, meaning in what I am teaching my children and
some days just to find meaning in myself. I know this might seem silly to some, but some days I feel I am doing the same meaningless things over and over. I am thankful that I can stay home with my kids everyday but sometimes the outside world seems so "important" and interesting. So to lay my despairing thoughts aside I prayed to find "meaning" in my daily tasks. These are a few of the things I found important in my life.
I noticed how kind Timothy is when he first wakes up. I noticed that Samuel is
defiantly a morning person and loves to be the first awake. He loves to be in control of the house that first 30 minutes he has all to himself. He is commander of the
tv, has food all to himself, and is ruler over the toys!! That made me happy to see him so happy in the simple things.
I noticed that
Mitchial is a young man when he goes to bed. He just seems so "big" on the top bunk. He can read books for hours and is so excited if you sit down and listen to his latest adventure. This is his alone time. I saw how kind he was when he called to Timothy to come lay in his bed if he was scared. All those times of teaching to love his brothers, he did it. I didn't even have to tell him to be nice, he did it all on his own.
I noticed that Timothy loves to hold hands to go to sleep. I know that seems like a simple thing, but it is heart warming when he asks "please hold my hand". If you think he has fallen asleep and try to move your hand... he will look up and find your hand again and hold it. So cute. I found I had many answered prayers and so much meaning in my day. So before I knelt down to say my bedtime prayers I thought I would go switch the laundry out really quick...this is what I found at the bottom of my washer.... a plastic snake, a
gi joe guy, rocks, shells, a paper clip, I love Pedro wrist band, a lid to a marker,half of a used smoke bomb, water balloons, 2 nickles, a used
Popsicle stick,3 beans from some tree, and a big mystery to where this was found, a used
mary kay makeup container! Most days I would be annoyed or frustrated with myself for not searching pockets well, but today I found my kids treasures and found joy in the simplicity of their
lives.
Ok, a little off the subject but we have had a ant problem for the past couple weeks. Guy put bug killer outside the back door and along the side of the house where they seemed to be coming in from. For days I kept checking and found bits of food, it all came together when I caught Timothy feeding the ants...right by the traps(notice the animal cracker) And all along I thought we just had trouble some ants....not a
ant feeder!!
My Dad and his new wife, Debbie!
Fun at South Ogden water park!
Almost every night we have deer pass by our back yard!! This was on Sam's bday, he thought they came to say Happy birthday to him! Look how close they are to our back fence!
Cute Bella June bug!!
The neighborhood kids put on Phantom of the opera, singing, dancing and costumes! We even painted Mitchials face:) Very cute program they did all by themselves!
