September 4, 2017

What a lovely Labor Day!

I was in that in-between state of sleepiness and wakefulness when I heard Greg and the girls come in from their early-morning job of putting up flags around our neighborhood.  They were jovial and a little bit loud, their sounds mixed with shushes from Greg.  I could hear them divvying up donuts and chocolate milk to the other sleepy-eyed kids making their way downstairs.

I wanted to get up.  I did.  But every time I got up, I realized how tired I still felt.  I started to wonder if it's even possible to get up feeling rested anymore.  So I would fluff up my pillow and snuggle back under the covers.  But I wasn't really sleeping.  I was dozing at best, and resting at least.  Finally amid the filtered noises of the dishwasher being filled, the vacuum going off in the distance, the laundry room up and running, I pulled myself up with a smile.  I quietly tiptoed around my room, secretly straightening and cleaning too.  Then I slipped into the laundry room to continue working.  We were all surprised when Greg threw open the door to find me.

I love the way the kids will work for Greg.  And the best motivation of all is the thought that they might surprise me!

We enjoyed some peaceful downtime today.  I used it to catch up on little things that I've been behind on.  In the late afternoon/evening, I made a list for our family to accomplish before bedtime.

Here it is:

Have Dinner
All laundry washed and folded
All clean clothes put away
Miles to Basketball Practice
All boys to get a hair cut
Everyone take a shower
Take down the neighborhood flags
Catch up on our Book of Mormon reading challenge
Make sure we are ready for school tomorrow
House straightened
Off to Bed

And we accomplished every single thing!!

As we sat around reading The Book of Mormon, I marveled at my life.  I just felt good reading those verses and chapters as a family.  I tried to imagine that I was looking at us from the outside, and I couldn't think of a better thing for a family to do.  I just felt a whole lot of love right then.

Sometimes its hard, but its the little things that make life happy.