A New Day~

I woke up this morning like a spring chicken ready to clean the hen house! At 9:09 in the morning so much has been accomplished!! Jake had a hair cut..does it look perfect?? Well sorry Jake, we might have to have our handy dandy hair cutter fix you back up. Its kinda got that bowl shape goin on! None the less it's cut....then the casual reminder from my sweet little girls...oh mom it's picture day...a quick change of clothes and a swift brush through the hair...for Brenna at least. Audrey took that extra..oh say twenty minutes to look just so. As the kids were down stairs scurrying about, I thought I would do a little service for them and tidy up their rooms a bit. The new thing is to get up early and be ready for school before mom comes down so we can have a bit of play time before school. We are working very feverishly to find new ways to motivate (My middle two to be exact) My heart is quickly growing tired of nagging and I'm sure it is not a pleasant thing to listen to on their end. This seems to work well, I am not breathing down their neck and the piano is playing music box dancer (which I adore)Every thing got clean complete with washing o the laundry. The kids did their part and it was a productive morning. Including setting free tadpoles and froglings and hubby getting a back rub. Why.. I sit and wonder as the house is clean and quiet.. isn't every morning this successful? Well life just isn't that way. Everyday brings new challenges and with a house full of females which = moods. I am grateful for today...Yesterday morning hmm...stress...primary program...fighting children...dead car battery...Hold on there's more....Three hours of church changes my mood a great deal. An awesome ward family with testimonies that strengthen my resolve to "stand a little taller" People who love the Lord through the roller coaster of life and still hang on for the ride. Theres an old saying "It takes a village to raise a child" I didn't quite understand that until primary came along..Scouts, achievement days, Young men and young women's programs. We have so many people looking out for us and so much love it overwhelms my heart. Thanks to my ward family for helping us raise our children. I know I am not here to do it by myself and for that I am thankful. I am thankful for my sister whom I talk to nearly every morning, she is a part of me and I love her (when we are in public people think we are gay..I guess we are in the happy sort of way!). My family near and far, we are all going through different things...but our goals are the same. I am so excited for the days that go like this one..I write this for my children so they will know that our lives are just like the Scriptures..we will be tempted, tested and tried...we will fall short and we will rise to the occasion...everyday is different..it is up to us what will become of the time we have been given. Learn from the low times and be stronger because of it....Serve alot it heals a broken heart.....Lots of love Mom (just for the record mom also spells wow upside down!)