Holdin' Down the Fort: Life is a Party

Monday, June 15, 2009

Life is a Party

Notice Lizzie is in her pj's.
Notice the mud.
I'll never catch up on my laundry.

4 comments:

Countrylivn' said...: So fun! Dont you just LOVE summer time!; June 15, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Janetlee said...: Such cute pictures!; June 15, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Kelsey Peterson said...: these pictures are so fun to look at and make me miss my sisters!; June 16, 2009 at 8:13 AM
M&M_Mama said...: I loved these pictures. They made me laugh. I've noticed Erin driving this little 4-wheeler around. How fun!; June 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM

View From the Hill

How do we reduce the pressure and enjoy our families more? "...recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction. Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said "The biggest mistake I made {as a parent} is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of {my three children} sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less" (from "Daughters of God", Ballard April 2008; click on image for complete article)