Holdin' Down the Fort: Random pictures of our Busy

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Random pictures of our Busy

Erin and Jillian are taking piano lessons from Sister Ballentyne.

Lizzie loves catepillars!

Before bed--I love this picture because it shows what my little girls love to do...play imagination! They set up Littlest Petshops and the Loving Family Fisher Price, and play for hours!

Late summer at the Nielson Fort!

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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)