My church's sermon on Sunday talked about loving your family intentionally and making your life simple enough that you have room for them on your calendar and in your heart.
While I feel like I do this pretty well in my daily life, I definitely took this as an opportunity to make more of our time together and make the quantity even more quality.
So, this afternoon while it was 75 degrees outside when we got home from school, we went out in the front yard and played. Played like we haven't played outside since early autumn.
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| did you ever have one of these bouncy balls? She loves hers. |
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| Loudoun asked for roller blades for his birthday and he's getting really good! He wanted me to tell you in these letters exactly, he's a GR8 SK8TER, yo! |
We had a picnic dinner on the lawn.
And we finished off the night with leftover cake from Rick's celebration last night
(he got a promotion!) and we each blew out candles and we all sang happy
birthday to each other. It was awesome. I want to do that every night.
While I agree, it's fun to play outside in the heat (we went to the aquarium & downtown) but I'd much rather have the cold right now. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Rick for his promotion!! YAY!!!
How lovely! I'm glad you had that fun time together! Congratulations to Rick on his promotion! That's fantastic news. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome afternoon!
ReplyDeleteSee. These are the moments we need to infiltrate our lives. John and I were just talking about this -- how we need the space too burn with passion as a family, too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful moment, friend!
You HAVE to wear a helmet to eat picnic dinners :)
ReplyDeleteI love how present you were in this day -- and how you saw a gorgeous day and took advantage of it in so many ways. Good work, mama!
Happy Promotion! Such a great lesson about making time for what/who matters. It goes too quickly to spend it without thought.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an awesome day. These little moments are making for happy childhoods.
ReplyDeleteI love days like the one you described! Here's to being intentional about creating the magic as much as possible, right? (And congrats to your hubs on his promotion! Pass the cake! ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a FANTASTIC day you guys had. So awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a TOTALLY AWESOME day...what I wouldn't give for those temperatures.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I visited today! First of all, love the name of your blog! And really love your spirit filled day ~ thanks for sharing your heart and the fun with the kids. LOVE the impromptu dinner picnic and celebrating with dad! I'm your newest follower (or I will be in a second, after I post this comment!)
ReplyDeleteI love picnics and I love cake. Congratulations to your hubby! And by the way... Adore the first picture. What a great shot!
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I envy you your good weather. It looks like a great day! And congratulations to Rick! That's exciting!
ReplyDeleteWow! So much fun!!! :0) I have been trying to work on the quality of my time with Emma, I work away from home so I don't get much time with her. This is a great reminder to have fun with your kids! Thanks! Also thanks for the comment! I appreciate your prayers (and seriously, it is very ironic!!! I can't believe I didn't notice that yesterday when I was there).
ReplyDeleteI am jealous of your great weather and that awesome looking cake! We got about 6 inches of snow this morning just from the time I woke up to the middle of church!
ReplyDeleteWhile we have had a really (REALLY) Mild winter here it still kind of confuses my brain to see you having fun in shorts and tees in January! I love it!
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