Monday, June 11th

After Jacob had 4 days off of work, we decided that we absolutely love his new schedule. It sucks having him gone for 3 days, but having 3 Saturdays is perfect. We had a lot of fun and got a lot done. Today the boys and I ran some errands to Lowes and Target. Logan did pretty well with his naps. His afternoon nap was 2 hours, so that was nice. I spent some time outside with the boys helping them fill up water balloons. They are so much fun.

While I was helping the boys with the water balloons, we were laughing each time one of the balloons had holes in it because the water would spout out onto the boys. You know how once in a while you’ll stop and really absorb the moment and look at your beautiful children and suddenly feel an overwhelming amount of love for them and gratitude that you get to live this life? Well, I thought that today. And at the same time I thought that Easton stopped in the middle of our fun and laughter, having his own little moment, and said to me so sweetly, so observantly, “Mom, you are so pretty when you laugh outside.” I don’t know if I have ever felt so much love from my sweet little child as I did in that moment as he lovingly watched me laugh and stopped to think about how pretty I looked when I’m laughing. I know that prettiness he sees comes from the love he has for me, and I am so amazed at him and so in love with being a mom. I get to have moments like this with my sweet little boys, and there is nothing else in the world quite like it. We just live an ordinary life, but there are moments when there is nothing ordinary about it.