The Moments That Matter

(This was just a cute picture of Little Dan from Sat when we were working on the garden prep. It was freezing cold and the grass was still wet from the storms, but all he wanted to do was crawl all over...it is cute, but definitely a bit of a pain chasing after him to make sure he doesn't put anything nasty in his mouth!)

Today was a hectic day with a lot to get done. Here's a portion of it:

• Exercise walk with friend
• Six loads of laundry
• Ten calls to dealerships looking for a new minivan.
• Multiple e-mails/calls looking for a temp person as a receptionist for the clinic next week.
• Cranky constipated and teething Little Dan
• Dinner
• Dishes
• Planted the garden...we bought all the veggies last week, but kept them inside due to the tornadoes and then it was a health fair that we presented at then the Sabbath...etc.
• Vacuumed the whole house

So, after all this and with still a lot more to do...like pay bills for both the business and the family before they are late, calculate and send in our employees' timecards, return books to the library that are due today, buy the dog some more dog food, clean out the fridge, trim and double count all the boxtops for C, etc..... I was about to call the kids in for bed, when C flopped down on the grass and was just laying there, feeling the breeze, listening to the birds, and watching the sunset. K soon joined him. Finally, as I looked at them and debated yelling at them to hurry as we were late (again) for bedtime or joining them, I decided to join them.

We spent 15 minutes laying there on the grass looking at the sunset. We talked of all the reasons we know that Heavenly Father and Jesus love us. We talked about how we have been so blessed, but how also much is expected of us in return. We cuddled. We relaxed. We listened to the birds and we sighed with the breeze. We didn't even care that all the cars passing by were staring at us (personally, I think they were jealous that they were hurrying on their way and we (for the moment) were enjoying our mortal existence). It was the most important thing I accomplished today and it is a moment that memories are made of. How blessed I am that I took the time.