Frost

I snuck outside just after the big kids left for school this morning to savor the simple things that the morning had to offer. 

These frosted leaves were so beautiful!

As I've focused on the little moments of joy my heart has been filled with inexpressible gratitude. I loved watching Sawyer drift off to sleep this afternoon in my arms. Seeing his eye lashes resting on his cheeks as his chest rises and falls will always be one of my favorite things. 

After picking the big kids up from piano lessons we had a bit of a bumpy night. I made eggs for dinner and then it was chaos as children shuffled in and out of showers and baths and completed their dinner jobs. We managed scriptures and bedtime prayers (just barely) and then I let out a huge sigh of relief as I snuggled Sawyer to sleep. While I rocked I could hear the two oldest reading books to the little boys and in the background I could hear Joe singing away in the bathroom (he holds the record around here for taking forever in the bathroom). Somehow Sawyer nodded off to sleep while listening to a mishmash of "The Little Blue Truck" and "The Cat in the Hat" being read at the same time. I love when everyone is under the same roof, helping, serving, singing and reading. I went to bed feeling very blessed (and tired).