Awake

I'm not wanting to go to bed yet. I've been at the computer for four hours now, just doing this and that...pictures, emails, reading, internet searches, Mary's birthday party planning, thinking... simply enjoying the creativity of it all. The house is so quiet. No darling children crowded around my ankles. No thoughts of what I still have to do around the house. No phone calls. No interruptions. Just silence. But, it's a trade off. It also means less sleep. So, it doesn't happen too often. Sleep, I've discovered, is just as important to being a decent mom. I'm sitting here thinking about my sweet little family...they're almost all in our room right now. From the study I can hear their sleeping sounds and reflect on my favorite parts of the day, like Noah's excited frog finding face. What joy! I think I'll dream on that a little.

{So cute, even with his outdoor induced runny nose}

{Snips and snails and puppy dog tails
and all that's GOOD in the world}

Feel Good Song

I found this video on Aaron's cousin's wife's blog. It really brings a smile to your face.

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.

Easter

{my little easter bunnies}

{my girls}

{yes, these are halloween buckets}
{i couldn't find last year's baskets and i already filled the new ones with their easter gifts}

It was a marvelous Easter with egg hunts, coordinating clothes, yummy dinners, easter baskets, and family gatherings. But what made it so wonderful was listening to general conference and feeling resolved to be a better mother, wife, and disciple of Christ. I'm so grateful for our Savior's life, atonement, resurrection and this special time of year when we can contemplate it all.