Quiet Saturday Afternoon...

At least for awhile until the boys wake up. The girls are playing and the boys are sleeping. So here I am taking a small break from the beautiful chaos that is my life. Really it is beautiful.
Beautiful to be loved by all these little, smiling faces. All of them wanting to hold my hand with their grubby little fingers. Well, they aren't always grubby.
Sometimes I think back to the years we tried and tried to have a baby to no avail and I realize how beautiful God is to have blessed us with not only one baby, but now FOUR!
Keegan is awake...back to work...:-)

Two quotes today:

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

A little girl is sugar and spice and everything nice - especially when she's taking a nap. ~Author Unknown

Friday Gratitude....

Everyone is Thankful it's Friday and it got me to thinking about being thankful. There is soo very much for us to be thankful to the Lord for. Friends, Family, Church, Health, and the list goes on and on. Today, I am thankful that I am thankful. So many people have so much and they fail to even realize what they possess. They fail to be thankful. I never want to take things for granted. I want to appreciate all that has been given to me and show gratitude in whatever ways that I can. Not just to the Lord, but to the people he has placed in my life. I want to let people know when they have been a blessing and I want to be a blessing back. Just something I was thinking about. Now I just have to go out and let people know how much they are appreciated!

I love quotes, so I will probably always post one...here is one for today..

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
~Margaret Cousins~

Lord, help me put my appreciation into words.