Today was such a great day. I can't go without writing it down. The morning and afternoon were filled with fun play time, naptime, and errands. Dan got home around 5 and after dinner we decided to have a music night. Gracie is so in to instruments. She is constantly begging either me or Dan to play the piano, trumpet, guitar, violin, or whatever she comes up with. So Dan decided that we would have music night for FHE. We had a contest where we each chose a song off the ipod and "played" along with it. Whoever did the best performance won the contest. First Dan and Gracie did their rendition of a Coldplay song with Dan on the guitar and Gracie on her violin. It was cute how Gracie got herself all dressed up for the evening.
Then it was my turn and we sang Bubbly while I "played" the guitar, Gracie was my backup dancer and Reece and Violet joined in. By the time the contest was over and Gracie won, we ended up having a big dance party. After putting the babies to bed. It was scripture time. We decided its a little easier for Gracie to learn if we watch a living scriptures video first then talk about it. Those movies always stuck with me when I was younger. Dan made our yummy desert-white chocolate, macadamia nut cookies...with milk. We had such a blast and love hanging out as a family.





Ah, our loverly hair.





The Dancing Queen!


Glad we have vaulted ceilings. :)

I've decided I don't really like blogging. It's so time consuming and who really has time to read them anyway...besides my mom. But this really is for my family so I can journal a little here and there to record certain things. Anyway, here are some of the things that I've been thinking about. I go through my day and realize some of the things that are tiresome and hard but realize I'm going to miss them when they are not there.
-Scraping scotch tape off of every surface in my house.
-Wrestling babies to hold still so I can put their diapers on.
-Trying to cook dinner without stepping on anyone.
-Wiping slobber, hand prints, and slobbery hand prints off of everything.
-Stopping whatever productive thing I'm doing to play a song on the piano so Gracie can sing along.
-Not being able to wear any article of clothing more than once between washes because it is covered in baby food.
-Answering every "Hey mommy" and listening to a "great idea" even though it is so hard to give 100% attention sometimes.
-Trying to smile and laugh it off every time a baby grabs my face, pulls my hair, or nearly bursts an eardrum with their squeals.
-Laughing at myself when I, being dazed and desperate, push the pause or mute button on the remote towards my children thinking that it would really work.
-Not reacting when a baby gets my leg, arm or hand with their sharp, sharp, shaaaa-harp teeth.
-Breaking up fights between Reece and Violet. No eyes, no pulling hair, let go of her shirt!
-Sounding excited and saying "wow" to every pink thing in the store that Gracie wants.
-Patiently answering no to every, "Is it my birthday today?"
-Not getting mad when Reece or Violet knock a spoonful of food all over the place before I can get it to their mouths.
-Fighting to pry open their jaws so I can save them from choking on every imaginable thing that they find and try to eat.

This is just to name a few events during my day. Most moms can relate to these things and it is so true that it's a hard job but if you can find the humor in everyday tasks it makes it that much easier. I love my family so, so much. I'm so glad I have them and that I'm able to share every day with them.

Gracie Roo. I just love her smiles and her goofiness.






Reece's smiles and screams. Really I think I would call it yelling or squawking. She is such a hoot. Notice the pieces of mashed up carrots she has smeared in her hair after ripping her bow out. So lovely! :) That smile makes up for everything.



Then there is Violet. So sweet. She does this new thing when she wants out. I love her little reach, shrug and scrunch she does in my direction whenever I am near her. Her smile gets me every time.


I love my family!