What a wonderful life!

It has been a while since my last post. I kind have felt like I have been on that treadmill lately and it makes me frustrated that I am not making the time to pray, and reflect and write like I should. This brings me such peace. I just got back from my 3rd wake in a month and hopefully if things come in threes, I should be good for a while. After a somewhat "wild and crazy" night last night, I woke up with such a wonderful feeling. Scott and I had been out till midnight, way past our bedtime, and were so tired when Em came in at 7:30am and said "it's morning." I groaned and with a totally chipper voice she said "don't worry mom, I've got things under control. I will figure out how to get Ben out of his crib and take care of him" She instructed us to go back to bed. 20 minutes later after a little more shut eye she came in and said " no, don't get up, stay in bed, things are still under control. I gave ben and lauren their milk and put a show on and I want to know if I could feed them fruit bars for breakfast?" Unfortunately, we had no fruit bars and they both eat oatmeal everyday! It was amazingly cute and I love that child to death for her good intentions- really meant the world. Well, as I promised yesterday, I had to play Clue Jr. with her so we went up to her room, Ben followed with his dinosaurs to line them up in the windowsill and then scott came up with 2 cups of coffee and Lauren ready to play paperdolls with him. The sun was shining, I knew it was warm outside and I looked around in that tiny room and thought, I really do have as perfect of a life as one can have. There was nothing I could have possibly desired to be different right there in that moment. I wanted for absolutely nothing, well, except for Ben to quit sticking his dirty little fingers in my hot coffee and licking them off!
I am sure I pass these moments up on a daily basis and it breaks my heart. It was truly profound and I know how much I need to just be in the moment instead of always looking and planning ahead. However, ever since childhood, I always still have this little twinge in me that is always waiting for the ball to drop. After all, no life is perfect, right? And when I say that I feel my life is perfect, I do not in any way mean that those in my life are perfect. Because we are so the contrary. What I mean is that in my little tiny family bubble at schoal creek drive, we are completely and totally accepting of each others imperfections and we build our family around our love which strives for perfection. I know that the only truly perfect love can only come from God, but boy what happens in this house is pretty close. Lately I have been going out alot and to several happy hours and moms night out and such and I look so much more forward to those minutes I get to steal just with my family. No tvs, no wii no leapster. Just hanging in the backyard together. It just couldn't have gotten any better than today! Thanks God!