Moments in time

It's 10:30 p.m on a Monday night and another day has come and gone already. It is really amazing how fast a day goes! Today was a good productive day again. It started out with a normal morning of waking up, cuddling with my two favorite little people in my bed, and getting breakfast. Then we headed over to grandma Myrna's to find some remaining good tomatoes left in the neighbors field. We had to search for a while, but eventually after walking the rows and picking up Aubyn from tripping over the vines, we had enough to make a batch of homemade tomato soup. MMMMM. We search grandma's house for a few canning supplies and off we were to begin our project for the day. When we got home I fed the kids dinner, washed the tomatoes, and got Trey ready for school. 12:10p.m came and off we were to pick up the kids for preschool and dropped them all safely off at "Little Blessings." Then Aubyn and I ran to the grocery store to grab some onions and celery for our soup. When we got in the house I started chopping the onions and celery with my little helper at my side to "assist" me. They were quickly chopped and put in the pan to start to boil. Then the little helper went in high chair for a snack. Then my process began of cutting the white parts out of the tomatoes and cutting them until I had 8 quarts of chopped tomatoes. Then my faithful grandma showed up at my door to teach me the proper way of how to put "love" and "patients" into a home made batch of soup. She taught me little tricks along the way and finally by 4:00 p.m. our first jar was "popping." Such a sweet sound. Now I have 14 quarts of home made soup on my counter and a great afternoon spent with my grandma. Miss Aubyn then finally woke up from her nap and Trey was already home from school. Supper was then made. Noodles, ham, and beans in a casserole. The kids loved it and ate it all up. Then we went and "swam" in the hot tub for a while. Then a shower was in desperate need for a woman who smelled like canned soup, YUK! :). Volleyball at 8:30. My mom came and watched the kids and our team won in four games. Way to go girls. Now relaxing in the chair, soon to go to bed, to wake up to another wonderful day.
Toby also had a good day today. He is fishing in Canada with some of his good friends. This morning I texted him to wish me luck b/c I was going to attempt my first batch of home made soup and he wished me luck, but also asked for luck back. I did wish him luck and guess what!!!!! it worked....he caught a 10lb.8oz, 30 in. Walleye today. OH GREAT...now I know what my next new decoration is going to be on my wall. :) He said 7 minutes b/4 he caught that he caught a 9 lbs Walley and a while later he caught an 8lb walleye. I would say his wife may be his good luck charm :) Way to go hun, now you can come home right?
Trey also had a fun day today b/c this morning after breakfast I let him do something he has never done b/4. I let him paint. He put on a paint shirt and I told him first we were going to do and education project with the paint and then he could paint what he wanted. I have been trying to do a project of the week with the letters he is learning in school. Last week he was learning letter "d" do we cut upper case "D's" and lower case "d's" out of magazines and pictures that started with the letter "d." We cut out; dogs, desk, dinner, dads, diapers,drinks, desert, dinosaur, and desert. We had a lot of fun! Today we worked on the letter "e". He painted a big "E" and a small "e" in red,blue, yellow and green. He thought it was great and then he colored a picture of water, fish, boat and a pirate ship with his next picture. He thought that was even more fun. Now to come up with something for "F" is going to be a challenge......
This past week I reflect on a few precious moments with my family. Toby was leaving Thursday night for Canada, so Wednesday night we had a family fun night. We first had supper and then played games till bed time. We played candy land, Memory, and then made a big puzzle together and ate candy corn. That may have been Aubyn's favorite part :). Then it was time for P.J's and stories. Off we went to Trey's bed, books in hand. While I read Trey his books Aubyn usually sits at the end of our feet "reading" her own books. Then it was prayer time and lights out. Aubyn crawled right into my arms and I thought maybe i'll just lay in bed with Trey and her and sing some songs for while. While Aubyn layed on my chest and Trey on my right side I started singing "I have peace like a river, I have peace like a river....." Suddenly Trey stopped me and said,"mom, I know this song."(I had never sang this with him before.) I said please sing it with me. We sang all three verses together and it was such a memorable moment for me. Having Trey singing with me and Aubyn resting so quietly on my chest sleeping, I just wanted to freeze time. Trey has such a wonderful little manly voice and Aubyn had sound and steady deep sleeping breaths. I took that moment and thanked God for the wonderful family he has given me. These moments in time are the ones you never forget!