perfection...

Today has been a wonderul, nearly perfect, dream-like morning. And its not that we did anything special. It was ordinary. We had snack. We did school. We played. We worked.

The weather is amazing. We have been outside for nearly 4 hours already. We did school outside. We gardened. I left the kids to play and fight, while I am making lunch and writing this.  I have three boys, so I think the being outside is what made the day so easy for me!

But what I think made this morning was so perfect, was my attitude, my perspective. I looked at things around me differently. I am honestly trying to see things with a thankful heart. The book I am reading, "One thousand gifts," by Ann Voskamp, is AMAZING. It is challenging me to the core. And today, I took pictures of those simple, ordinary things that are truly gifts, from God. I choose to see them that way. And it changes me when I look at things around me in that light.

"Because a thankful heart is a happy heart. I'm glad for what I have and that's an easy place to start!"  Madame Blueberry (Veggie Tales)

my rubber boots- my favorite gardening tool

while I am sitting doing school with the older two, this is what my youngest was up to!

our snack- looks pretty doesn't it- it's just bread pudding

boys hard at work

'my mom's outta your league' was a hand-me-down, but it always makes me smile

I'd love to see someone walk down the isle here one day

tree in front of our yard

this swing set/ play structure may not be new - but it has amazing character. It makes me smile to think about the fact that my husbands grandpa built this for his kids. This was my father in laws swing set :)

lilac bushes in our front



view from the front- peaceful perfection