Sunday afternoon

It is the ideal moment. A sunny, Sunday afternoon with nowhere to be. We are all home. The girls are resting and Stephen and I are taking a moment to read (or blog a bit, too). I may run over to my sister-in-law's house later, but other than that we will be home today. Home together. Eating, resting and being together. I am reminded by many bloggers with older children that these days are numbered. I am tired and worn out, but I love that my babies are here under my roof, getting rest and creative, quiet time within these walls with us together. This afternoon reminds me of many from my childhood. My parents guarded the Sabbath vigilantly. There was no sports practice, no grocery shopping, limited friend gatherings and TV only in the evening when it was time for ABC family movie night or an occasional hockey or baseball game to watch. I love that I was raised that way, even though sometimes as a "tween" it felt SO SLOW MOTION. I couldn't wait for evening when I could go to youth group or turn on a movie. Now that I'm an adult I CRAVE moments like this. I want to set similar standards for our girls on Sundays. I don't think we'll ever get too into competitive sports that practice on Sundays, but who knows. I want church, rest and Sunday dinner to be priorities. We have monthly small group, the occasional food store trip if we didn't have time on Saturday, and the occasional birthday party, but those are not regular things. The only chores are kitchen related (which sits full of dishes as I type!). This photo is from a Sunday afternoon about a month ago. I love my girls. I love that they are starting to play together. I love their age gap of four years because they both have such different things to contribute. Cait is starting to read and Sam is starting to walk. These are such exciting milestones. We celebrate one year with Sam next week. I may get a blog in after the event to honor her.