At Peace

I wanted to write this last night when I was specifically feeling this way, but didn't have a whole lot of energy. Last night was such an awesome night. Shawn came home from work, and just like he always does, he immediately started playing with the boys. I was cooking dinner and it was taking longer than I had hoped, but nonetheless, we finally sat down to dinner. After dinner we all went outside to water the flowers. (Shawn's parents were here last week and he made my front yard look absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much, Dad! I'll post some pictures of the week later.) Well Ayden helped his Daddy for a couple of minutes and then wanted to play on the porch with the trains and the bikes. Well Shawn squirted Ayden with the hose and he just thought that was the best. In the meantime our neighbor Jessica came home and she just came and sat down with me on our porch and we chatted for like an hour. It was great! By the time that Shawn was done with the flowers and hosing Ayden down, he had quite a case of plumber's crack and with every step his shorts and potty pants (pullup) would come down an inch more. We had such a good time and then we had promised Ayden after we watered the flowers that he could eat a popsicle out on the porch. He was covered in it and needed to be hosed off again! We finally headed inside to get cleaned up, so straight to the bathtub. Levi is getting a little better about the tub, but if I walk out of sight, he's done for! He really was getting tired, so we actually got them in bed by 8:00.
After that I took a shower and sat down on the couch I a feeling of peace just kinda took over me. It was an "old-fashioned" evening at home, and I was just being reminded of how blessed I am amidst everything I wrote about in the last blog.
I just love the feeling of climbing into bed at night - knowing that there is nothing more that I can fit into the day, and praying that I did something that made a difference in my childrens'/husband's/family's/friend's lives that day. But more than that praying that God was proud of me and that I didn't mess up too bad. I go to sleep being reminded of what grace is all about. Thanks, Jesus!