Simple things in life

As many of you know, this last month or two has been filled with cold and bitter snow. Snow brings slick roads, bad drivers, wet dogs, and high electric bills. But to a child it means so much more. Snow angels, Snowmen, forts, snow cones, and other important things in life. Watching your child play in the snow really puts your daily annoyances into perspective. Life is how u look at it :)

Lindy and I decided it was best not to take the 8 month old outside so she and I watched from the dining room. The dogs and Jack ran circles for about an hour before he realized he couldn't feel his fingers. :)
Last week I scrubbed our new house down head to toe, including the windows. Jack helped out by giving it a little spit shine.... squeaky clean! Sometimes in life being silly is more important than tongue prints on my nice clean windows.
Lindy watched with amazement as her little buddy ran and screamed in the backyard.As we sat and watched I took in the appreciation and love of our new home! It's perfect in every way.Ask jack...he loves his backyard!

When I spend time with Jack and my babies I realize just how simple life is. Yes, you could say well of course kids think it's simple they have no problems, no bills, no jobs, etc. But I think children have something that we lose sight of with each year. It's not what we have but how we look at it....
The cold weather has also given us the chance to play silly games inside like Catcher!!


It has given us the opportunity to laugh until we cry and reconnect with one another.



Thank you snow....
Sometimes things we think are bad, like a long cold winter, can be just what we need. This winter has been a gift to our family. Watching movies, playing Mario Kart, or throwing a ball in the house are all things we probably wouldn't find the chance to do if we lived in 65 degree weather all year round. So everyone spend the day appreciating the little things and start looking at things differently because you never know when something that looks like a negative is actually a gift in disguise.