So there was this one day . . .

It was about 12:30 am on Jan 16 and I was feeling useless. Lydia was refusing to fall asleep and I had run out of good ways to waste my time. (Having internet would have solved that problem.)

I grabbed my handy dandy camera and . . .

Breathing, sleeping child in clean room below:

Game made by Caden about Benjamin Franklin.

The beginning of Caden's Fitness Activity Badge:

Proof! Okay, I don't remember what the last picture means, but I do know that paying bills, coaching basketball, making phone calls, doing laundry, playing games with my kids, cleaning stuff, taking down b-day decorations, helping Caden with his Webelos, icing gooseggs (the beans), playing the piano (these two pages is all my kids would let me play), changing vacuum bags, reading the paper and the ensign, family scriptures, and keeping my kids alive makes for an awesome day! Moms rock!

Of course, after finishing this post it occurred to me that my dear friend Noelle would read this (sorry sweetie, I just read of your plight Wednesday as I have not been online for a really long time). And, being confined to a hospital bed for weeks now, she may think me shallow for feeling sorry for myself at all. But we are all human, given to complain or rejoice at things large and small. It is good to climb out of our heads and realize how lucky we are. You're awesome, Noelle! Our prayers are with you.