Surprise Package

As I sit here in the quiet, still early morning, I am proud of myself for staying up!  Lately I have been going back to bed for a little snooze after I get up and make a lunch and coffee for my honey. He has to be out by 6am and I do not mind waking up with him, packing him a healthy lunch and sending him off to work for the day with a hug and a kiss. To me, it makes me feel good that I am able to help him get on with his day, by waking with him and sending food to save money. Granted there are some mornings where there is no way you could get me out of bed, but usually it is one of the little things I can do in return for the hard work he does for our family. 

 Who needs a jungle gym when you have Daddy!

We are over the moon and back for him. His three girls eagerly await his arrival home from work each day. We are excited to exchange stories about our days and content with knowing the day could not have gotten any better because we are alive, well, together and happy.

I received a surprise package in the mail the other day. My first ever surprise package, or that I can remember. It was a just because package. A package from someone who has the biggest heart in the world and someone who is always guarding me with her huge white and comfy angel wings. No matter where I am in the world, I can always feel my mothers comfort and warm spirit.

She sent me a book. Not just any book. A photography book about capturing life's everyday, precious moments of motherhood. It shows different aspects on how to use a camera to capture different angles, light, subject...etc.
It also has a story. The Author, Tracey Clark talks about how each day is a gift and by being able to capture the little aspects of life that live each day, we will see how fast time flies, and how by capturing these tiny memories, we will be able to hold on to these amazing aspects for life. Elevate The Everyday, is an amazing book to have and to hold and to refer to when evaluating my own life as a mother. I love to photograph my girls and to be able to hold on to these life memories forever is something I hold dear to my heart. Before I read this book, I shared the same thoughts as the author. Before I read the different photography techniques from this book, I realized I had already been using my artistic eye when photographing my children. They are my masterpieces. And I take photos of them everyday. I want to hold on to these delicate memories for ever and ever! Like Tracey Clark, I want my girls to have these snapshots so they can see the simple, everyday joys in life that they themselves created.

In previous posts, I know I have talked about how each moment in life is so precious and how I wish we could hang on to each instant forever. This book helped me go forth with making it possible to do so. While reading this simple book I noticed tears streaming down my face. All the memories of my childhood flooded back to me and now I am helping my girls create their own memories. I hope they are as in depth and joyous as mine, I strive as a mother to make them so happy and use their imagination as much as possible to help them blossom into who they are growing into.

Riley spent an hour and a half pretending our family room was a swimming pool. She needed her bathing suit and a towel that she laid out. She was telling us how she needed Reese in the baby pool. She was so serious too. Pretended the couch was a diving board and would jump off. When she came into the kitchen and needed to go back into the pool she would literally, jump, every time into the family room like it was a real pool. Imagine....

Reese is in the baby pool

I couldn't be more proud. It is the toughest job I cherish and love so unbelievably much. And I thank Marc for giving me the opportunity to stay home with my children. To be home to raise them into amazing, honest, genuine people. Motherhood is a gift and to me, it was my calling. Unknowingly, or maybe it was planned; I was called into this life and whomever or whatever the universe has laid out for me, I want to return the love and happiness I feel from this special gift I have been given. So, as a mother, and a content and happy woman,  I intend to continue sharing the love and happiness I have with my girls. And know that one day they will do the same with their own. I wish for them the same positive, healthy and free spirited childhood I was so grateful to have.

Making pancakes for Lunch