nothing sweeter than baby girls. This is Jaycie (tiffany's) and Shantel (Ashley's)

Posted by michelle liddell at 9:20 PM 0 comments

they grow too fast
Okay - so I was sitting at Seven Peaks today alone on my towel, the wind was blowing in my face, and I realized, as i listened to all the moms around me trying to keep track of their kids, and calm down, slathering sunscreen, etc., that I was definitely at a new stage of independence' my kids were giving me a little alone time and they all went off playing together. It made me think about how things have changed since the time they were all little. Brandon and I went missionary shopping this weekend to get him ready to go and I am just amazed that the time has gone so quickly. I still have many years of parenting left, and then grandparenting, but it is never quite the same as having them jump out of the tub and having to chase them down with a towel as they drip water everywhere. No sweet little voice getting up from naptime and running to the kitchen to see if there are brown bananas to make banana bread, though this same child still gets excited when he comes home from school to the smell of banana bread. I can sleep until I want to get up because the kids all sleep later than I do, no more singing "If you're happy and you know it" in the car because they are "touching" each other. While I definitely love this season in my life, right now it is my favorite, the memories make me cherish the wonderful gift of motherhood and the blessing of having a big family. And, as I stood at the top of the Seven Peaks tower and watched Haylie go down the tallest slide by herself, she calls it "the wedgie slide", I realized that I was in trouble, because the next time the family all went and I was in my suit, I didn't have Haylie to use for an excuse anymore as to why I coudn't do all the big slides. Happy summer to you all!!