34:52 Motivational Monday

When you finally go back to your old hometown, 

you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

-Sam Ewing

Eating popcorn and peaches for Sunday evening meals is a childhood memory of mine.   Now today, we indulge in this combo every once in a while.   When we do eat it, its for a snack rather than a meal.

 Head over to Maaret next. 

33:52 Motivational Monday

Your talent is God's gift to you. 

 What you do with it is your gift back to God.

-Leo Buscaglia

My lovely cooperative boys and I.  Motherhood is my talent.  These boys were given to me by God to love and nurture to the best of my abilities.  

Maaret is next.

32:52 Motivational Monday

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.

-Pioneer Girls Leaders Handbook

Here is my lovely friend Anna.  

She's a great friend to have.  

When my heart is sighing, 

 and she laughs,

my heart sings.

I say something once,

she remembers that once.

She sings.

I love her singing.

It's from the heart.

She randomly chuckles.

I love those random chuckles.

She loves.

She loves many with all her heart.

She listens.

She listens from beginning to end with no interruptions.

I love this friend.

She's the best kind of friend a person can have.

 Head over to Maaret, who's another wonderful friend.

31:52 Motivational Monday

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.

-Ed Cunningham

My hubby is a great listener.  He wants to hear what I have to say, good bad and otherwise.  A great place to ask and listen is out in the mountains where it's just the two of you.  It's so quiet you here everything that's spoken.  Which might be a rare thing, with a busy household of children.

Continue on to Miss Insightful Maaret.  

30:52 Motivational Monday

When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to fish;

Something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.

-P.L. Travers

Nowadays summer adventures are a pretty important part of our life!  

Continue around the circle to Anita.

29:52 Motivational Monday

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

-Mother Theresa

In this instance, our sweet two year old nephew was within reach.  He radiates love with his soft spoken ways, silly faces, and kisses.  

Head over to Anita next. 

28:52 Motivational Monday

Determine never to be idle.  

No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

-Thomas Jefferson

Meet my family.   :)

A couple weeks ago, we had a family reunion.  All but 5 made it!  

With a family this big, there isn't a whole lot of idle time!   In fact, the three days we spent together we were always doing and got plenty done.  We didn't lose any time!  We took advantage of every waking second;  playing, visiting, laughing, singing,  and everything in between.

Head over to Anita in AZ.