A little rain and clouds for the thirsty desert, a great day for a photo shoot. Enjoy a few shots of this desert rose, so sweet and pretty, just waiting for this day to come.

“Clouds came floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

“I am the only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”

Helen Keller

Holiday time is the best time for the family photo!  Three little girls at a park is super fun and a challenge.  Thanks a bunch!

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.
Marion C. Garretty

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
– John Bowring

Having three girls….they are still a beautiful couple!

Time for family pictures for this sweet family. A great day chasing two little boys, watching airplanes and rolling in the grass.

Great parents and beautiful boys. Thanks!

“Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.” Marc Brown

Another photo shoot as baby gets older….big sister still a big help and still smiling!

“A sister is a gift to the heart,

a friend to the spirit,

a golden thread to the meaning of life.”

~ Isadora James

Love those legs before they start moving around!

Happy Mother’s Day!  I was looking for a photograph of me with my children and could not find any recent pictures.  Yikes!  So, this week make sure you get a photo with your little ones.

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.”

-Abraham Lincoln

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience,

and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman

“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach,

while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”

Isaac Newton

Today is a smooth white seashell,

hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours.”

Anon

Are you moved by words? I love them when used so lovely.

Yeats creates this image and I went back to these photographs of the two fairy princesses playing in the backyard.  This is how intense children play and I wish for that passion in my everyday life, like a flame upon the mountain!  So, try to spread your wings a little more each day, who knows where you will go!
“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”
~William Butler Yeats, “The Land of Heart’s Desire,” 1894

Usually we answer with our highlights or NOTHING.  Recently, I have crossed into another whole dimension of mommyhood that I think is here way too soon.  I have now seen the dreaded eye rolls and  the complete thought out answer of “nothing” when asked what did you do in school today?  Yes, I know all about specific questioning like what was your favorite thing today etc.  But, as I said this is a whole new attitude in my little life!  So, as I am evaluating myself and how I need to restructure our home, schedule and even my attitude, I found that I answered a friend with “nothing” to what we did this weekend. Oops! I am one important role model for my little treasures and sometimes it is easy to forget.

So, what did we do today?  I will skip the endless supply of laundry, never-ending dish pile and changing of the light bulbs.

First:

Major excavation in backyard looking for worms. Outcome, beautiful home with flower beds made in jar,

but no worm friends to be found.

Next:

Boogie boarding in the desert.  After riding bikes and scooters come the more creative activities

like pulling a boogie board on the skate board. Whee!

Then, a little hunting for mesquite pods to make “bean soup” which is the equivalent of mudpie when I grew up.  Lauren is hard for me to get on camera because she just likes to do the opposite

of what I want!  So, here she is having a great day making soup.

Last, we go inside to make sure our new Christmas present, “Rainbow the Fish,” is well and not noticed by Oscar the Cat.  A little play time with Oscar and then on to the normal house

stuff like getting clean ond off to make dinner.  So, THAT IS WHAT WE DID TODAY.  Hope your day was filled with wonder and joy!

Baby Jake is just adorable,

here are his little fingers and toes.

Ten tiny little fingers that always want to play,
That never stop exploring the wonder of today.
Ten tiny little fingers that from the very start,
Will reach out for tomorrow yet always hold your heart.
– Author Unknown