This is the Life...

O.k. Today I thought I would share with you one of my ordinary days. Nothing spectacular, but still a wonderful day.

This morning I rose at about 7:a.m. (yes, it was saturday and no the Ziegler's do not honor the unwritten rule of sleeping in... though, frankly, 7 a.m. is sleeping in a little.)... it was very quiet so I thought that I was the only one up. After using the bathroom I meanered out into the kitchen and was greeted with a really nice picture... both my girls were snuggled up with thier daddy in his Lazy-boy (the full story of this chair will have to be explained in another post). They were beautiful. Not to long after that, Nathan ran up to me and said in his very excited 3-year old voice, "MOMMY!!", and threw his arms around me. Not a bad way to wake up I must admit.

After making coffee and hot chocolate, I sat on the couch with my kids and watched a little cartoons... fun! But, I started to feel like I have better "get around", what ever that means:). Mark and Emily left to run some errands... they were both excited about some special one-on-one time together. Nathan, Anna and myself just stayed home. The two young ones played with their neighbor friends and I puttered around the house... sorted laundry, paid bills, made bread, picked-up a little bit... just stuff. Later, after Mark and Em got home the kids and I took the dogs (we only own one, but three always come with us) for a walk. It was a beautiful day! We all really enjoyed the time outside. I kept thinking "this is what life is, enjoying the things that you have and not striving for anything different.". When we got home I grabbed a saw and chopped a few logs for the fire that we are planning to have tonight. Hot dogs and the fixings... sound nice. Anyway, as I was typing this Mark came in and said lets get the fire going... so I am going to log off now... just one more thought. Enjoy the simple days... they are wonderful and they are the ones that memories are made of.