Precious Moments

We have had several sweet moments as a family lately. Sometimes my kids stop arguing about silly things and deep down I see that they love each other. In fact, they enjoy each other's company. When it all comes down to it, that's a big accomplishment and I'm really happy about it. (Because it can change any time and usually does within seconds of me thinking how sweet they are acting) 

One day Gabriel asked to watch Thomas the tank engine videos after school.  Gabriel was obsessed with Thomas until he was 5 years old.  For the last four yeas, he has hated Thomas so much that when it came on the tv, he would scream that it was scary.  The three kids sat close to each other and watched several videos together.  What a precious moment. 

When the weather started cooling down, we took the kids to the local park. We played soccer and the kids took turns climbing a tree.  They each had various success but they all tried hard. It was one  of those easy going, no arguing, happy afternoons.  

It can be tough to make time for things like a park outing on the weekends but I am glad that we carve that time out.  We won't regret it. 

One weekend we took the day to go to a local beach town. We walked around the outlet mall together.  The kids got snacks and I found good deals on clothes. 

It was time for dinner so we drove toward the beach. We found some seafood restaurants and had a wonderful meal. The kids played in sand and laughed harder than I've heard them lately.  It was so easy to be together on the beach with the sand and surf and no one else. 

I need to savor these precious moments because we all know time goes by far too fast.