Sweet moments of joy

My house is COMPLETELY still and quiet. Not a usual thing with an energetic 4 year old, mixed with sheltie dog, and 4 month old baby. My heart and mind are equally as still and quiet as my home. You see, I just encountered the rare opportunity (and first, I might add) of singing both my boys to sleep. I softly sang to them as I rubbed Jack's back and rocked Eli back and forth. I sang of how much Jesus loves them, of how much I love the Lord, and for sweet twinkling dreams for them both. Tears lay on my cheeks as the fan blew them cool on this warm summer night. I may never have a moment like this again, so synchronized and perfect. I will cherish it always as the Lord showed me how rich and full my life is with my family. I love them deeply. The Lord's grace gave me patience instead of haste this evening. As Jack and I shared in giving Eli his first taste of baby cereal (in hopes he will sleep longer:) and then savored our bedtime ritual of stories, prayer and the occasional song. Thank you, Lord for this precious night and may I not be quick to forget. Good Night.

Jack is introducing Eli to Star Wars these days. John got surround sound for his b-day, so Star Wars is even more exciting to everyone now. Jack also asked if God said "Let there be Star Wars" today. I told him that George Lucas actually did and that really seemed to confuse his theology!
Eli continues to live up to these jammies. How much Starbucks does one have to drink to hide the dark yellow circles forming around one's eyes? (not that this is happening to me-I'm not 30 yet:)
Aunt Sara is entertaining the two babies with Itsy Bitsy Spider while we clean up a ton of spitup from the floor (actually, thanks Trixie the dog for licking it up-gross!), Mark cuts his foot on a rusty nail, dinner is being cooked, eaten, and cleaned up, and now I forget what else was happening all at the same time. The babies were a little overwhelmed and needed song time to calm down-don't we all!