St. George, Saturday Morning

Well, Saturday morning came way too soon for me. AneBoo had decided that she was extremely unhappy with her port-a-crib and missed her own crib to sleep much. She was so loud I was afraid that she would wake everyone up! and so decided to make our way outside for a morning walk. And considering how late we all went to sleep, I wanted everyone to sleep as long as possible so we didn't have a bunch of grouchie-pants on our hands for the rest of the trip. Lucky for me, I had thought to stick my running shoes in my bag...no workout clothes, just the shoes. Otherwise my toesies would have most definitely frozen on our little walk. You know, it's funny. I really hate waking up, the entire process. But once I'm up I'm really glad to be awake. However, on the days when I don't have to wake up and I sleep in, I spend the rest of the entire day feeling behind on everything. I'm such a geek. On this particular morning I definitely resented having to wake up, or rather, never really sleep. But once my feet hit the dirt road, I smelled that early morning fresh mountain air, and heard the early morning silence (with the exception of Ane's occasional chirp) I was in heaven. It reminded me of when I used to deliver newspapers at 3 in the morning. I really really really really hated waking up that early. But once I was out there, in the brisk air with silence surrounding me, I don't know. I just felt such a sense of peace. That's the way I felt Saturday morning walking with Ane. Upon first arriving I was in awe with my surroundings in nature. I think the peace of the early morning came from feeling that Heavenly Father loves me so entirely, just like the beauty I'm surrounded by. I am part of that beauty, His creations, not separate from it. I returned from our morning walk having done a complete 180. I'd left frustrated that Naki had snored so soundly cuddled with Eva while I was up and down, up and down, in and out of the covers, burping, feeding, changing, and shushing Ane, and returned thrilled with my opportunity to see such sweet faces upon my return.
The others were slowly waking up when we returned, so we eventually all got dressed, made beds, and ate some yummy oatmeal. (That's right, I said yummy. I've overcome my horrid relationship that I had with oatmeal as a child, Mom.)

I'm not sure when this happened, I must have been getting ready. But I'm not surprised to see Eva with baby Dylan. . . we all know she has a honing device that directs her to any baby in her proximity.

The kids and I then had so much fun. Nisi had a showing that morning, so while she was gone I thought it might be fun for them to experience much of what I had earlier, and took them on a walk. Not just any walk, but an "I Spy" walk. During my early morning walk with Ane I had noticed some unusual things that we don't typically see in Orem and also some of the regular things, too. So we made a fun list that the kids had to spy while we were walking. If they spotted something they got to have a Skittle. It was so much fun. Brooks made a homemade snow-cone and the girls befriended a neighbor dog and some REALLY cute puppies. When we got back they all broke out their nerf guns. Those things are so much fun! Here they all are...Naki wanted to get a picture of them, and so told them all to aim for the camera.





After the nerf guns we had some good ole' peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch and then took a wonderful nap. The next post will get us up to date about what we did Saturday afternoon.