Documenting life...: Serenity

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Serenity

I don't have many moments of serenity. I often try to find things to cut out of my life that just bog me down. But then my usual conclusion is to cut out my crappy t.v. shows. And lets face it, I'm not that disciplined. Life is so interesting. Full of choices and responsibility, and consequences, and money issues, and wiping dirty faces, and butts, and moping, dishes, laundry, driving all over creation for your kids....I could go on and on. Anyhow, what's my purpose. I don't know. But I do know that we are in Bear Lake for a family reunion. I'm sitting on a deck with a cool breeze, a glass of water, Tae by my side and the rest of the kids running wild. I love it. I love this moment. I may not love many moments later today. But I do love this one. So...I wanted to document this before I forget.

9 comments:

Ruth said...: SCORE ONE for BEAR LAKE!! May you have many more moments of being together, serene or not serene...; July 15, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Jana said...: I had a moment like that the other day, sleeping in a teepee with my little family in Jeff's parents' front yard. It had been such a relaxing, happy day, and I thought of that quote or poem or whatever it is..."God's in His Heaven; all's right with the world."; July 15, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Lindsay said...: There's a word for that, it's "Peur aeternis." It means 'the moment eternal,' one perfect moment which, if one could hold on to it, could go on forever...

I just learned that from a dear friend and I'm so glad there is a word for it, because it's so hard to explain those moments.

Have fun, love ya; July 15, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Emily said...: What a beautiful post and a beautiful thought and a beautiful moment. I had one today too. I am so happy you are having fun. That deck, overlooking the lake, is one of my favorite places on Earth.; July 15, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Erica said...: I read this and it's funny because I always think the TV should go too but I LOVE to relax in front of other people's drama at the end of a long day. I just don't think I could do it either. ;) Enjoy your reunion.; July 15, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Robyn said...: You are too cute, Jen. I want to be like you!; July 19, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Meredith said...: And then I came along while you were writing that and took your serenity away... LOL; July 25, 2010 at 7:37 PM
C'est La Vie said...: ok what the crap. my blg never told me of these last few updates. unacceptable.; July 26, 2010 at 11:35 AM
MoM K said...: I'm so glad you had a wonderful moment! And I know you had many more. It was a great reunion! Thanks for doing so much to make it happen. It was perfect for me! oh, well, except for hosing throw-up off sheets in the back yard at 3 a.m..... But who cares, even that wasn't so bad with Kimi to help me!; August 3, 2010 at 6:06 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.