Today

Mom and Sarah left early this morning to drive Grandma Sparks down to Florida for the winter. They'll be home on Thursday. So I'll be playing "mom" at our house this week. =)

This morning I got up at a reasonable hour (7:30ish) to get ready for the day. I put dinner in the crock pot for the kids at home, and left for work with Jedi at 10. I vacuumed the house(Liv helped me=). I did laundry. Matched socks. Filled, ran, emptied and refilled the dishwasher. Played UNO with Mary while watching 102 Dalmatians. (Side note: I cannot stand lovey-dovey dog movies where the animals are more valued that humans. Drives me crazy!)

I laughed as I watched the VERY dramatic O'Quinn kids use their imaginations with Jedi. They played this one game for about two hours. Jedi and Olivia had to protect Mary, the princes, from the bad guy Wesley. They were so cute!

I smiled watching how tender my youngest brother, Jedi was with Mary, the 3 year old. Jedi isn't your average 7 year old. He is BIG for his age. He looks like a 9 or 10 year old. He is strong, but was so gentle with Mary. She simply adored Jedi and he loved playing with her.

I chased the kitten out of the Christmas tree...TWICE. Once with a broom, second time with my bare hands (hard core, right? ;-) After that I sat by the Christmas tree and read of the faithfulness of God in my life. I do love having a journal. It's a good way to get my thoughts out of my head.

And I sang Christmas songs and drank egg nog with Jedi on our way home. We didn't get home till 9:30! It was a long day. But a very good one.

Thank you, Lord.