Beautiful day

Tonight I am so happy. We had a wonderful day - Jacob had his first T-ball practice this morning and he was so excited. He had his baseball outfit set out for the past five days (Baseball pants, batting gloves, hat, helmet, mit, ball). He couldn't wait. He loves to do anything that feels "big". The girls and I hung out at home while David took him to practice - guy time. Lauren is so sweet with Taylor. She loves to play "school" with Taylor - she lines up bunches of stuffed animals and sets up different toy "centers" - and then asks me to move Taylor around the room with her "class". Lauren reads them stories, lectures to them and Taylor just follows along. They can do this for an hour or more. It is beyond cute. This was our morning activity.

The weather was gorgeous today - sunny and 70. All three kids went for bike rides and I knew it was a successful day when I looked out our front door - two pairs of muddy soccer cleats (Lauren and Jacob's from earlier this week), a baseball mit, soccer ball, and two bikes - all signs that kids are having fun. Later this afternoon I took the big kids and a friend to Chuck E Cheese - which is disgusting and overwhelming - but they love it. Tonight Lauren has a friend spending the night and they are giggling and laughing and I love when our house is filled with joy. We had dear friends over tonight and Taylor loved playing with their little girl, who is only 10 months, but about the same size and skill level. It's funny - I won't even think of a friend this young as a playdate option, but she is actually perfect. Her dad was throwing her up in the air and Taylor was cracking up watching. I love it when she finds things funny - her little belly laugh is so cute.

My last post I spoke about the hectic craziness of our schedule. A few days later I read an interview about one of my old college teammates, Deena Drossin (now Kastor), who is a 2x Olympian and still running. She said (paraphrasing) "God made time, and He made enough of it" - I thought this was so great - God did choose to make each day 24 hours and it's up to me how I embrace each hour. So all is well in the Gurry house - amazing how wonderfully happy we are on a sunny day.