Sunrise

So this weekend has been so busy! Quite exhausting to say the least.....it started with K*'s birthday on Friday including dinner at Benihana (which was delicious), to then be up and at church by 6:45am on Saturday for a prayer service for this weekends CRHP retreat, to then race home and fill goodie bags, to bathe the kids, pick up cake and balloons, to race to Bounce Planet, enjoy K*s party- which was enjoyed by all- especially me because our party coordinator was FABULOUS, to then race home to cook 3 batches of vodka sauce, to load everything in my car to then race to the church as my CRHP group was in charge of serving dinner for this retreat weekend, to finally get home a little after 8pm where we ate more cake for K*s birthday and by 9pm I had crashed and was asleep on the couch......finally waking at 12:30am to find K* and her friend(she had her friend K* sleepover) were still wide awake so then I had to get them off to bed before crawling into bed myself to only be awoken again by the alarm at 6:45am as I was going to church at 8am this morning to again support the women on their CRHP retreat this weekend! So after this exhausting weekend- I had this wonderful, quiet drive to church at 7:45am this morning......as I was driving I couldn't help but to notice this amazing sunrise(wow- I don't know that last time that I saw the sunrise)! The horizon looked as though is was in flames with these vibrant golden yellows, then oranges, then corals, pinks, reds, violets, and blues reaching into the clouds- I have realized that amidst the chaos that is my life I need to make more time to truly appreciate the many blessings that God has given me:) Really- I find that I often feel so overwhelmed and burdened by all of my obligations and over commitments(work/MOPS/motherhood/homemaker/etc.) that I fail to stop and enjoy life's smallest and simplist miracles.....so my homework assignment to all of you is to stop and listen and see- whether it's your child's laughter, a stranger's smile, or a beautiful sunrise- know that all of God's creations are put here for us to enjoy- so don't let your life get so busy that you forget to enjoy them!
By the way- I tried taking a pic of the sunrise using my new iphone only the camera's whitebalance must be off as it didn't do the colors of the sky justice! I desparately wanted to turn around and go home for my camera but I knew I'd be late- I know my Nikon would have captured the sky brilliantly....unfortunately- I can't say the same for my iphone:)

I'll post pics of my now EIGHT year old asap:)