peonies

Some loveliness for your Wednesday. These beauties border our road.

This morning I woke up and fed the kittens warm milk, fresh water and cat food. Then I changed the chickens water and got their new bag of feed from the jeep and opened their coop for the day. Then I came in the house and fed my own children breakfast. And it hit me: we now have morning chores.

We had a perfect summer day today. We went to Rory's parent's house with lots of other moms and kids and spent the day splashing in the water. Ivar and I got to ride on the pontoon and I got to spend some time sitting in a lawn chair talking to other moms while Rory had the kids inside with his mom. It was wonderful. Then we drove to Annika's and had burgers for supper followed by Mara's soccer game. She scored the only goal for her team, The Bananas. It was a glorious evening, a beautiful day and I am so glad for summertime.

And, in other news, my fourth post over at the Soul Sisterhood went up today. This week we're talking about self-editing your life story; taking responsibility for the decisions you make and the consequences that come from those decisions.