Fun in the rain!

For the last month our church has been doing the 30 days to live challenge. Basically you imagine the what if...what if you only had 30 days to live? What would you do differently or the same? The first day we started this the Pastor at a nearby church was shot during the morning service. And just a week ago a little girl that lived a half mile away died after an accident while playing with her brother in a culvert. I started to really take this challenge seriously and re-evaluate my life. I already feel like I try to embrace each day, but daily life has its hassles (laundry, grocery shopping etc.). I've tried to just take little moments to really enjoy my family. I've spent special little moments with my hubby, I've snuck upstairs at night just to watch my kids sleep, and I've made sure to tell others in my life just how important they are to me. And most of all I've spend a few more quiet moments thanking God for all these wonderful blessings He's given me. So when we had a big rain last week I told the kids to get on their rain boots and get their umbrella's. Then I let them run outside and jump in all the puddles...and they LOVED it, I mean really LOVED it! It was so fun to do something spontaneous and wild!