Ordinary Moments

Do you ever have moments where you want to freeze time?

Like a specific moment?
And live in it forever?

I had one of those moments Sunday evening.

It was the most simple, mundane moment.

But I loved it.

And cherished it.

It was about 8 o'clock at night, and Thomas and I had put on two loads of laundry throughout the day.

So it was time to fold them.

Well, Thomas is also still on his Grey's Anatomy phase...

...so we were watching that while the laundry was washing and drying.

And once it was finished, we moved from watching in the bedroom, out to the living room, so we could have more room to fold all the clothes.

We brought my laptop out and continued watching Grey's while we folded.

And that's it.

That's the moment I wanted to freeze forever.

Mundane.

Normal.

Ordinary.

But I loved it.

I had this moment while we were folding, where I just thought, "Man, I {love} my life." I love that I have a husband willing to help me do the laundry for starters...

But I just love my life.

My simple, ordinary life. 

Because it's the simple and ordinary things in life that make life, well, [life].

 I sat thinking, "I am so excited for a blissfully ordinary, wonderful life with this incredible man."

I am excited for our kids' little league sporting games.

I am excited for delicious meals, and the burnt meals, and the homemade birthday cakes, and the quick drive-thru dinners, and the pizza nights.

I'm excited for lots of laundry-folding together. 

I am excited for Halloweens, and birthdays, and Christamases, and Thanksgivings.

I'm excited for Sundays at church.

I'm excited for all the ordinary moments of life. 

Today's my birthday.

I worked, got home at five, and Thomas waited to leave for school until I got home so he could give me my gift, even though he'd be late to class.

On his card, he wrote: "Happy first married birthday. I can't wait to spend the rest of your birthdays with you."

Yup.

I'm gonna love this life.