Precious Moments

I am going to break a rule of mine by posting on my blog WITHOUT any new pictures. I usually like to write about the pictures I post but this story has no pictures and really doesn't need any. The other day I got home after a rough day at work and found Sophia in the kitchen with the cutest little apron on washing dishes. I made my normal rounds around the house to say hello and get my hugs from everyone and when I saw Isella I asked her what was up? Was Sophie in trouble? Did she lose a bet? Why was she doing dishes? Isella told me that when Sophie got home she immediately got her homework done and started helping out on her own so I gave her a big hug and high 5. Later I was sitting in my chair and Mia came up and gave me a piece of paper, then I saw her go give one to Isella too. As I was opening up the folded up piece of paper I saw her going into Andrews room to give him yet another folded up piece of paper. When I opened it, it read "You are invited to a Graham Family meeting at 6pm". I asked Isella what it was about and she didn't know much but that the girls wanted us to get together that night. So the girls got busy setting up all the TV trays in rows like school desks and filling them with coloring books and other supplies. Mia called the meeting to order and even made me move from my lazy boy to the couch so we could all face each other in a circle. I was however allowed to keep the Laker game on as long as I kept it on mute. Then the first assignment was to draw a picture of ourselves and label all of our parts. I made sure to draw a very detailed picture including all of my muscles, my beard, my shades, and even a few tattoos. I was already the class clown. The next assignment was a coloring project. Mia handed out coloring books to everyone and Sophie was in charge of the crayons and markers. Whenever we needed a new color we had to ask her for them. I colored a picture of Pumba from the Lion King and after I finished I realized that I had not colored in a long time. After coloring the girls had planned for each of us to read a story but only had time to hear Mia read about the birth of Jesus. It was the cutest thing ever. She is sooo good at reading now and hearing her say things like Bethlehem, manger and Wise men with a lisp made me melt. After the story it was time for bed. We all prayed one at a time but each of us thanked God for the time we had in our meeting. Thank you Lord for giving us these precious moments to spend together as a Family and don't ever let us take them for granted.