A Perfect Saturday

What a wonderful day, both already behind me and still on the horizon.

I'm sitting at my new (to me) kitchen table with a Caribou Cooler by my side.  The sun is shining outside, and I can see the beautiful, glinting reflections on the ripples of the pond outside our back windows.

We had wonderful spring rains yesterday and the ground is already bursting forth with green.  

My husband is out for a run (because he's healthy like that) with a group from our new, local running store.  I love how he is doing what he can to make sure that this store is a success for the owner, as our end of the Twin Cities area was sorely lacking in such a store.

I've already been out and about twice.  I headed to the grocery store before anyone was out of bed so that I could start my day with something crossed off my to-do list.  The grocery store had the most beautiful pink and white lilys, so I bought one.

Once home I put the groceries away and grabbed the now awake boys to go deliver those lilys to the kitchen table at my in-laws house.  The are home today from a winter spent in much warmer climates and I wanted something cheery to welcome them.

Soon J will return from his run and I'll start to think about lunch for my boys.  We are so lucky to have a bakery in the family, and will have sandwiches on bread that is better than anything my grocery store could provide.

I'm going for a walk with a friend this afternoon.  I'm glad to be able to spend time with her as she trains for the 3-Day for the Cure.  She is walking again after crewing for many years and I'm sure she will have a great (blister free) experience.  I'm also looking forward to stretching my own muscles and getting some fresh air into these lungs of mine.

This evening I'll get a jump on preparations for tomorrow.  I'm making cheesy potatoes for twenty four.  Twenty two of us will gather together to celebrate Easter and each and every time we get together I am reminded of how blessed I am to have joined this family.  And because I love to make food that makes people happy, I'll be sharing my potatoes with my sister and her husband because that brother-in-law of mine loves my cheesy potatoes almost as much as I do.

We'll grill something for dinner tonight, with the boys running around outside in the evening sun.  We'll eat together as a family, listening to the boys tell us about their day.  (Okay, so mostly j.)  We'll toss the boys in the bath, scrubbing away the day's dirt.  And finally, once they are sleeping soundly in their beds, I'll be able to snuggle up with my husband and bring our perfect Saturday to an end.

Without a doubt, I am seriously blessed friends.