JT has been gone this week and our schedule has gotten a little off.  Especially Tuesday night.  I had a late meeting and the kids and I didn't get to be until after midnight.  Brent was happy he went to bed in the morning.  Stuff like this doesn't happen often.  So of course my plan was to let them sleep in, despite what would happen to our schedule the next day.  I got up first and headed outside with a cup of coffee to let the Nuggets work on the grass that has been springing up in our back yard.

Slowly the kids joined me; Callie first and then Brent.   

It was lovely.  It is mornings like this that I feel so blessed to homeschool my kids.  What could have been a hectic morning, full of rushing and tired kids, turned out to be the best morning of the week.  Not only that, but everything that was needing our attention that day got it, just a little bit later.  Plus, we saw beauty in an unexpected place, our own backyard.