Lazy Sunday

This year we have switched to afternoon church at 1pm. Since having a small baby makes me far less of a morning person than I normally am, this is fine with me. However, time changes with church always take some getting used to. Mostly it feels like I spend all morning getting ready for church without actually getting ready because I’m constantly looking at the clock trying to figure out when to start getting ready so we aren’t pathetic and late when church starts so late in the day. Does that make any sense at all? It did in my head.

In spite of the constant twitch I developed checking the clock every ten minutes this morning, we were able to do plenty on our long Sunday morning. I kept taking pictures of it all because it was just such a luxuriantly lazy morning with cuteness all around.

We woke up this morning to a white world of almost an entire inch of snow. Jay and Rose bounded out into it right after breakfast and played, played, played.

I tiptoed out in my slippers and took a quick picture.

Of course hot chocolate was the next order of business.

They watched Jeff play a game of Ticket to Ride on the iPad…

…and things quickly degenerated into a wrestling match with a bit to much screaming for my liking.

We were visited by a princess. Amber liked that a lot. She looked and looked at those sparkles.

Jay looked at a camera AND did a real smile all at once! I can’t remember the last time that happened. Of course I was still in my ponytail-PJ phase of the day when it happened.

Jay wanted me to take some cool blurry pictures of him dancing.

Eventually, but still too early, we got all cleaned and dressed up for church:

My girls. The sisters.

This year Jay is in the CTR 5 class in Primary. All week in his prayers he said he was thankful that he gets to be in CTR 5.

Miss Rose is finally in Primary as a sunbeam this year. She was so excited to go to Primary with Jay. I think she’s the tallest sunbeam in the history of the church.

And of course there’s little Amber-girl, who is not quite ready for Primary yet.

*fistbite* That bow is a tad out of control, but I couldn’t resist. Glam girl.

The big brother: Jay looked and for-real-smiled AGAIN! Twice in one day! These pictures are true treasures.

Man I love these three. This picture is a miracle too, by the way.

A year of afternoon church is going to tempt me into taking a hundred Sunday morning pictures every week!