Grateful Acres

First, the tomato soup. I love to grow tomatoes, but honestly I don't like to eat them... I don't like 'em raw, and I'm really not big on tomato sauce, either. SOOoooOoo... that leaves our 3yr old primarily responsible for eating two bushes-worth of cherry tomatoes from our garden! The other day I went on a hunt for a recipe that would use up the piles and piles of beautiful little cherry tomatoes that were piling up, and I found this D-lish-E-ous (as the boys say it) recipe: Garden Fresh Tomato Soup It was super easy to make, and everyone loved it! I served it with grilled cheese sandwiches, made from home made bread. I use my breadmaker for the dough, then bake it in the oven ta-da! AND, here's my epiphany: I've been on the hunt for some advice about how to mildly tame my wild little indians- I don't expect them to sit quietly with their hands folded all day, but I've felt that they are often more rowdy than necessary. I also

 ...know how we daydream of a quiet, clean house, children playing happily, baby snuggling while we sip coffee?...  WELL, after many tears, much training, times of exasperated hide-in-my-closet-and-eat-chocolate... it happened. For a brief moment. And it was worth it. Carry on, hard working Mommas! I've been feeling a bit in over my head, up to my neck in children lately, and God knew I needed a moment of "this is possible!". I know that as much work as it is to enjoy even a moment like that, it is equally as much work to maintain it. And some days everything lining up at once is simply unattainable. But all the blood, sweat an tears are for a great cause, are they not? :) To God be the glory- He is my strength and my song.