Moments I live for

I've been blessed with six beautiful children and over these many years of parenting I have made the promise to take certain small moments, the quiet times between myself and my children, and burn them into my memory. I have many examples of mommy/child times etched into my brain that I hope to carry forever. Rarely, though, are those precious encounters documented.

Keaton (11) was the official photographer at Reagan's birthday lunch on Sunday. She snapped these pictures as I had one of those special, never-to-be-repeated, make-a-mama-cry moments with little Peyton.

These are the times that make my heart swell, and quicken, and ache.