The Builder

Eliana occasionally talks about "the Builder." When were in Utah she asked something about why we didn't have a toy/play room like her friend Braden and I told her that our house wasn't big enough. She said matter of factly, "Let's tell the builder to build us a bigger house." If only it was that easy. The other day were were playing and she said something about not living with us when she grows up. I said yeah, you won't b/c you'll be married and have a family of your own. And then I asked her where she wants to live and she said she'd have the builder build her a house across the street from us. I said that would be a great idea and told her she needed to live close (starting the brain washing now!). It was a moment that I realized how quickly time flies by and even though 20 years is a long time, when it gets here, I will wonder how time escaped me! It gave me more determination to enjoy every day with my children at the stage that they are now b/c I will miss these days even if it does seem challenging now.

It reminds me of part of one of my favorite talks from conference by our Prophet, President Monson. He said:

If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will—to your surprise—miss them profoundly.