Fall is upon us!!!

My favorite season is fall. The cool crisp air, the wonderful smells coming from my oven and the family time we spend together because it is to cold to be outside is wonderful. Our evenings are spent in our living room talking about life, being goofy and sometimes watching a movie. We'll have coffee (for us adults) and the children will be drinking cocoa. We may have fresh baked cookies or pie to accompany our hot beverage...it is all good.

These are wonderful times in our family. My children are growing by leaps and bounds. Some are maturing and becoming wonderful adults preparing to head out into the big world in which we live in. My heart becomes heavy with the thought of her leaving us, but I am also proud in knowing she is going to make an awesome, responsible adult who will show her faith in the way she lives her life.

Others are learning how to write their names and count to 20. Learning shapes and how to read. Kindergarten is going very well. My sweet baby girl is using a fork to eat with and holds hands at the table as my husband says the blessing. She is amazing and such a joy to our day.

Fall is upon us, life really is good...

I am back from Virginia and school is in!

Well, homeschool that is in our home!

Boy have I been busy lately. First off I went to Virgina for almost eight days to visit my best friend in the world! Bless her heart, she flew me out to help her pack up for a move her family was making to a new home. She really needed my help and I really wanted to help her so she flew me out...what a blessing! I had a great time, worked hard, laughed all.the.time and came home exhausted, but really happy! It was absolutely lovely seeing her. It had been almost seven years since we saw each other last, way to long in my opinion. I will not let us go that long, ever again!!!

Once I returned home it was time to begin our homeschooling year. I certainly will have my plate full this year as I am adding in our son who is beginning kindergarten and our three year old daughter who insists on doing school to, so she will be doing preschool. That is five kids I will be homeschooling this year, wow! One thing you should know about me is I love having my hands full...a full plate of things going on is just how I like it. The craziness doesn't bother me one bit, in fact it brings me a lot of joy to see these children grow and learn. It is so amazing and I feel so honored that God chose to bless us with these seven children...words cannot express what is in my heart but I am filled with so much gratitude for these blessings. My cup runneth over with love, peace and joy!

My intent for this blog 'originally' was to chronicle special times in our life and I have severely failed at that. But I am not giving up. I just have to find my rhythm and hopefully I will get my act together in blogging regularly. I do enjoy blogging when I find time to do it but those seven blessings I was speaking about are my priority. Now that school is in we adhere to a strict schedule and I am adding in some blogging time for me. In our home if it isn't on the schedule it doesn't get done and this summer nothing was on the schedule except to have fun! So, I think I will start with short posts and do a 'wordless' post where I will just post a picture every now and then. That should help me, dontcha think?

Anyway, school is in, fall is almost here and I am in my comfort zone! Life is good!

Blessings,