School, Work and Kids... What else is there?

Happy Tuesday!

Summer seems to be quickly passing by. Everyone is so busy with lots of activities. Just this week, the little kids are at the beach. They will be back tomorrow. Next week, one kid will do volleyball camp, a couple of kids will have swimming lessons.

In a few weeks, the teenagers will go to camp for a week. Eli will have football kicking camp, and DARE camp also. He already goes to football workouts three days a week.

As for me, I am still chugging along in summer school. And I am still working. VBS is next week also.

There was ten weeks off of school and now we are down to seven weeks. I am already thinking about five kids who will need backpacks, school school supplies, school fees...

Maybe I need to have a yard sale?

Where were you?

Many years ago, I remember looking at the moon at night and thinking about the one person that was made for me. I wondered what he was doing. I just knew he was out there.

About a year later, I found Dave.

I knew that one day, I would have lots of kids.
Before Eli was born, I used to try to picture what he would look like.... blonde hair? brown hair? blue eyes? brown eyes? I imagined how this child would change my life - he would make me a mother. So, in February of 1996, I got my baby boy with little blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He did change my life.

For seven whole years, Eli was an only child. I used to sit and daydream about the kids I would have in the future. I knew they were "there" - I used to talk about how I loved them already. I pictured a girl with curly brown hair and big brown eyes. I pictured another little tow headed boy with big blue eyes just like Dave and Eli.

When I had the little kids, I didn't exactly get what I pictured. I got a little girl with straight blonde hair and big hazel eyes and then I got a little boy with blonde hair and brown eyes.

That was OK by me. :)

It seemed that all along, I knew that they were out there - all four of these people that I love so much, more than anything else in the whole world.

I told Dave about two years ago that I did not feel "done." I still needed to be a momma. Who would have known that it was so close.

Now, I am able to take care of two precious girls. It is amazing. Every day is like an adventure... you know, that kind of adventure when children are small and they learn and say new things all the time? This is the kind of adventure we are all living together.

Now, I have five children. It is such a blessing to me to have these girls. They are gifts to me.
When I learned their birthdates, I wondered, "What were they doing in 1997? I had a one year old son at that time." And I wondered, "What were they doing in 2000? Eli was four years old then."

The girls are teaching me so much. I am learning about love all over again, I am learning about letting go, taking and sharing. Because of them, I am a stronger person. I am thankful they are in our family.

What do I have to say?

Wow! I can't believe that I am having trouble coming up with something to blog about. I open the blog several times throughout the week.... I start to write then I X it out! Maybe I feel like I don't have anything important to share. Some things - well, lots of things, I can't share. I feel like I should not expose all that is going on.

I have toyed with making this a password only blog. That way, I can write about our lives and what is really happening. But there again, I feel like I would be infringing on others privacy.

So, let's see... What can I tell?

I turned 35 last Saturday. It made me sad. I am on the downhill slide to 40. Wow.

Tripper is turning 5 this Saturday. It will be my official last day of intersession and Saturday School. We have no birthday party planned. We ran out of time. He and Emma are going with the Grandma to the beach on Sunday morning... so what we are going to have is a family party - kind of a "welcome" for the new kids, a birthday/summer deal at the swimming pool in a few weeks, where we will invite the entire group of people we love best to come hang out.

Sucks, I know. But, Tripper does get to go to the beach.

What will I do with out the little kids here? I will still have three kids at home with me. Easier or harder? I will let you know.

My summer semester starts tomorrow. I have had five days off. Have I done anything? Not really. I still had to work and I did not get any house stuff done. I sat at the pool with the kids.

And I washed ALOT of towels. :)