TGIF

Here is just a quick thought that I had today. I used to love Fridays. It meant fun and relaxation were on the way. Then I became a mother and all days seemed to be pretty much like any other yet Fridays were still pretty good because it meant that Paul would be spending more time at home for two days. However, now that I have four children and two of them attend school I find that I now dread Fridays. Weekends now mean two whole days of trying to get kids to do chores and get along with one another and feed all of them instead of just a few and watch them make bigger and even more messes and an even bigger dread of Monday when I have to make my sorry, exhausted self get the house back in order (and depending on the week that could take up until the next Friday when we start all over again!) I guess I really have been spoiled having my quiet Emma and my two-nap baby be the only ones with me the majority of the time. I need to learn to adjust to this new way of life. Don't get me wrong. I love my kids and I love to have them home (when they are being nice!), but I am not the best homemaker around and it is hard enough on normal days to conquer the chaos that seems to repeatedly swamp our home so it only gets worse when we are all there!!! I just think it is kind of sad that I no longer get that feeling of TGIF and I feel guilty that the causes of my stress are two little people that I deeply love. Hopefully it is mostly because school has just started and I am not used to the routine and am feeling extra tired these days since I am getting up an hour or two earlier now so I can get the kids on the bus. It is all about adjustment--I just wish I adjusted more quickly!

My Top 10 Reasons for Not Blogging in a Month!

I really don't have time to be doing this right now (we are leaving for a family reunion in a couple hours and I still have housework and a sharing time to prepare), but I have been feeling the pressure to write something so I will give a short list of the things that I have been doing that have kept me from really thinking about blogging.

1. Right after my last blog we had a family reunion for my mom's side of the family and my brother brought his family from Utah so they could bless their baby that weekend with lots of family around. The above is a picture of my youngest being held by his favorite person--my handsome husband!

2. I was in the middle of doing all those before school doctor appointments, haircuts and taking Hyrum and Hannah on special dates to get all their school gear.

3. I was swamped with housework and painting our family room (which is still only half done, by the way).


4. I had four children running around me, making messes, demanding attention, fighting, wanting to go places, eating everything in sight, etc. Above is a picture of one of the aforementioned mess-making-demanding-eating kiddos.

5. My sister came home to visit.


6. We had to celebrate my youngest daughter's 4th birthday party early so that she wouldn't feel deprived of anything since we were going to be traveling on her birthday.

7. I had to prepare my home and family for our trip to Montana this last weekend.


8. We were attending school open houses, kindergarten orientation, and getting kids to school.

9. I went on the above mentioned vacation to Montana.

10. When you live an hour away from any good shopping places running those errands and going on those dates are no small task.

Now I know that these might seem flimsy excuses to some, but they seem very rational to me. They at least have kept me busy enough and exhausted enough to have little energy left for writing something. I hope that now that we have two kids in school and one of the kids left at home plays so well by herself and the other takes two naps a day I might find a little more time to do some of the things I enjoy and finish up a few more projects.