Not enough hours in the day....

6 Children (And dreaming of more...)
1 Dog
1 Cat
1 Husband
1 Big House
Laundry
Cooking
Cleaning
Home School
College
Work
Starting a Business
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Adds up to OH MY GOODNESS!!

Things are nuts around here... There is no pleasant way to put it.

We just got back from Kansas, where we took a much need break to go camping.  Now we are back and we are behind.  There are things to do around here.  I need to go the the grocery store.  We need to start the garden REALLY soon.  There is home school to get caught up on.  The babes need a bath.  The laundry, oh man, the laundry.  The living room needs a coat of paint.  The home school room needs to be re-set up.  And on and on and on...  Where do I begin?

I came to the realization this last week that things I felt were so important to get done are taking precedence over the things that will not always be the way they are now.  My children are growing up.  And because I have so much other stuff to do... I am missing it.  There will never be enough pictures in the world to replace the daily interaction I desire now. 

We are a very privileged family.  By God's grace we have been blessed with the ability to not have a father whom is constantly out of the home.  We have a mother who is able to be here with the family all the time.  We have been beyond blessed with six wonderful children.  Yet we constantly strive to better things.  We have a clean home.  We have food on the table.  We have plenty of everything.  What we are running short on is time.  People often say your kids will grow up the second you take your eyes off them...  If only I knew nine years ago how true this is. 

I miss my kids.   I miss our family time.  Our family does. 

We have had enough of the constant pushing and pulling to get things done.

Time to get back to this...


And this...



And these...




God has blessed me with this ever growing family.  I hope I can at least partially return the favor by raising them the way He desires.  For right now, and hopefully for ever more, this is what matters most.

Nothing stays the same...

So I know I kinda let things go but I have reasons...

First was an absolutely devestating car wreck.  Some young jerky kid rammed the back of our family vehicle at 45 miles an hour while our car was at a complete stop.  Of course said kid didn't have insurance in the slightest.  This to say the least killed us finacially (and hurt Scott's back pretty bad).  Sucky  :o(

A week later, the baby, Preston grew a lump on his rear.  This caused a hospital stay and several doc visits and we still had no explanation.  The lump has returned over and over again.  Each time he is placed on the same medication but given a higher dose (gotta love docs!!).  Unforunatly it has once agin shown its ugly face so we are taking him into see Avalynn's doctor this week.  I am sure he will try something new.

There have also been two addtional car accidents, a wrecked uhaul, a family wide flu, a theft (of some VERY expensive rental car keys from our home no less), SCARY!, and many other smaller things but they all added up to one really big change.

We moved...  Across the state.  To the middle of no where.  Literally.  The population is 200 and we are 8 of them.  We live in Peetz, CO.  Farmville in real life.  Except we are not farmers since the overalls are tacky, and the cows stink.  And poop, everywhere.  Puke.  Not for us.  But it is cheap here and cheap is what we need right now.

Scott and I are both still in school full time.  The semester started several weeks ago.  The babies are doing great (aside from the lump).  Preston is an eating machine.  I swear that is all he does all day minus the 15 minutes he needs to empty the tank.  Avalynn is potty training.  And doing great!!  She is also talking up a storm.  We love her to pieces.  The big kids are all adjusting just fine.  They love the new house.  They love the huge yard.  Mostly they love their new school... not because it is awesome but because it is at home.  And Mommy is there, ALL THE TIME.  We have decided to home school.  Really we are homeschooling 50% of the time and unschooling as well.  (I will post another blog to explain what this really entails as some other time).

We are still unpacking.  I have two rooms out of 13 left to paint... Yeah me!  I am excited to be done.  I am also very excited that we signed a two year lease.  Aww... security.  Something that several events over the last few months tried to pry from my hands.  Not having security can suck it!

The blog is still going to follow my attempt to rid the hoards from the house (though I know I met my goal and then some during the move.)  This blog will now also include what it is like to have six children under the age of nine, homeschool five of them, nurse one of them, attend school full time, and grow a cake business all while trying to become finacially stable again.  I clearly need something else to do...