Good Morning Friends and Family!!!! Come share a morning cup of coffee with me and join me in my rambelings.
It is a beautiful morning~ the air outside is crisp and despite the fires there is still a morningrific smell out there! When I stepped out with my first cup of coffee this morning I felt invigorated and really blessed.
After a week of insomnia that kept me awake most of the night, last night I was back to my old routine of getting good sleep and waking bright and early in the morning. This is my favorite way to start any day. To get up with the sun (or a little before) and have that couple of hours to myself before the babies get up.
Yesterday, the kids and I made several trips out and into the world. Lots of interactions with family, friends and church folks along with some fun just playing. I am excited and energized today in part to all the great things that happened yesterday.
My son is home! After being away for 6 months, he arrived home yesterday. It was so good to see the boy! He may be 21 (22 in just a months time) but he is still my baby. He is looking good, other than he REALLY needs a haircut. I am grateful that he is back and happy that he will be for a while. I know that his being home is only for a few months and soon he will be of on his next adventure in far off places, but just for today I will be happy he is here.
As soon as my Katie gets home from her Dad's we will all be going to get a family portrait done. I am SO excited about that! I honestly thought when Eugene left for Missouri that I would never have the chance to get a family poicture done with all my babies together. One of the sad parts about having children so far apart in age. But for the next few months I will have all 6 of my kids close by. The older 3 may not be in my home, however they are close enough that I will get to see them on a regular basis and have an opportunity to start a family tradition that hopefully will give them all some good memories.
We are going to start having dinner together once a week. Actually we have been doing it already but of course Eugene and often Katie were missing. In a couple of weeks it will be all of us~ table for 7 please
Well I better get going to get ready for church! Have a busy day planned ahead and I am excited to get going!
Church first, then home where a friend will be joining us, after lunch I think the plan is to take the little ones swimming at the river. Nice thing about having another grown up hanging around, I have some help with the kids so that they both can go swimming. Allen loves the water as long as Mommy is holding him close to her. He is not so fond of it when one of the brothers or sister takes him because they don't hold him close. Elizabeth has become a pretty good swimmer but I have to keep a close eye on her because she thinks she is a better swimmer than she really is and will get herself out too far. So taking both kids into the water at the same time when I am alone is tough.
After swimming, it is home to get ready for our camping trip tomorrow. 2 days, 1 overnight, out in the woods! It has been YEARS since I took a baby camping so I have a load of stuff to try and remember along with all our regular stuff. I have my handy dandy list and all I need to do is get it all packed up. My friend should be here around 8 in the morning to load us all up in his jeep and we are off to Bucks Lake!
So I am outta here for a couple of days! Hope everyone has a FANTABULOUS Sunday! See you soon!