A day in the life.....

Glamorous? Hardly. Mundane? Sometimes. Hilarious? Always!

Life is never dull around here.  It may get boring, but it is never monotonous.  The kids keep us laughing and busy every day! 

My day begins at 5:15 when my alarm goes off and I roll out of bed.  I am really tired, but if I don't get up and do my devotions in the morning before the kids are up, I won't get them done.  Throughout the day, my to-do list piles up and the kids always need something, so this is a necessity for me to be grounded in God and His word every morning!  (Coffee is a huge blessing in my life these days!!)  My day ends at about 10 pm or a little after, when I usually fall asleep on the couch in front of the TV.  This is the part I really need to be better about.  I feel like by the time 8 pm hits and the kids are in bed, I'm exhausted (understandably).  But, as a result, I feel like Chris gets my leftovers.  I need to figure out a way to recharge throughout the day so that when Chris and I finally have some time alone, I have some energy left to give him.

I don't really have a schedule I follow every day when Chris is at work and the older boys are at school, other than absolutely being home for nap/rest time every afternoon.  Most mornings I try and get out and do something fun with Preston and Logan, either with friends or just us.  Some mornings I have errands to run, although I try and limit that to only once or twice a week.  I know once winter hits it is going to be harder to get out and do stuff, so I'm hoping that 1) we may set a habit now so we find it easier to still get out when it's cold and dreary or 2) we get it out of our system now so that when it's all cold and yucky outside, we are plenty content to just sit at home and play inside.

Our fall schedule is especially crazy this year.  Every single night of the week we have something.  Monday and Friday Logan has soccer practice.  Tuesday and Thursday Brayden and Preston have soccer practice.  And Wednesday is piano lessons and church.  Saturdays there are 3 soccer games and Sundays are church and then, hopefully, relaxing time as a family.  We are glad our kids are involved, but sometimes it feels like too much.  It really is such a hard thing to balance.

So, now you know.  Like you were really wondering, huh?  This post may fall under the category of "This will be fun for me to go back and read 10 years from now".