On the Go

The speed around this place seems to have gone from zero to sixty in no time flat. With school starting, I feel as if I suddenly have a whole extra full-time job. You would think that things would be easier with three or four of the kids out of the house for most of the day, but no... Life starts earlier, goes harder, and ends in a frantic race for the finish line. The kids have settled into school nicely and things are going much better than I could have ever imagined in that area. They are all just thriving. I am so grateful for that blessing.

This week school started for me. It is tricky juggling my full time college and the kids stuff. I try to only work on my school stuff during the day so that Joe has me in the evenings. In addition to my school work, the kids school stuff, and normal life this week, I also hauled the little kids off go visiting teaching, the older three kids auditioned for a local children's choir(and can I just admit that the younger kids were terribly misbehaved while we were there and I was so embarrassed), Ammon had scouts, Hannah's primary teacher took her out for ice cream and she also had activity days, Ammon has been preparing to audition for the school play next week, and I tackled the monster job of organizing all of Bekah and Caleb's clothes that are too small. I even boxed them up and took them to a local used children's clothes store (and while I was there I spent more money buying more clothes than I ever got back from the clothes I exchanged, hehe).

After all that, this isn't even really what this post is about!!! I guess since we have all been so busy and on the go, Bekah decided that she would like to throw another monkey wrench into the mix and start crawling. She actually started crawling a couple of weeks ago, but I am just now getting around to posting about it. Honestly, I have been dreading it. She is very busy and interested in every little thing. We have to keep the floors spotless at all times or she will find choking hazards everywhere. She is cute, though, and so proud of herself. I guess at nine months of age, I couldn't put it off much longer!

Bekah (9 months) thinks about taking off Hmmm...a little harder than she thought
There she goes!
What a big girl :)

Okay, I've got kids to put down for a nap, a poopy diaper to change, and Bekah is ripping all the books off my bookshelf. Must. Stop. Blogging. :)