long time no write......

It's been 3 years since I started this blog - and during that whole time I don't think I've gone 2 months without writing. Most who know me would say I've never been at a loss for words....it is usually quite the opposite. But frankly for the last 2 months each time I have thought of sitting down and writing about our daily activities it just seemed trivial. Not that our life or daily happenings were unimportant because to us they were....

I didn't write because 1) There was not an instant of extra time and 2) I couldn't formulate the right thoughts to write about my family in contrast to what was going on around me.

I didn't record the last two months because I was too busy living it - and experiencing relationships. I was investing in family out of state and engaging in friendship to its fullest extent here.

I was loving others' children, regularly visiting friends in the hospital, saying good-bye, grieving my own offenses, and pleading on my knees for the lives of precious ones.

I am ready to write again - because the thoughts and events have been piling up! And this is how I work it all through. The challenges of the last two months were not all necessarily negative - in fact even though they have been difficult - I count them a privilege to have gone through. Friendship is an investment.....a journey.....more on that later.......in the meantime....here is a taste of "the normal" that has transpired in between the trials.....

Trip to Albuquerque to see family and work the NM Homeschool Convention

A treehouse was constructed!

Yes - we were sitting here - this photo is with no zoom!!!

School year all done and packed up in a box!

Painting......