As the title suggests, the day to day has felt more like a grind of life lately. It's difficult keeping up with the house right now, the boys aren't as thrilled about school as they usually are, and the days are both dragging by yet flying by (I know, I know; my life is an oxy-moron right now). I feel like our days really hinge on what state the house is in. When it's clean, I can focus and we can easily get things done. When it's cluttered, I can't seem to focus for the life of me and we...

What do you do when it's only Wednesday but feels like it's been a whole week already? When you've already called your family over every day and don't wan't to do that yet again? When you get to the evening and you're trying to pull dinner together as fast as possible but all of the children are screaming? I went back and forth on writing about today since it won't be all peppy and happy; but you know what? Not every minute of life is peppy and happy. And it's been really hard having Matt...

Merry Christmas! I didn't get around to doing Christmas cards this year so here it is. As we move into the very end of the year, I'm reflecting back on the year we've had. It has been a good year! There have been some sad and hard moments, but that comes with an entire year. Josh is now six and in first grade. He is being homeschooled by me full-time and is loving it! He has stepped into his role as the man of the house and is extremely helpful. His personality is still loving and sensitive....