Life in my mid-fifties.

I either don’t have the personality to think way ahead to the future, or the brain space, but I really never thought much about what life would look like in this season we are in!

But I have to say, I couldn’t have imagined it better if I had.

The Lord has been so good and gracious to us by allowing our dream of a large family to come to fruition!!

I just wish He would have told me to nap more while I was young, ha, ha!!

My days are filled with sweet treasured relationships with the big kids – their phone calls, texts, and plans.

These days are filled with the blessing of grandchildren!!

They are also filled with church activities and committees.

They are filled with my girlfriends and I getting together now and again!

But mostly my days are filled with this trio of ours that are still at home full-time and still in school.

IT IS A SWEET SEASON, FRIENDS!!

How I enjoy these three youngest kiddos and our days together!

We have so much fun together!

They are great helpers to me in this busy life, and school would not have started on our normal timeline without their help this year.

We worked together to make it all happen – from rescheduling chores, choosing curriculum, choosing electives, setting up the schedule and moving everything around our home to be ready.

Thankful for this crew!!

Of course most of our time together is spent in school work for the biggest part of the year.

The Lord has been so very kind to me in this area, because all of our children have found school to be enjoyable and doable!

I know that is not always the norm!

God is also still giving me so much joy in teaching my children – and I have been at this a very long time!!

It is my favorite way to spend a day.

After school hours are over, we find all kinds of things to do with our time!

There are always chores to be done.

The children are VERY good at finding things to do on their own, but I keep them busy too as we work in the kitchen together and have places to be some days!

We enjoy a library visit, especially one that includes a bird sanctuary.

There are haircut appointments and other appointments – like Tate and Eliza’s medical check-ups.

Eliza did some dog sitting, which made a fun week here recently!

And of course we LOVE to be outside.

There are a few consistent things that split this cute trio of ours up – like Lane’s library job.

We are SO thankful for Lane’s job!!

I enjoy being with him on the Saturday mornings that he is scheduled for.

Another thing is Friday nights right now.

Friday nights mean volleyball for Lane with the big kids.

They love it and I love that they have that opportunity!!

That means that Blake and I have two adorable and fun sidekicks on Friday nights.

We usually try to find something fun to do together!

This certain Friday night we went to the local Co-op, got treats, and sat outside and played a game.

It was PERFECT!

There is a brand new twist to our Friday nights that I will tell you about in another post – and it is a GOOD ONE, so stay tuned!

What a wonderful mid-fifties for Blake and I, am I right??

These kiddos of ours are keeping us young!!

Ok, well, maybe, ha, ha.

I FEEL young anyway!!

Stay tuned for a great post about six very adorable grands!

They have a HUGE piece of my heart too!!!

Thank you, Heavenly Father, for allowing all these good things!!

I am in AWE of this thing called life!!!