Just chillin at home...

We are so busy. The weeks that the kids are with us are the happiest and most hectic of them all and everyday it is a miracle we can coordinate how to get everything accomplished that is on the docket for the day. An average school day consists of either Mistie or I waking up and getting the middle schoolers from our home in N.W. Boise to Meridian Middle school by 7:30AM... then back home while the other parent is home getting the the two elementary schoolers ready for the day. Then again Mistie or I running the two little guys to their school back in Meridian again by 9:00AM. Once that is accomplished getting our collective adult selves to work and school is next on the agenda. After Mistie is out of class she rushes back to Meridian to pick up little guy from Kindergarten around noon. Then she runs to meetings or activist stuff (yes that is the technical term I use for it) and continues on with the day. Around 3:45PM Mistie or I (depending on my work schedule) go pick up the rest of the kids and get them home for the rest of the day.

We have a pretty good routine down but just the essence of how much travel/running around we have to do during the week makes us cherish the weekends where running around from here to there is not required. IN FACT WE DREAM ABOUT SUCH WEEKENDS:)

Today is one of those days. Days like this I love to just sit back and soak in how amazing our little/big family is. I am working on laundry while Mistie works on homework. The kids are happy just hanging out doing all of the things that make them individuals yet bond them together too.

Connor- Age 14 (almost 15) has been busy tuning his guitar and practicing his tunes. A little while later he picks up the remote for the NBA video game he loves and plays 1 game of Bulls vs. Hawks. He picks on his little brothers and torments his little sister so all is normal today:)

Quinncy- Age 12 (almost 30) has been busy texting her friends, listening to music, trying on her new clothes and hanging in her room (cleaning it...kind of at her mom's urging). Now she is doing a craft and using her very creative mind to make something cool! She picks on her little brothers and torments her older brother so all is normal today:)

Eligh- Age 10 (almost 11) has been creating an art drawing on the computer, then singing a song, then climbing up on the plant shelf in the kitchen to do a stealth mission of spying on all of us. He is bossing around his little brother and annoying his older brother and sister (since it is rare for Eligh to not be talking about something) so all is normal today:)

Sawyer-Age 6 is busy playing Playhouse Disney, building a fort with his legos, making mom and I craft out of all sorts of different art supplies and petting Mulder (the big chocolate lab that adores him). He is busy annoying his older siblings so all is normal today:)

These kids love each other and they love thier Mom so very much! They are adventurous, creative, smart, hilarious, loving and unique! Just hanging out with them makes me happy and gives me the best perspective on what really matters in this world. It also makes their mother and I work even harder everyday to make this a better world for them to live in.

Until next time...

Hugs,

Bonus Mom

Here are a few pics from recent fun times for your enjoyment:)