Where did April go???

So, here we are at May 3rd - and April was surely a blur of activity. I hate busy - you know the, "hey, how are you?" - promptly answered by, "busy."

Busy?? Busy doing what? For whom?? Why???

But, alas, we are all busy - so I feel like we have to be so prayerfully careful WHAT we are busy doing. Or I am afraid we are going to wake up one morning - old -
kids gone - and we will wonder what happened.

It is a stuggle for sure - especially with work and four kids, but something to consider and think about.

I guess that lately, as my twins have hit SIX years old, that I think about it more. My dear sweet hubbie told me at dinner this weekend that I looked great - not a day over 25 years old. (The man is GOOD). I think it was the sun - we had spent the day playing with the kids - in the pool - at home - a fun, happy day. We were feeling tan and content - a nice place to be.

At church, our pastor is preaching about "waht is you had 30 days to live?" At home, we have friends in crisis around us - friends whose marriages are falling apart, friends who have lost their jobs, friends who are losing their homes, and the list goes on. On the news, we get swine flu and economic disaster. It is a strange time - and as I read this - a strange post! There are so many levels of things going on - that I guess I don't know where to start...and that is where I'm at.

So, in bullet points -
- kids are good - everyone healthy. Andrew is taking swimming lessons and is still working on potty training. I had to pull him out of a friend's hot tub today which took five years off my life, but he took a breath as he slipped off the edge (thank you swim lessons) which bought me enough time to get in and fish him out. (in my new shorts, oh, well). Bless him, he came out sputtering and telling us that he was both scared and sorry.

The B's turned six last week - separate post with pics to follow. They are getting BIG fast. They get sweeter by the day (although sometime whiney) - but get funnier and smarter. Brantley declared "we have the technology" when he needed to erase something off his book report today. They conspired against Jeff before church this am. He went into their closet to get some shirts out and the two turkeys had been hiding in there waiting to scare him. They did. So, minus five years (ok, maybe one year) off his life today too.

Jeffrey is in the home stretch of home-schooling. (thank you, Lord, we are almost done). We have had a great year, but are both ready for summer and no lesson plans. I am ready to go back to being mom - and taking off the full-time teacher hat. Home-schooling is not for the faint-of-heart and will take more time and energy than you think.

So there is the "busy" month in review - ha-ha. Pictures to come soon.

Happy May!