family time

historically in our family, we haven't had much family time. derek and i work opposite schedules, so it makes it hard for us to be together as a family on a regular basis. the biggest benefit to working opposite schedules is that our kids have needed little to no child care over the past four years, and they get to have a lot of alone time with their daddy, something most children don't get to have.

for the past four months, i've been blessed to be able to stay home with jonah, abbie, and caleb. this has been such an amazing gift, and i'm sad it will be ending soon. it has been wonderful, not only because i get to spend every waking moment with their sweet (and sometimes not so sweet) faces, but because we have felt like a real family...with real family time. we have learned that it's something we need, something we were missing! this was last sunday (please excuse the 45,000 pictures)...just a walk through our neighborhood...but a day filled with happiness, and silliness, and real family fun. so, even though my time being a "stay at home mom" is quickly coming to an end, we will do our best to deliberately carve out meaningful family time like this.