Full House Sunday

 It is a full house this morning, with Kim's family visiting this weekend.  There is no reason better than company to actually get your house clean!  The last two weeks have been a lot of organization, planning, and picking-up!  Kim, especially, has been focused on bringing some of her "visions" into reality around the house in terms of new furniture and the arrangement of art and photographs on the walls.  Now that everyone is here, it has been nice to open the doors and let everyone enjoy the house!  The weather has been exceptional and we all attended Violet's final soccer game of the season before enjoying a fire each night as the sun set and the stars made welcome appearances.  

Now it is Sunday, and the kids are all waking up.  The coffee is thankfully hot and in my cup.  While the stifling blanket at times that is family can feel overwhelming and intense, it is also a time of laughter and relaxation and just being together and the river of time continues to flow.  We are all getting older...parents and kids.  We sit around the fire in wonder at hoe we have all made it to this point...and wonder still more about how we will continue forward!  Our children and not really children anymore (well..at least most of them).  

So now Sunday is upon us...the windows are open and the fresh air blows through the main floor.  We are munching on bagels and sip coffee and milk as the responsibilities and obligations of our daily lives begins to stir in the recess of our subconscious.  We are enjoying the time, but recognize it is finite and soon we must all part ways....sigh.  I am thankful for these days and this time.  The fall is falling...and leaves are constantly fluttering to the ground...the warm rays of the sun feel like a final caress before a long goodbye.  

-a

Life Changed

 And just like that, we are in the fall.

This blog is on my mind, but rarely these days do I make enough time for it.  It makes me sad, and I am hopeful that I will find interest enough again to meet-up on those early weekend mornings....like visiting a friend for coffee.  

The summer has now come and gone.  A trip to Juneau was the ultimate highlight, although there was a lot of time to just be and think and breath, too.  On one of the very last days of the trip to Juneau, Sam broke his femur and it has now been just over two months since.  We spent four days in the hospital, including surgery, and many days on the couch in our house.  I have even grown accustomed to it now, and prefer it many times over my actual bed!  Sam was...is....so brave.  He went through the emergency room, an ambulance, the hospital, surgery, recover, physical therapy....and started kindergarten in a wheelchair.  Now he is walking (running mostly) again, and back to "normal".  We are so thankful that he has made such an amazing recovery.  

The days are just packed now that school is back in session.  Life moves faster, too.  Both Audrey and Violet are completely independent...save for the occasional round of laundry or needing a ride somewhere.  Kim works hard as ever, also.  Speaking of work, I have left my position in Homer Glen and now work as a 5th grade teacher in Plainfield!  It is wonderful but exhausting learning the job over again and all of the new systems and teaching all of the subjects again.  It is still thrilling each day, and every day is different.

Maybe more soon...some pictures for a tired blogger perhaps?  

It feels good to be in this space again...if only for a few paragraphs.

-a