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Back to the blog......... after a long break!

It has been so long since I have blogged. I almost don't know where to start. My days have been pleasantly busy and full, raising a family of 9.  I have discovered Facebook and must admit that has taken up some of my time. I feel called back to the slower pace of my blog. I'm not really sure who even stops by my lil' ole blog? It seems I get a lot of traffic but no comments. Maybe I seem boring but I really only blog for ME......as a scrape book. My kiddos and I love to spend the afternoon looking back at what we have done, cooked and seen. Big family love!

This winter has been filled with homemade soups and warm cups of tea. Snuggles and naps with Baby Ian aka B*Ian (bean) now 7 mo. old. Home school for Olivia age 5 and nature walks with family and dog Jasper. We have long cozy story times and play board games. I have 3 teenages known as the Big's 18, 16 (on Monday), 13 and 3 kiddos known as the Little's ages 10,7,5, and then there is our lil'  7mo. old B*Ian.

If you are new to my blog feel free to look around, leave a comment and Follow if you'd like.

Peace+
Georgiann

September RAMBLINGS

Life here in our home is always busy. We do not lack for things to do. In fact we have to decline invites much of the time, because things change here rather quickly. (my older kiddos often need rides to places).
My house is often a mess so I rarely have friends over. I am trying to change that for this year.
I'm making hospitality a goal. I want to have more friends over for lunch and play dates.

Most of my kiddos are back to school. I have 1 son that graduated high school back in June OK July because he was 1/2 credit short :( He was not able to walk in the ceremony or anything. I was heart broken but I learned it was not the end of the world. Plus it relieved the stress of having to figure out how I would get to the BIG event. I was induced with Ian on June 12 and the graduation was June 13! My son did a online class to finally earn his 1/2 credit. He is now an official 2012 grad!
I must confess I feel like a big loser sometimes because with the birth of our new baby Ian I did not do much in the way of celebrating my other kiddos birthdays. My oldest son turned 18 back on June 2 and Noah turned 10 the day before Ian was born. Nick just turned 13 Aug. 1! Lots of milestone birthdays this year!
Olivia will be 5 on Oct.4 and Jacob will be 16 in Feb. (My birthday is next Tuesday Sept. 18th! and I'm proud to say I will be 44!)

So now that most of my kiddos are in school (I have Olivia,Ian and my oldest home) we are settling into a new routine. We are all up by 7:30am and after the kids are on the bus I hit the coffee pot and make breakfast. 9am is when we start home school preschool for Olivia.
She has workbooks,a picture journal,story time and games we play. The structured time goes from 9am-10:30am followed by **quiet blanket time. In the early afternoon we play outside,go on a walk,paint or do some other art and read some more stories. In the late afternoon when my school kiddos get home they have 40min. snack and homework/reading time before playing outside (in our back yard) with the neighbors.

**We do a quiet blanket play time with special toys.(she must play by herself while I get some stuff done.) Olivia does not have a nap time but her bed time is 8:30pm this year.  ALL my kiddos have to go up at 8:15pm to brush teeth and settle in with a book on their bed. Our girls have their new (Craig's list) bunk beds set up in their own room.

I love spending time with Jarett my oldest son. We eat our meals together and he travels with me sometimes to run errands. I can have him watch Olivia if I need him to though I have not had to yet.
But I will when I get my hair cut next Thursday!

Today I'm taking Jarett to look for a job.....picking up and filling out job apps.

Thanks for letting my ramble today. I have lots to post about and many many pictures I want to share but it seems life is flying fast and I'm living it! That is a good thing. When I do have a minute to share and write a post, I never know where to start!  I hope soon to post daily but it seems that I rarely get any comments so it feels like maybe everyone is just a busy as me and is not interested in my life?

Things I want to post about: Ian's birth story, my new weight loss journey,park day,our trip to the fair, and some summer fun in our backyard!

Peace+
Georgiann

In the still of the morn

In th still of the morn I can eat the last homemade blueberry scone and not have to share.

 When I have enough energy to get up before the kiddos. It allows me time to get a few chores done, ones that I find relaxing. Yes, there are a few.

Like taking down cloth diapers fresh off the line that will need folded and put away.

I also like to do a quick pick up of scattered dirty clothes that are left through out the house and STUFF them into the wash machine.

Boy that makes my house seem instantly cleaner.

Also running a load of dishes before my crew wakes is a good thing.

We have not mastered a clean kitchen before bed.lol

I'll take clean and picked up where and when I can get it! lol

I love to sit in my quiet kitchen and ponder what I will do today.

What I will fix for dinner? What will the kids and I do today?

When the kids awake.......

Most days they are spent in our backyard, splashing in the kiddie pool,

Making a mud city to dig in. Riding bikes or swinging on the swing set.

There is the occasional squabble and skinned knee.

Request for a popcicle and to make some lemon aide.

There are questions to answer like whats for lunch?

Can I have candy?

But for now I will sit here quietly and eat the last scone.....in the still of the morn.

Peace+

Georgiann

Sweet Kitchen Helpers

The summer is fading fast and I miss not having a BIG garden.

I decided this year our family would not have time plant a garden or go to the

 Terri's Berries Produce Co-op.

Giving birth to my baby boy Ian, having my oldest son turn 18 and graduate from high school as well as host a boat load of house guest to see and attend it all was enough for me. The produce co-op is about a 35 minute drive one way (over an hour round trip).....a trip that I was not willing to do with a new baby. It feels like I just gave birth just yesterday.....I'm tired most days and still having nursing issues but I'm not complaining!! He's so worth a few years with out a garden!

I'm sorry to say that this year the ingredients for my beef stew were store bought and not organic and homegrown, my bread came from the store not from scratch but thats the way it is some years.

I really miss being in my garden, and watching my children dig, plant and pick what we'll have for dinner. But having Baby Ian in my life is so worth not having all that extra work a garden demands.

Thank you to all my blog friends that leave comments they mean the world to me.

Peace and Love,

Georgiann