Our friend, BUSY.

Our week at a glance....swim practice, a swim meet, a follow-up with the surgeon (a good report, she does have a fistula but we are hoping that it will get smaller so that surgery can be avoided), a speech assessment, school, friends, and last but certainly not least, ballet camp for our MK.

Our girl loves to twirl....

At the age of four, she is living her dream of being a prima ballerina....

Before children, I thought I knew busy. In fact, I didn't. With one child, the thought occurred to me that I was busy. In fact, not nearly as busy as I was with two children. With two children, one a toddler and one an infant, I believed we had personally met busy. In fact, we had on one level, but not the same level of busy that came along with having two children and a puppy. Then, I knew we had met busy. But oh we weren't finished yet. Then came three children and a puppy - along with baseball, basketball, piano, speech, ballet, homeschool and swimming, just to name a few. And, then, came four children and a dog, and busy is our best friend. So many will say to me, "Wow, you all are always so busy!" And, even on the overwhelming, "how am I going to get all done?" days, I remind myself to embrace our friend busy. In due time, and far too quick for my taste, our friend busy will be gone and our busy days will be filled with many memories and I am quite sure I will ask myself, "How did we do it all?" I am so thankful for these busy times and I am even more thankful for my children, the ones who keep me busy!