Spent last Sunday afternoon driving and hiking through Shenandoah Skyline Drive with my wife and children before having a late dinner at Big Meadows. What a great day.
Wow, fun :-).
One reason I posted this article is that we are having such a hard time doing anything together in our family. We have seven children, 13 to 8 months. Five of the children have "activities" ... Scouts, religious education, gymnastics, horseback riding, ballet ... next year we'll add more. We've almost always got more than one thing on the schedule each weekday, and on the weekends, so we have to split up into groups, eat frozen pizza or toast for meals, and do laundry in the middle of the night. When I need to communicate with my husband, I e-mail both his work and home e-mail addresses, hoping to catch him at one of them!
I don't know what to do. None of the activities is overwhelming in itself. Some are once a week, some only every other week, some have adult leader meetings that add on. And they're all worthwhile. But it's just TOO MUCH! (/rant off)
Any input would be appreciated!