Busy weekends

I looked back over my past days of blogs and realized how short some of them were. It was a sign of how crazy life was over the weekend!

Thursday night my daughter arrived with her family and whenever the kids descend life gets crazy. They seem to be up with the sun and there's not too much time to rest, but I never mind. I thrive on the activity and love it when they come. I'm thrilled when any of the grandchildren are in the house. They bring energy and life to every moment - tt seems as though we never sit for long and there's always something - or someone - to entertain you. They're in constant motion and they're pure and guileless in their desire to be with you and I love that about them. There is rarely a hidden agenda unless its to get a cookie! When is it exactly that we change?

When my kids were growing up I knew if I had the patience and stamina I would be constantly raising new ones. I was fascinated by their personalities and watching them grow, discovering the world and becoming mature adults. They are a gift. I could see myself being like the woman on TV who has all those kids! But I don't think I would've been a very good mother though - I knew I'd reached my level of incompetence once there were four of them!

It was a great weekend - lots of family around. One of the things I love about having them come here for a visit is the rest of the family gathers as well. I get to see all my children - and all their children - all in the same place at the same time. And that makes me feel very blessed.