Tough to describe...

Hi everyone--

It's really tough to describe just how insanely busy that the past seven weeks have been... Our friends and family are used to hearing about our crazy lives, but I really can't remember another stretch where things have been just this crazy... I'm not exactly certain why... We've always done 4-H judging and the fair, and Chelsea moved to Baylor last year too. However, the circumstances over the past several weeks swirled to create a perfect storm of commitments, opportunities, success, and, well, stress. Here's the quick update:

We went straight from 4-H judgings to VBS to four days at the Ohio State Fair to the Athens County Fair to soccer (Emmy) and Baylor move-in (Chelsea) to back to school for the younger girls and then Roger and I. Wow... After just typing that line, I realize that gloss doesn't even begin to do justice to our experiences. Of course, we are so very grateful for the many rich blessings that we have encountered. It's just been a lot...   

The light is starting to peek through the end of the tunnel and on to the horizon. I'm chugging through my "to do" list; Roger is almost done with his book; Chelsea is safely back at school; Britti is visiting Grandma P in Virginia, and the little girls are doing great in school. Now that I have a bit of time, I'm going to work on catching up our blog.

We've missed you! Hope that everyone had a great end of the summer and start to the school year.

Fondly--

Christie