There's nothing like sleeping in a little, putting off a shower until later in the day, catching up on some news, listening to some music & playing with your kids. Of course sleeping in for me would be anytime after 7am because of my normal 5am wake time during the week :-)

I don't take these times for granted any longer. Last fall was so crazy schedule-wise that I'm a little skiddish when it comes to commiting our time to anything right now. I think at one point last year we only had perhaps two nights free out of the week. Between dual soccer practices, soccer games, Community Group, kids choir, & Wednesday night kids programs - we were stretched pretty thin.

That changed when winter hit. We told the kids - no winter sports. We decided against jumping into fun, but non-essential church activities. We moved our Community Group to the church on Wednesday nights so we can connect with other adults who have kids involved there & then, and so we didn't have to give up yet another night. And things got better. And things slowed down.

And now I really don't want to go back there. My family is too important, time with my kids is too crucial right now.

So I sit here just enjoying the slow start to the day - not taking any of it for granted anymore.

The kids start soccer practice up again this week. We lucked out in getting their practices on the same night (not sure how God orchestrated that one). It will give me a good time to workout at the Y while they are practicing. So it is still falling into place - at least for now.

I'll take it all in while I still can & pray that I don't too eagerly jump full-force into anything without comtemplating & weighing the impact it will have on our day-to-day life, our week-to-week life. It's hard to believe it's March already - time is slipping away too quickly anymore - too quickly to take it all for granted.