Whew!

We are wrapping up what's been a crazy week! We have had 4 different party/get-togethers at our house in the last 5 days...lots of cleaning, partying, dirtying, cooking, re-cleaning, partying, dirtying, cooking, re-cleaing, etc. It was all very fun though, and so worth the effort, as always. Zac and I both really enjoy having people over. Sometimes it's something more formal that we plan weeks in advance, and other times it's a spur of the moment "wanna come over for dinner" type of thing.

I pray that as our kids get older, they also develop this enjoyment and that our home will be a place where their friends andours always feel welcome! At one point on Saturday evening, I did a double-take as all of the kids ran down to the basement to play...it seemed like they had multiplied. Sure enough, I discovered that they had invited some of the neighbor kids over (via the an invitation over the back fence). I guess we are on our way!

The few nights this week we haven't been entertaining, Zac's been working, and I've been trying to maintain some order around here by myself. It's not going too well, as evidenced by the 8 loads of clean laundry sitting in my hallway. But hey, at least it's clean and not 8 dirty loads. I have made some progress!