The McDonald Family: Winter Moments :)

We have so much fun here at our home! Sometimes I wish I had a 'normal' life.. where we buy or rent a house and live forever.. never move.. consistency.. but then I remember that God has not called us all to the same thing. He has called each of us to follow Him. And to each family, to each single person that will most likely look very different.

Our family lives in what we fondly like to call 'organized chaos'. We kinda have a schedule but we are just as likely to throw it out as we are to actually follow it! We put our devotions and schoolwork as priorities for sure. Anything beyond that is simply a bonus! You know like meals, housework.. I realized long ago that being a wife and mother and homeschooling are of themselves full time work. I better make those the priorities and anything that I get done beyond that was just icing on the top! Now that the big girls and boys are older it is definitely easier to get things done. BUT we also have so much fun doing things together, projects, studying the Word, visiting others, that an official schedule just does not happen. So, if you happen to stop by to see what is 'happening at the homestead' you may find us all diligently working on chores and projects.. with a clean house, nice pot of soup simmering on the stove.. OR you may find utter mayhem as mom tries to put the zipper in her dress for the 7th time, Gracie giving her baby a bath in the toilet, and Grant unwinding his 678 feet of fishing line throughout the house, trying to find the knot.. then you'll know it is an UNSCHEDULED type of day!