Family Time

I know y'all hear me talk about how much i value family time, a lot. But this weekend, that I pretty much spent alone, I really realized how much I VALUE that time we spend as a family. Jordan was gone for the long weekend and Paul worked back to back shifts, so the only time he was home he spent sleeping. It was kinda gloomy and raining off and on for most of the weekend and I filled my time with organizing, cleaning, putting together teacher gifts and invites for Jordan's Summer kick off Popsicle and Pool Party and doing laundry. It was good to get these things accomplished since we have a few busy weeks coming up with the end of school, getting ready for Girls Camp and family coming to see us. But I gotta tell ya, sitting down at the dinner table with my family to enjoy a meal and then following our meal with quality time playing games is something i REALLY miss on weekends like this. The house is WAY too quiet. But it is THAT time of the day when I actually felt lonely and a little sad.

I know J is getting older and it probably won't be long before she has to run off for extra curricular activities and friend time after dinner and game nights will be few and far between (notice i did not say non existent, cuz, like, that will never happen...denial? maybe). So I am going to really treasure this time. Those of you with little ones; this is a great time to establish Family Dinner and Game Time. It is a wonderful tradition and I highly recommend it. Our best conversations and laughs happen around our dinner table and memories that will last a lifetime. I also firmly believe it has brought us closer together as a family and Jordan comes to US when there is junk going on in her life that she wants to talk about, that is special.