Confessions of a Peace Lover...

December 1, 2009.how did this happen? Where did January, February, March, and the rest of the months get to? As I have said before, if time flies when you're having fun we must be having a blast!

December is a month full of activity and preparation at our house. Secrets are already being kept, lots of list making has taken place, the advent calendar has been hung and Christmas songs are being sung.

Eight-year-old Clay is in the school Christmas play; we have heard ALL the songs AND every speaking part (his and everyone else's) again and again. To say he is into this play would be a huge understatement.

December is also a month that basketball gets plenty of space on our calendar. Oldest daughter Leah is a first-year coach for eighth grade girls in the district she teaches in, first game is Thursday night! College daughter Krista is in her senior year of playing basketball, her season started two weeks ago. Sixteen-year-old Emily's high school season starts tomorrow, and 6^th grader Megan has been playing on Saturdays since the last week of October.

I did the math: four daughters on four teams equal 74 games between October 31 and February 20. (All I want for Christmas is a seat cushion!)

Clay has been to more girls' basketball games than any little boy I know. The year he was born Leah was in her second year of high school ball and Krista played on the 8^th grade team. He was born in January so his first outings were to church and basketball games.

He's decided to play soccer.

And he'd like guitar lessons too, please.

Anything but basketball for this little brother, I keep telling him what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. He is pretty sure he's going to be one strong young man.

And while all this basketball makes him a little crazy he still loves his big sisters.

Until next time,

Beth