Plans, anyone?

You may think that after 14 years of marriage, we'd kind of have a clue where we're headed. Well...except for the Great Beyond...we're kind of clueless. This might explain the years long gap since my last post. Or maybe that can be better explained by the factual reality of five children. Maybe.

Whate'er the reason, Chris & I have reached the almost 15 year mark and suddenly have been opening our eyes to the fact that we don't really have a clue where we'd like our family to be headed. We're good on the HOW we want our family to BE, currently, but not so clear on WHERE we want to GO. So...tonight we went to Nacho Mama's--great place for our almost weekly date!...and on the way took a stroll downtown and talked. So we got this far--we want our family--both us and whichever kids want to--to be doing something by ten years from now all under the same roof.

In ten years, E-R will be twenty-one. Can't believe THAT. C-J will be eighteen. WOAH. K-A will be fifteen, C-S thirteen and J-P ten. So unless another little bundle comes along, we'll only have three still at home. That makes me feel kind of sad. So weird to think that in ten years, our youngest will be almost the age of our current oldest. That makes ten years seem a LOT longer than it sounds.

Since we agree that our goal is to be working together as a family on something true, good and beautiful (OK Chris and I didn't really talk about those last three, but I'm pretty sure he would agree with them!), then homeschooling seems like something that is in our long-term future.  You can't be working under the same roof if your kids are away under some other roof...