Signing Off - For a time

Hey friends and fellow bloggers I am going to take a LONG blogging break. This stay-at-home, homeschooling mom of four cannot keep up with blogging without getting behind on my digital photo albums, compromising quality time with my children, quality time with husband, or quality time sleeping. In other words, this is currently LAST on my list of priorities.

However, if in bloggityville you search for and find encouragement for your souls then I would promptly point you to my very dear friend's site Raising Five. She has made a ministry of her blog. It's not just a hobby, she truly encourages those in the trenches by being real and by being godly.

Blogging has been a fun learning experience and I will certainly return to it in the future, if the Lord allows. For now, I am needed elsewhere. If you want to know the next time I post (which could be next summer) you should probably subscribe to receive an email when I post something new. Just look down the side bar of my blog and click on the link (don't worry Mom, no one will try to sell you anything after you enter your email address).

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven -- Ecc. 3:1

Simon's Sixth Birthday

I saw a really cool slide show on Julie's blog and decided to try it out here.

These pictures are from our trip to the US Space and Rocket Center for Simon's Sixth Birthday. Remember, the names have been changed to protect the innocent!

Click on "View All Images" below to slow the process down and look at the pictures one by one.

An Introduction

Okay, I just jumped right in to this blogging thing without really introducing myself. I'm tempted to go deep right from the start, but I'll keep it simple for now and just know that my unique life experiences could provide months of blog topics. For now . . .

My name is Sherri and I'm 39 years old. I've been married to Chuck for 15 years. We have four kids (not their real names): Grace (10), Jerry (7), Simon (5), and Austin (3 - next week).

I'm an only child who is amazed at her current position in life. I never babysat as a teen and didn't particularly enjoy being around children. NOW I have four children of my own. And let me tell you, a family of six seems REALLY big to me.

When I got married I couldn't cook. NOW, I am one of those crazy women who grinds her own wheat to make bread for her family. How I came to grind my own wheat would be a great topic for another post.

Ten years ago, I loved computer programming and enjoyed the perks and pats that the working world gave me. NOW, I stay at home with all four of my children and even homeschool them.

Suffice it to say that if you had told me, 10 years ago, what my life would look like now, I NEVER would have believed you. To be sure, I love where God has me right now and am so blessed to have the opportunity to be a helpmate to my husband and a mother to my children.



One last thing, I need to give credit where credit is due. Grace (10 years old) named this site. She knows when things get too loud and crazy I often yell say "Mom is on Noise Overload, everyone QUIET!!" I mentioned one day that I didn't know what to name my blog and Grace immediately said, "You should name it Noise Overload". Thanks Grace - I love it!

Enjoying Life

There's something about your youngest child approaching three that feels so freeing and so delightful. Is it just me or is this a typical phenomenon?

I've carried a diaper bag for 10 years and I AM DONE. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of parenting ahead, but an era is definitely over.

I mean look at us. There's no one back at camp with a fussy or sleepy baby. We are all enjoying the waterfalls together.

I know that there are those of you who would warn me not to be too happy, that these years fly by too quickly, but I intend to relish in the moment for now.


Next milestone - no car seats?