Whats With The Name?

Sitting down the other night to catch up on our blog, I just became so overwhelmed at all that I needed to add. Overwhelmed is a word that I have used a lot over the last several months. Having six kids, two dogs and an entrepreneur husband, can at times seem too much to handle. I rethought the whole idea of blogging again, when one of my little's came over and asked to look at the past pictures and stories. We had so much fun going down memory lane. Listening to her talk about some of the posted experiences, it hit me like a brick to the head. THIS IS WHAT MATTERS! OUR FAMILY! OUR EXPERIENCES! I truly believe that the busyness and unneeded distractions of the world are some of Satan's best tools. It is hard though, to find that balance. Lately I see families that are here and there and everywhere..... but not together. Now don't get me wrong, there are definitely times when you have to divide and concur. Especially with a family as large as ours. Right now we have church, cheer (which includes JV football games and varsity games. And basketball games), volleyball practices and games, voice lessons, guitar lessons, violin practices and play practices. That is only with the three oldest. We are BUSY! I would love, love, love to put them in ballet, hip hop, swim team, and karate just to name a few. I want them to do and try everything. I want to give them every opportunity I can. But that would be more and more time away. It also means less time for us as parents to really bond and partake in important conversations. I do not like stressed and hurried nights that consist of frozen pizza or hot dog dinners. I don't do well with the too tired and cranky kids that still need to do their homework before they hit the hay. More activities would just lead to more chaos. Isn't that what Satan likes, chaos? In chaos lives uncertainty, anger and frustration. I don't want that. We have done good enough. But I don't want to be stuck with just good enough. I want better than that for our family. I am choosing to focus more on what really matters. I am choosing dinner around our table at home, not at Mr. McDonald's table. So that brings me to the name change of my blog. When I sit down to blog I want to see the words FOREVER FAMILY. I need to see those words. I want to be reminded of why I do what I do. I want our family to remember what our ultimate finish line really is.