It is time for Blog Trail Tuesday hosted by Melissa over at Coffee With Me!

A blog I recently discovered is Life As Mom. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading over there this past week. The title says it all. It is fun, encouraging and real. I have found a few helpful tidbits here and there. Booking It 2010 is also hosted at Life As Mom. A few book reviews were given today so I’m heading to my library to see if I can snatch a new read for the kiddos.

If you have a blog to share, head over to Coffee With Me and jump on the blogging trail!

I often joke with my husband that I love being stuck in a rut. And I do. Constant excitement? New adventures? Exploring the unknown? Nope. I don’t need any of that, thank you. There is something so sweet about a routine. You know, the excitement of knowing that little piece of chocolate is waiting for you at the end of the day. How can this be a bad thing? A chocolate rut. Amen.

Seriously, though, routine is a good thing. It gives one a sense of security. Safety. Comfort.

Our oldest child is 11. And for 11 years, Saturday nights have been “get your hair washed and nails clipped for church” nights. 11 years. 7 kiddos. A nice, sweet rut of clean smelling hair, squeaky clean skin and clipped nails.

They know what is coming. Every Saturday night, as I’m washing a little one’s hair, I will be asked, “Are we going to church tomorrow?” And a little smile comes to their faces. They know clean hair means church on Sunday, lol. I love the smile that comes to their faces. I love that they love going to church. I love that it is “rut”. A constant, steady part of their life. What rut could be better than looking forward to a time of fellowship and worship with the Savior?

Now everyone is in bed. Snuggled under blankets, snores floating in the air and baby dolls cuddled tight. Waiting for tomorrow…

Ok. I have a wonderful husband who keeps me stocked in chocolate. Love. That. Man. I am blessed with 7 beautiful children who seriously crack me up and I have a little one worshipping at the feet of Jesus. Life is good, yes? Of course it is, well, at least in blog land. I can paint any kind of picture I want and erase the rest.

I’m feeling a bit bold and decided to “keep it real” and without a single picture. No cute smiles, no endearing stories, no charming imaginations. Just real. I’m not even a good writer so this would be a good time to numb yourself with some chocolate. I’ll go get mine…..

Ok. That was yummy. I had a chocolate chip cookie. Oh, I was supposed to savor it through the whole blog post. I hate when I forget that.

So here is life for the Tribe right now. Eddie is looking for a job, he is no longer pastoring a church and we are living with a wonderful, amazing family right now during this time of transition. Almost everything we own is sitting in a storage unit. I’m not sure what tomorrow holds but I know that God provided for today.

That’s the short version. Anyone want to hear the long drawn out version? I might need more chocolate.

The past several months have not been as we would have planned. But God’s ways are not always ours. And thankfully so! We are in the midst of some transitions and changes so my online time is very limited right now. I love my little blog world and am going to try to keep blogging over the next couple of weeks. So to my faithful two or three readers ( I love ya!) I’ll try to keep news of the Tribe coming.