Summer is in full swing around here. The kids are in the middle of summer camps and other activities and trips. Our church’s mission trip to American Indian Christian Mission is just around the corner, and the AC has been running non stop. Pretty typical summer, actually…

July also brings with it some down time. Once the major, week-long events are past, I will have a chance to slow down for a few days and catch my breath. I’m toying with the idea of taking a couple of days away and finding a nice river with a place to hang my hammock for a while.

June has been a crazy month for blogging and writing. I took a week of vacation during the month, and I refrained from doing anything. I cleaned out one gutter, thought about mowing the lawn, and promptly dismissed that idea, and averaged three naps a day. And I didn’t even turn on my computer to write or check things out. And let me tell you, that felt good, although I was ready to get back to work.

As a result, June was a bit slow around here. I didn’t write as much as normal, and with so many church and family activities, something had to give a bit. July will be more like normal. While we are on the mission trip, I have a series of videos and quotes that I find inspiring scheduled to appear. I hope you enjoy those.

Summer has hit around the Randleman home. The kids are out of school (for the most part), and almost finished with summer school. The weather has been nice enough to hang the hammock out and enjoy the fresh air. And the grass is growing fast enough to need cut almost twice a week!

With June comes such things as church camp, Vacation Bible School, and a whole lot more. I think it is probably safe to say that the summer will be pretty busy.

Along with all of that, I am continuing to pursue my studies with ICR’s School of Biblical Apologetics, moving into a few courses that are more theological in nature. And I am launching a new business venture, in the area of photography. You can check out some of my work at photography.jeffrandlean.com.

It’s a wonder I even find time to read and write anymore. However, I am looking forward to several opportunities to hang out that hammock and grab a book this summer, and relish the thought of listlessly swinging in the breeze. It will be great!

In the realm of blogging, the month of May has been fairly consistent, if not as prolific as I would like, when it comes to creating new content. It seems like there is always something that keeps me busy, and I don’t have the opportunity to write as much as I would like. Granted, we are in the midst of a very busy season of life, as well as ministry, but my goal is to increase my writing in the coming weeks and months.

I don’t know what it might be like where you live, but around here, spring has definitely arrived! We have lots of pollen, warmer weather, tall grass that needs cut, and kids itching to be outside more than inside. And we are loving it!

With spring in full swing, we are staying pretty busy. From kids’ activities, to church functions, to normal everyday life and stuff, we keep a pretty full schedule.

With all the blogs I maintain, there is always something to be written or posted. It’s awesome! And, in the middle of all of that, I am working on establishing a small side business, in the area of my photography hobby.

Needless to say, there is a lot going on around here.

In the realm of JeffRandleman.com, this week saw the beginning of a new memorization project. This year, I am striving to memorize the letter of 1 Peter. I posted an introduction to the letter over the weekend, and we will begin moving through this letter a few verses each week. I hope you’ll join me in this. It will be a great experience!

And now, in case you missed them, here are the top seven posts from JeffRandleman.com for the month of April, in terms of traffic.

March was crazy. First of all, it didn’t come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. It did it all backwards. Second, Easter Sunday was the final week of March, which made it extra busy. And finally, we just had a lot of stuff going on!

I don’t know how I manage to stay as busy as I do. It seems like there is always something going on, and we have somewhere to be. With a family like ours, with seven kids, one of them always seems to need to be somewhere, all the time.

This past week, I managed to find some time to take a break and not do anything. I stayed home. Shocking, I know. It was kinda nice.

Because of all that we have going on in our lives, I have been intentional about two things for the past few weeks: writing more and writing less.

I have been writing a lot more… In my journal. I have been focusing on planting my thoughts and ideas, spiritual growth, prayers and more on paper. This is a habit I have held for a long time, and now I am trying to step it up a notch.

I have been writing less… Online. At least here. You may know I also maintain a site for dads, over at Deliberate Dads. And I have started a new site, built upon the reliability of Genesis, for my work with ICR’s educational program, where I am pursuing a Master’s Degree. You can find that at Reading Genesis. And, I have recently sparked a few ideas about a blog dedicated to writing, about writing, the tools of writing and stuff like that. This is a work in the initial stages right now, and we’ll see how things go.