To clean or play

We recently updated our chore chart in our house. Now if my kids would actually follow the chart, our weekends would be free for fun. This rarely happens though. So I spend lots of time cleaning during the week and they spend lots of time cleaning on the weekends. It pretty much sucks!! Well, this past Saturday was our first Saturday service at church and the sermon was on noise. Not just noise in your ears but everything that distracts you from God and His design for us. Sunday we slept in which was nice. In the afternoon we blew off cleaning and had a family karaoke day. The little ones ate it up. Our older girls actually got off the computer and spent time with us as a family, something we know is important to God as well as us. I would love to do this more often but I struggle with keeping a presentable home, making sure the kids have something clean to wear and spending time with my family. This does not seem fair to me, Mike or the kids. There has to be a balance. I am hoping this sermon series helps me find it!!