Stressing

I have been craving simplicity,but it feels like the universe loves throwing complication at me. I guess it all started about 6 months ago, maybe longer. I have been trying to eliminate a lot of stress from our lives.
The first step was relaxing with the kids a little bit, so not riding them as hard as I usually do. Less nagging seems to have made all of us happier. Don't get me wrong they still drive me nuts, and I'm sure that I drive them nuts too. Now that their home for summer this has become a little bit harder. Bo and Rory are used to going to school so they get on each others nerves, and the little kids annoy them. So tension has been building at home.
Then there's Enoch who got demoted at work, and is having a hard time coping. He is super grumpy. When he is home he is either really moody or he is totally checked out. This is so frustrating, 80 percent of the time our marriage runs really smoothly, but I feel a fight coming on, in the same way you can smell a tornado before it happens. I only hope that since he is travelling right now that it gives him extra time to reflect on the important things in life. I'm not saying that this is his fault, because I have been moody too. But I think my moodiness is feeding off of his and vis versa.
I feel like the stresses of the real world have invaded the inner sanctum of my home. I don't like it and have really been trying to go with the flow, but sometimes its hard.