We did gymnastics this month for Ellie- she practiced every day for a week to show she was ready to practice and work hard at home. She did gym in June then didn't practice at home so not July and now in August she is and she's really gotten better! It's fun to see her progrss! Same with Jena and dance. She had 2 dance camps this sumer and she botofogs all around the house now! She got to preform at the international dance fest in Rexburg and was so cute in her costume and did very well dancing! I'm not sure we'll do 2 a week gym for ellie this fall- I'm not sure if we'll have too much going on or not enough with homeschool! Balance is elusive. :) I started "running" with Brittany Allen- which means we go for a mile and a half every morning ( I told that to Tiffany and she said not uh, really? b/c she and I went nuts last year and went 4 miles a day and worked out- got very trim but WOW that's hard to maintain :) But I love it. I feel like I'm keeping my heart in shape until I'm ready to hit it hard again- I feel super un-limber laetely- like my age is being felt. Maybe I could give yoga a try for that reason......
Anywho, back to this week.
Monday was sooo great! Well, 2 eged actually. Took kids to Bonnie's alllll day. De-junked again ( probably my 3rd major this summer), got a book case downstairs, more junk out of the kitchen, super helpful. It's 2 edged b/c I have some expectation of keeping the house perfect after I dejunk so that's something to work on :)
Tuesday we went to Christy Taylors to make chunky beady bracelets and it was more fun than I would have thought. The girls had a really great time! It's funny b/c Jena made 3! Just loved picking out all the beads and spent her b-day money from grandma (they were $7 a piece) and Ellie made one. I told them I would buy the 1st one and if they wanted more they could pay for them. They are normally super chunky and random and Ellie carefully picked her beads out and after a bit of explaining we finally figured out she wanted hers to be symetrical :) I love the different ways these little people think and do and have opinions. And they all turned out so cute and Christy was fun to visit with. There were other girls there and there was conversation about shopping and grumpy husbands and fashion and hobbies and I realized more than ever how much I want my hobby to be training my children about kindness, God, and books- real and living books. Classics that inspire and teach virtues and uplift!!!!!!! After beads we were super hungry, got a pizza, ate a little picnic on the lawn of the the IF library then got a few library books, we forgot our reading logs for the summer prize program so we decided we'd come back Fri bc I had things to do in town anyway.
Wed was fun and crazy. Jena got a few babysitting books and got alll excited about babysitting. She asked if she could start babysitting for me and I said sure, she said wed. nt I said sure. She asked me things from her book like what's intoxicated ( they had instructions about what to do if parents come home drunk :) and talked about a babysitting bag so wed. morn she asked if we could make one so we found a pattern on line and went to work. We cut and pinned and sewed I taught piano and even sewed through that some (b/c it's in the same room) We got it all done except the handle and she was so cutein telling levi there was a new babysitter. her name was Jena, that she was a friend of the Garcias and she asked if i would go pick her up at the elk statue at the beginning of the sub. if she walked down I said sure. Well we ran out of time but she did hop in the car with me, we drove to the elk and back and she had such a fun giggly moment of coming in and suprising Levi that she was the sitter. She filled her bag with a 1st aid kit and a red box and candy I got for her at Brouliums- And I left! I told her I'd pay her $5 for sitting for 3 hours and Adam and I went to the Temple and to Olive Garden and I started to be super grumpy to the world- started Thursday actually. I get really hard on myself for my weaknesses and pride that I've cultivated all these years and I went to Tracy's bookclub and didn't get the book read and feel like all these women have all this insight and years of reading and learning and why didn't I get this earlier! I'm so behind!!!! And it started this rage in my heart and a focus for the bummers of my life and not a focus of how lucky I stumbled on to a thrist for knowledge while my babies are still little! UGH! I started a few weeks ago working through the life of Christ manual from the church. I have kept up with it suprisingly- in the moring before jogging. I've never read the Bible- not even the majority of the New Testimant so it's very interesting. So incredible that Christ was already like unto God before the grand council, had already created worlds without number and after his mission on earth returned, finally, after tarrying 40 days with His friends, as if he did not want to leave, back to sit on his throne at the right hand of God to rule over the eternities!!! I had not thought of the Savior like that before. I'm not sure I knew that. Super neat experience for me. I like having a cours eto follow too. Sometime scriptures get so overwhelming for me- where to I start, it's better to spend time in them than just read cover to cover.....too much. Love the manuals. So Jena did a great job. She has watched kids here and there for short times but this was official and she said she'd love to do it every wednesday! She is older than her years!
Friday was a big day. I yelled at everyone throught family work, soooooo grumpy with out cause really, apologized, got mad again.....bummer. We went to IF, went to real deals so I could get some decor for my living room, went to Sam's to get a vitamix which I LOVE SOOOO much more than the blendtec. Got the blendtec a few months ago, have used it over 500 times but had problems, got them fixed, been making green smoothings like crazy! Love them! but vitamix wins for best ever expensive blender. Then we went to DI, got some toys and books. and boogied home to get ready for the ward campout. Took grandpas trailer, I got all stressed b/c I feel like Adam has all these expectations of me and I loathe getting ready for stuff like that b/c I know Adam will be disappointed that I didn't pack right or start early enough or whatever! Gives my blood pressure problems! :) But we got through it, bought serious amounts of cany on the way out then it was super fun. Slathered on the bug spray, kids rode bikes ate great dinner, walked little trails, kids roamed and played and played. I wish I wasn't so worried about my flaws and faults. I wish I was a better friend to folks and not so inwardly competitive and proud. Oh how I cultivated that fo sooo long. But the devil doesn't care if I did that or act like that or if I feel bad or good about it so long as I stayed focused on it, on me! And though I know that my heart still sorrws. Perhaps I'll ask Adam for a blessing! Oh how I love him! It was been such a crazy ride! Up and down, struggling to get along mingled with many great best friend times! And now it seems as though we'll be best friends forever.
Saturday we drove home after breakfast and hopped in the boast with the Wolfensburgers and headed to Ririe! The Briggs met us there and it wa sa fun time. Adam hurt his ankle bad when he fell wake boarding b/c he tightened the laces too much. And then he was begging me to get in the water so I finally got the stinky wet suit on b/c I'm so deterred by the cold, and it was night by then and the engine quit- probably out of gas :) Nice Adam. Then we had a bbq at out home afterword and it was super fun!
Sunday we were almost late for church again :) It's like serenity and peace and love and joy allll morning until 8:25 or so then it is CRAZY at our house! I lead music for Deborah- poor girl had a baby 2 weeks ago and is in so much pain she's not sure why- probably kidney infection. So we brought over dinner- including a vitamix shake- we made probably 4 different kinds today :) LOVE IT! But earlier, right after church we went to the office- Adam needed a hose and we needed a treat. I scarfed through one bag of chips and asked Adam if I could get another treat and what he said made my heart and time stop. He said, "You can have anything you want. You know that right? If's it's within my ability. (and then being a little silly he pulled me in tight and said) and I've got some great abilities (or something like that). I about cried. I can't believe I have a man who wants me to have all that I want and has always taken care of us and provided all we need and more. I get that. I've understood that but something about the way he sadi it when he said it was just soo amazing to me. Just an incredible expression of love....life is sweet.
Off to put my princesses to bed. Adam and Levi went to fill a semen tank and went to a river by Leadore somewhere. I love that they can spend boy time together. I love those boys and all my girls! I hope my grumpyness is just satan trying to freak me out about teaching my babies. Get thee hence. We've got some sweet adventures ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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