Well, I read my last post. Pretty funny, but typical! I've learned to try to live with my weaknesses and faults, and try to improve them, but not be too harsh on myself. So I didn't write in my blog for 10 months! Who cares! Okay, maybe I do. I did start a regular journal and have written in it several times. Good Job Amanda!
With Brett being bishop (called last January), and the kids growing way to quickly, I feel like my life is passing me by. What does that have to do with Brett being bishop? Well, he's definitely busier, and we see him go out the door to the ward a lot more often, but the blessings that have been poured down (not sprinkled), have been overwhelming, and I think it makes my life just go by that much quicker. I don't know how to explain it any other way.
The past few months have been really good. I can look back and see what I've accomplished. I got rid of a whole bunch of stuff that was cluttering our house, (still working on it). Brett has done amazing things, with his business, and with his spiritual life. The day he got called to be bishop, I wish I could describe his face. It was a combination of the color white/grey/green, and his eyes were glassed over, and he looked like he was going to fall off his chair. He didn't say anything for quite sometime, and finally I said, "You okay Brett? You can do this!" Something like that anyway, and he just looked at me like I was crazy. He's such a good guy. It's been a tough adjustment for him, but I think he's finally getting a bit used to all the crazy things he gets to do. Us at home have been just trying to stay positive, and encourage him, pray for him, and we are just amazed at what a great guy/dad he is. He works so hard for his business, and has done some cool traveling (he doesn't think it's so cool to eat the food that some countries have to offer him--China, duck tongue, scorpion, pig intestine, eel, the list goes on). His business is growing, and we are looking forward to hopefully being able to choose another area to live in eventually.
I'm having a hard time getting going today. I need to do a presentation in Morgan and Miles school about Canada today (my 3rd one in 2 weeks), and we're having the missionaries over for dinner. Brett has meetings of course tonight, we had the school hamster here this weekend, and the kids "accidentally" tipped his cage upside down in the boys bedroom, and there is some gross stuff on their floor now! The house is a disaster, there's still pumpkin seeds all over from carving pumpkins on Sunday...The kids are running out of clean clothes to wear to school, socks, underwear, etc. Morgan has volleyball practice, Miles has scouts, Brett is getting ready for the hunt this weekend, and I haven't been great at scripture study lately! Okay, enough venting. That felt good. Maybe now I can start with one room in the house, and just go from there...
I told Will today that he needed to tell me to get my chores done. He said, "Get your chores done Mom", and I said, "But I don't want to" (like he does). He just laughed, and tackled me. Don't get me wrong, life is fantastic. I'm just having a hard time being motivated today, and I don't have room to not be motivated. I need to run to the store, and get some bread for dinner tonight. I could make it, but I'm not going to. I like the alternative today.
Brett had his 40th birthday this year, and I even got a surprise birthday party done for him. I had 50+ people over here, and he had no clue about it. Parties are not my strong point, so this was a big accomplishment. The 4 kids birthdays are also within 3 weeks of each other, so that was a huge task since I allowed them to have "friends" parties this year. Luckily 3 of them chose to have them at the park, the other one wanted hers at the pool. They were lots of fun, but so glad they are done!
This post is all over the place, but that's what I get for not writing for 10 months! That's all I can handle right now, so I hope that when I re-read this in 10 months from now, it will make some sense...
Amberlyn dressing up
Science Fair projects: Miles did his on "What conducts electricity?". Morgan did hers on "What makes cakes taste good?"
