Johnson Family Dish

Blessed

I had to cut the last post (yesterday’s) because I had haircuts to do. I have been so busy doing hair each Tuesday and Thursday this summer.

I can’t remember what else I wanted to include in my last post but today I just feel grateful. For my kids, my husband, a house, good health, food, a community of friends, this beautiful country we live in, everything.

Personally, I have had some significant inner battles to fight this summer, they almost did me in. The sort of battles that cause you to question everything that you stand for and believe in, every deeply held value and peice of you soul that you once believed so much in. It was almost devastating for me. I hope and pray that I am done with this time, I guess that ultimately that is up to me but, it seems like some other force has been at play here too. This experienced HAS changed me, I hope that I can use the changes for good. I hope that from this I can have greater compassion for others going through personal turmoil.

And most importantly, I do feel so blessed. And thankful.

Our Summer

Was wonderful. I haven’t caught up on my blogging because it has been tremendously busy! So here is the quick version of how we have spent our summer.

The week after our 4th of July trip to Ut. Randon and I went on a little get away to McCall ID for 3 nights and 4 days. It was so much fun. We rented a wave runner and played on the lake one day. Randon threw me and himself off more than once with his crazy urge to turn sharply while going 50mph!! The lake was cold and very deep, Payette Lake, that is. The next day we spent 1/2 the day in a spa doing yoga (my new love), getting a massage and I got a manicure, Randon got the pedicure (his 1st pedi. and massage). We were totally peaceful and relaxed when we left the spa. AHHHH. We did not want to come home from this trip. We certainly wanted our children and missed them but it was so nice to be away from all of the chaos and goings on for those few days. It was almost as though we left our lives for a little while. And believe me we were in desperate need for a departure!

The kids and I have been spending several days a week at the Apache Junction Multi-Generational Center. We have had a wonderful time there. I have been working especially hard this summer on getting my body back in shape, with wonderful results, I might add. The kids have been working on climbing the 28 ft. rock wall and they have become remarkably GOOD! Morgan and Kelcie can climb it in under 1 minute. Morgan holds the record for 47 sec. on the hardest wall! Scott and Addi are getting better at it. Scott now gets up about 18 ft. Addi gets up around 10 ft. (like me). Charis plays in the kids club and then we play basketball together.

All good things must come to an end

I just needed to vent about this a bit.

I am sad on one hand that my children will be starting school on Monday. Sad that we cannot sleep in anymore (6:30 am is sleeping in here), sad that we have to go back to a more structured schedule, sad that I will not have them here to do things with during the day, sad that we will once again have homework to make sure gets all done.

On the other hand I am so happy that school is starting! I am happy that we will be getting up early again to have our scripture study and breakfast together. I am happy that we will have a little more structure to our days. I am happy that my big kids will be working on accomplishing thier own personal accademic goals. And I am glad that I will have some down time during the day while they are off conquering!

It really makes no sense to be happy and sad about the same things, I know. We have had a really great summer, I do not want it to end but it must. I think this is the first time in my life I am sad to see summer end.