Everyday Charis asks me how many days are left until Disneyland.
The big girls (Kelcie, Morgan, Lanie, Adaline, Addi and Anna) are going to be sharing a hotel room of thier own this year, you can imagine how absolutely extatic they are! We have too many people to only get a rooms for each family so we have to get an extra for the big girls, I just hope they sleep.
What is a mother to do when….
Her children won’t get up when she wakes them?
….so her children are not ready on time?
All of the hot water is gone from all of the showering at once?
Her 5 year old refuses to put on her shoes and kicks them off when her mother puts them on for her?
Her 5 year old walks to her class with her shoes in her hand because she won’t put them on her feet?
People forget thier lunches, daily, even though I bring them to the car for them?
Her 6th grader cannot seem to keep track of remembering to bring her instrument to school on Orchestra days?
Her two oldest daughters fight and try to kill eachother in the mornings?
So, it is really out of control over here right now. I am not quite sure what is fueling all of this but it is not fun. Please pray for me to have patience.
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that I think as mothers we think that every failing or difficulty our children have is a result of some failing in our teaching them. That is very much how I am feeling right now, it is a hard thing to feel. And when you are consumed by all of the problems it is hard to remember all of the things that you really do right. Being a parent is tough sometimes, mostly because it puts a magnifying glass on all of your short comings.
I wanted to record this so that my children know, when they are having a tough day with thier children someday, that this is normal. That we somehow get through it and turn out just fine, but it just feels really bad when it is our turn to be the Mom and Dad, and that is okay too, it will pass.
President Gordon B. Hinkley passed away this evening.
How I would love to be there right now. I am jealous of our friend Kevin.
Charis’ teacher says “Charis is really learning a lot this year. She works hard and turns in quality work. She is friendly and kind to her classmates. We love seeing her happy face each day.”
Yeah Miss Cherry!!
Ever have one of those days? You know the days when, the dog bites you, your bad temper gets the best of you, the tire is flat, you just can’t please anyone, and your hormones feel out of wack, yeah that sort of day. We all know them all too well.
I have had a couple of those lately and UGH!!! Makes me wonder why I got out of bed.
Yesterday we (Mimi, Beth, Tonya and I) did our 10 mile run which turned into 10.5 miles. That extra .5 miles counts because after a grueling 10 miles up steep hills and down, with the wind blowing right in your face, that is the longest stretch of the run, the EXTRA .5 miles! We ran 2/3 rds of the course for the 1/2 marathon and it put the fear of, well you know, in me!! It was so HARD!! We ran at a steady 5 – 5.5 mph (pretty fast for going that far).
Later in the day our family went out and drove the whole course, it is unbelievably hilly and tough. We train one more 10 mile run before the big day. My hips are really sore. My feet were really sore but they got better in a couple of hours, the hips are still tender.
I think that I am going to have to run a couple more 1/2 marathons before I attempt the full 26.2. I was going to run the full P.F. Changs Rock ‘n Roll marathon next January, I think that I am going to do the 1/2 next year and make the full in 2009. That marathon is FLAT, thank heavens, and they have bands playing every 2 miles, which would be really motivating and fun but, I need to train more before I can attempt the full. I need to get good at the 13.1 miles first.
My run is Feb. 17, 2007, just a few more weeks to train.
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Scott and I went on a hike to Wind Cave in the Usery Mnt. Range on Saturday with his cub scout troop. It was a lot of fun. There were about a dozen boys who went. Scott and I drove 3 of his friends with us to the trail head in our jeep, it was lots of fun.
This morning I got up early and went to Wal-mart to get our grocery shopping done and when I got home Scott had the waffle iron out and was making whole wheat waffles, from scratch! You know eggs, whole wheat flour, sugar, milk etc. Really from scratch! He did not understand why I wanted to take pictures of this. I tried to explain to him that this was not something most mom’s did, much less a 9 year old boy!! I was pretty proud of him!
….the day after I run my 1/2 marathon…WHOOPIE!
This is a photo of our first trip to Disneyland
(I am taking the picture and holding Charis)
This is the same trip, all of us on the beach.
We will be part of a large caravan with the Gray and Nevill families. NONE OF US CAN WAIT!!
I sat up very late last night and read the journal from the year I met Randon. It was so funny to read that journal and revisit the me of 15 years ago. I was so different but so much the same. They were some of the hardest but most fun days of my life. I used to write every couple of days in my journal and although I did not write everything down that happened, reading what I did write reminded me of the other significant things that happened at that time in my life.
I read and shared with Randon the entries from when I met and fell in love with him. It was really fun to remember what drew me to him and what bonded us to eachother.
I kept a faithful and up to date journal until I had children, then life got so incredibly busy and demanding that I did not take time for my journal as well as I should. I have kept a journal from the time I was 8 years old. I love this blog for recording some of our life events but there are just so many things that happen that are too personal to be written on our blog. I am seeing more and more how my mind is like a sieve and I cannot remeber all of the things that I want to.
SO, my goal for this year is to write in my journal at least once a week. I had a lot of fun reading some of those journal entries I mentioned to Kelcie and Morgan and we had a lot of laughs, I don’t want to loose that.
This is what Charis tells us. She is right, families can be friends.
Michelle
Randon
Kelcie
Morgan
Scott
Addison
Charis