Today I dropped M off at the airport. She's flying to Maryland to work at a camp for 2 months. It is terrible sending kids off. I just want to be there and know she is OK.
P is taking B down to camp and picking up lP.
I got to speak in church today 2 years to the day we moved here. I’m pleased that I gave a talk that didn’t involve a lot of personal stories of trial. I’m glad I prepared it last Saturday so I had a whole week to practice it. I love the spiritual submersion I feel preparing and giving a talk.
While waiting these 2 years to give a talk I have given a testimony a few times and written several talks just for “fun”.
Being in graduate school I have a lot of recent practice writing. I prepared a 12 minute talk and practiced a 12 minute talk. I’m thankful that I don’t have the spiritual gift for preparing a talk and then not giving it.
I'm grateful for my mother. I think of her often and wish I could share my current accomplishments and interests. People are complicated and relationships even more so. I love being a mother to my family.
P has a tradition of taking the children to the dollar tree to pick out a gift for me. I like this tradition. P also has a tradition of adoring me. He's good at traditions.
I made German Pancakes for the kids today. They are getting so independent. Sundays are very restful. I'm grateful for the relationships the children have with each other. B and L are doing a lego set G got them for Christmas. They all know Sunday funday activities. There is less need to be reminded or instructed.
This Summer I'll have the 3 peas home a lot. I hope we'll do homeschool fun every day. Sign language, Cooking, Music Theory, handwriting, going on outings, beast academy, good and the beautiful. Good times.
M will be off at a camp she is working at. It's so weird, but also good, that she can go and work this summer. She flies back the day before moving in to the dorm at Auburn. I'm proud of the life she is making for herself.
My sister N came to visit. She brought cousin S, dog M, and met her child F here for a drive home to Utah. It is so fun to have visits. I wish we would go out to Utah sometime. Maybe we will.
We swam with them at the hotel they stayed at Wednesday evening. Thursday they went to see our brother S. Friday I took them kayaking and they took me to lunch. I drove the trailer! In the evening we all went to the arcade then came back here for campfire fun and tacos.
Today the boys cleaned their room and we figured a place for grandma B. It's nice to get a new lease on a space. We had sent grandma B to the hotel for N to sleep on. Having it out of the house for a few days helped us reach this new set up.
I'm studying for my fall class in Neurology. I am a Graduate Ambassador and learned that if you get a 4.0 you can get a medal for graduation. So far so good.
