So Excited!

Once upon a time I had a baby boy.

Then he grew and he grew and he grew.

Then he graduated from highschool.

Then he sent in his mission papers.

Tomorrow is the big day, where will he go?...stay tuned!

That's all!

Disappointment:(

This word holds a lot of meaning...we all have this in our lives and that is just part of it but, it is amazing how much it can hurt when it isn't even yours.

As the mom I wish I could fix everything that makes my kids sad. When they were little that job was a lot easier. Most things could be fixed with a kiss, hug, or a piece of candy:) Now that they are getting to be big people they are getting bigger problems and not so easy to smooth over. I don't think they realize how I feel every hurt or happiness they have.

This isn't about anything that is life changing (I think) but when you are a teenager it doesn't take much for you to think that it is. I know in his world this is huge and the disappoinment and sadness on his face kills me. In the end this will probably turn out better than if things had gone the way he wanted them too but from his point of view, right now it sucks.

I'm not quite sure how to break it to him that he has a lifetime of this ahead of him. No I'm not a compete pesimist but life is life and there are ups and downs. I guess I won't try to break it to him, I'll let him figure it out for himself. He wouldn't believe me anyway because of that teenager status of his, I know nothing. Give him a few more years and I will get smarter. I know this because it has already happened to a couple of the older ones. I may only be in the "might" know something stage of their life but I am getting closer to the "wow, she really did know what she was talking about" stage.

Things will get better for him, which in turn will make it better for the rest of us and life will continue to go on. I may not be able to make it better for him but I can still try to bribe him with candy:)
 I actually offered to buy him a pony but luckily he didn't take me up on that one.

That's all!

I totally Stink at Blogging!

What can I say, I am not a blogger. I really want to be, at least in my mind. Kind of like I really want to be a runner. In my mind. Apparently not enough to actually get myself off the couch. Sad thing is that I can actually blog while on the couch. I spend a lot of time reading other peoples and maybe if I dedicated just a fraction of that time to my own I would maybe have some sort of a history/journal for myself. I just went back and read my last 2 posts and I had totally forgotten that those things happened. My memory is pathetic. I would love to rededicate myself to this but sadly, I know that won't help. I will keep trying though. So, a few hilights of the last few months before I totally forget them...

March-went to Rexburg and watched Mackenzie perform at icover with Jordan and Justin. Meaning I went with Jordan and Justin. She peformed with Tessia and Makayla.

That was fun!

April-went to Rexburg and moved her home for the summer.

May-JUSTIN GRADUATED! making me feel really old. I now have more kids out of high school than in.

June-went on a family vacation to Portland and the Oregon Coast. (Really need to dedicate a whole post to those memories)

July-Hubby had an angiogram and his brain is good! Got the call that his "number came up" and he is going to driving school and gonna be a full time driver a UPS. That is going to be tons of changes for our family. Providing he "makes his packet" (Also need to dedicate a whole post to that)Made a trip with the soccer team to Pocatello and then on to Salt Lake for the professional REAL game where our team got to take the REAL team flag out on the field before the game. Also got to see my Darla for about 5 minutes. Okay it was over night but barely. Summer olympics started.
 I love the olympics!

Aug-Well this is only the first day of it but in the near future we will celebrate our 24th anniversary, Robert will go to driving school, we will go to Portland for Lehi's wedding, and school will start.

Oh yeah, and I just remembered why I get frustrated with this...I can't make this dumb blogger thing work. I type and then it won't let me edit with fonts or colors and stuff. Then it does for minute...then a no go again. GGGGRRRRR!

I'm sure it's not me:) I give up!

That's All!