The Six of Us

I wrote this on Sunday.... It has been quite the week.  I had a sibling in the hospital and there was lots of frustration around that.  Then I went to the doctor and she said everything looked on track for me to deliver near my due date.  Umm...I was sort of hoping that the baby would come sooner then that I am pretty sure that he will. But who really knows.  I have never made it to my actual due date so maybe to average things out this kids will come a few weeks late. Everybody has thoughts on when I can or can not deliver.  The biggest thing is to make it through the work week and then I will feel better about having this baby.  Then somebody thought I was being induced this week.  Not sure where exactly that came from but then she questioned why I was still working if I was having a baby next week.  Because the plan is to work until I deliver.  12 weeks goes way too fast I don't want to spend one minute taking time off if I am not able...

This weekend I had a friend in town.  Saturday we went and watched the kids swim and then ate way too many sno cones.  She beat Jake at chess twice and it was so nice to have her around.  Sunday we went to church long enough to hear Jake give his talk and then we went out to lunch and shopping.  and there is where the fun ended. ;)  She insisted before leaving town that I had to get something ready for the baby.  So Lee pulled all the baby clothes out of the attic.  I thought there were only a few boxes  but there was far more then that.  We got rid of all the girl clothes and then the boys clothes went back to the attic or in Jake's room.  The swings were taken out and the covers were washed.  So although now I am still missing a car seat I feel fairly prepared for this baby.  Yesterday I started having contractions not the in labor kind but more the I did too much kind.  The kids are leaving Wednesday and it will b...

Today is the day that my friend arrives.  House isn't as as clean as I wanted thanks to the doctor's appointment yesterday and way too much time swimming at my mom's house yesterday.  Anyway, life is good.  We have been so blessed.  I have lost two pounds in less then a week.  I also lost some fluid.  But since the baby was measuring well the doctor wasn't concerned.   My mom has been so great this week.  We have been over there every day this week swimming.And we will be over there today and tomorrow as well.  This bike trip has flown by and it doesn't seem like Lee has been gone a week.  Which is a good thing. Staying busy helped so much.

My friend comes tomorrow.  Lee is home on Saturday,  Jake is giving a talk on Sunday and kids are leaving Wednesday for four days with their grandparents at the cabin. Thursday is parent's meeting for football.   I am hoping for a date next week but with Lee working in will be a very short one.  Meanwhile I am trying to drink enough water.  Another test today to make sure fluid levels are high enough. Today we will clean and go to my mom's for swimming and then back for cleaning.  I am making bread and I have managed two batches of wash today. Lee is hiking tomorrow.  Honestly it was the one thing I was hoping they would not get to.  It is a pretty intense hike.  I am so glad he is having a good time.  I am glad he has these trips. I am glad he has a week to get away from real life.    Next year when he is gone I hope to head to Washington for a few days.  But we will see how that goes.  Maybe we will go to...

Lee left and we have spent today and yesterday swimming.  My parents have an above ground pool and the kids (especially Jake) love it.   Yesterday we went to the city pool and although it was short lived because the of the rain the kids had a blast. 

Today I debated going to church.  It hurts to sit for three hours and going by myself with the kids was not appealing.  But I went anyway.  One of the couple's Lee home teaches spoke.  He spoke about how it is the home teachers responsibility to teach the gospel to the families they home teach and how it is the responsibility of the families to make sure a lesson is brought every month.  I was so proud of Lee.  Because I know that he brings a lesson each and every month to this family.  I see him every month preparing the lesson to take.  For Lee it isn't a last Sunday of the month thing he likes to go the first Sunday and then follow up with the families. 

I realize although my children and husband are the most important thing to me that they are not to other people.  Yesterday after a conversation with both a family member and my daughter I came to the conclusion that my children will never be as important to some people as I think they should.  I know there are lots of reasons for this.  I am grateful for my parents who do make my children feel important and I guess that is all I can do at this point. I know that my disappointment comes from me have expectations of people that maybe I should not have.  But it is hard to explain to the kids.  So we don't tell the kids things and maybe sometime when they are older they may understand. 

My life as we know it came to an abrupt end. Hoping Friday things will have changed. While I don't know if this was the right option I do know it worked last time. Lee is in favor of the doctors orders and since I trust him here we are. Bed rest is no fun. I am hoping that Friday I will be released from this craziness. Why couldn't this have happened before Lee found a job .

Somebody made a comment about how sometimes people make decisions and don't realize the lasting impact on others.   It was a long day.  I really don't like it when my personal life and professional life crash head on.  That is what happened today.  On one hand I have somebody who I consider a friend whose world just came crashing down around her and she has no control over it.  On the other hand I have work and while it is unclear at this time what CPS is going to do I feel like I got put in the middle. But I feel like we shouldn't even be involved.  However, this is is a situation where somebody didn't really think about their actions and the long term effects it would have on so many people. 

Random Pics of dance, soccer and basketball

Building sand castles After two fourth of July's in a row that were less then fabulous I am looking forward to time with friends and family this year. Although it didn't start out well it ended well.  We took the kids to Eagle Island and they had a blast swimming.  Then we came home for a nap and headed over to friend's (sort of) family home to set of fireworks.  It was such a great day.   I feel like I have turned into the family photographer lately.  Pictures will come later.  As soon as find the right cord.

Four in the morning and I am awake watching Horders. I need sleep but for some reason I can't.  The good news is I did go to bed at a normal hour and hopefully because I just ate I can go back to sleep.  Plus my alarm will go off in two hours.  It will be a long day at work tomorrow. Lee is leaving in ten days.  The closer it gets the more overwhelmed I get and Lee gets.  So glad I get to spend a few days with friends from Washington.

My sister trying to avoid getting wet while Jake is heading head first into the water BFF right after they got their hair done All five grandkids Tori is always the entertainer This one is so disappointing because Tori is not looking at the camara The whole family (minus Cole) So after my last doctor's appointment it was made clear I need to take it easy.  Okay sure...I can do that right after our weekend to Utah and after my friend leaves town.  Or maybe it will have to wait until after the bike trip.  The list of reason why I can't take it easy is a million items long.  I paid for it dearly.  But we sure had fun in Utah.  There were only two rides I could ride. But because of that we got some pictures that we probably would not have gotten.