The Six of Us

We spend last week in Kamiah for a family reunion.  It fed  my soul.  I loved watching the kids interact with their cousins.  I love my in laws home and property.  I loved the calmness and the slower pace of life.  I am glad we are past the point where my children need constant supervision and I can step back and enjoy it.   My soul was fed and I left with a full heart. Relationships were reconnected. There were frustrating moments for sure.  Being  surrounded by family and having real conversations is what feeds me.  Not all the conversations were real in fact some seemed very fake.  But those conversations that were real and got rid of some of the layers of superficial  is what I crave and what I need. As I get older I realize I don't have time for fake people or surface conversations.  I need realness and if you aren't going to be real with me then I don't need you.  I also crave calmness.  More and more I want to get away from the sounds and noise of the city and I

June was great.  So much fun and overwhelming.  I work SOOOOOO much.  The week between Yellowstone and Trek I worked 80 hours.  I worked at least 3 sometimes 5 days a week and most of those shifts were 12 hours.  The pay off was huge and we got rid of some debt.  Overtime helped with that. The kids were home one week between school letting out and Trek.  Which means we spend the few days I was home that week getting ready for Trek.  The kids seemed to enjoy Trek.  I think it was a more spiritual experience for Victoria then Jake.  We got so many compliments about the kids.  Lee's cousin who also went text to say how our kids did amazing and how so many kids were complaining and/or struggling but our kids rose to the challenge.  Jake played a part in a reenactment and more then one person told us how well he did and how he was the only youth to have memorized his part. Both sets of parents said how much they enjoyed having the kids with their "family" We have yet to fi