Linda died on Monday. They had diagnosed her and started giving her treatments that she was responding well to, but then everything turned around again and she didn't make it. Bob stayed in Utah all week to make all the funeral arrangements and comfort his sisters. The funeral was Friday. We drove up and stayed with Wendy on Thursday. The kids took it pretty well. It's so great to have the gospel so I could tell them exactly where she is now and that we'll see her again and that she's happy because she's with her husband.
Bob will go to Virginia for three days this week to do the graveside service and stay with his grandparents. I'm so glad he gets to go be with them. This has been so stressful to arrange everything and deal with his crazy sisters and his own grief. I hope they can offer him some comfort and he can feel a little taken care of for a change.
Then Thursday night I fly to Arizona for a girls weekend with Amanda and Wendy. I'm sad it'll delay getting to spend time with Bob now that he's finally home for good, but I'm so excited for our time together. It's been so nice to have that to look forward to during all the time of doing everything by myself.
Today is Seth's 4th birthday. He's been telling me he wants a pinata for months and we bought it a week ago and he can't stop talking about it. We got a lightning mcqueen pinata and plates and lots of balloons. The other kids all made him great cards and he got cards with money from his grandparents. He was really happy. And we got him a roller coaster for his main present, but the shipping took a lot longer than I thought it would so it isn't here yet. But we told him about it and he's really excited.
I'm trying to work with Aaron with more natural consequences. He's so great at school and church. I get glowing reviews of his behavior. He was student of the trimester for the whole first grade. So I know he can turn it off when he wants to. But at home he's still being crazy. So I've been attaching bigger consequences to tantrums and trying to keep my emotions out of it. Today, while we did Seth's pinata Aaron tantrummed about how he couldn't get his bag open instead of picking up candy and he missed most of it. He begged the other kids to give him candy, but I told them not to. It seems like it's making a little sense to him.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
January 20, 2012
Bob's mom got really sick last Sunday. They took her into the hospital and Wednesday they thought she only had a couple hours left so Bob went up to Utah. He's been there since. She's been unconscious the whole time. I know it's horrible, but I really hope Bob comes home soon. She's probably going to be like this for a while and I'm so tired of being a single parent. Aaron has been in full tantrum/stress mode most of the weekend. And I'm so sick of his tantrums that they can throw me into a tantrum. It's just a bad cycle. Usually I can deal with all of this, it's just life. But I'm tired today. I really hope Bob comes home soon.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
January 13, 2012
The kids went back to school this week and things went back to usual. It's nice to get back into the regular routine. I started preschool with Seth again. I found an easier lesson plan for it that takes less prep time, so I think I'll be better at keeping it going. But Seth wasn't super excited about it. We only did half of the lesson. But I'm hoping it'll get better and better. Hopefully he'll be ready and excited to go to real preschool next year.
All three kids got into the Somerset Charter school. I don't know what to do about it. I applied because they opened a new campus so this year we'd have a good chance of getting in. It makes sense to me to send them all there. It's a smaller school with smaller class sizes and there are tons of good kids there. It's elementary and middle school together so they'd all be at the same place. I've never met anyone who had anything bad to say about it. And I really don't want our kids to go to one of the public high schools and if they're in the charter school system then it'll be easy to get them in the high school. There are so many bad things that go on at the public h.s. from what I hear from the youth. I'm not feeling a strong yes or no when I pray about it, but I'm not as excited about it as I should be. I can't tell yet if that's because the answer is no or because I really don't like that the school is in a strip mall and there isn't a good playground or windows inside the building.
All three kids got into the Somerset Charter school. I don't know what to do about it. I applied because they opened a new campus so this year we'd have a good chance of getting in. It makes sense to me to send them all there. It's a smaller school with smaller class sizes and there are tons of good kids there. It's elementary and middle school together so they'd all be at the same place. I've never met anyone who had anything bad to say about it. And I really don't want our kids to go to one of the public high schools and if they're in the charter school system then it'll be easy to get them in the high school. There are so many bad things that go on at the public h.s. from what I hear from the youth. I'm not feeling a strong yes or no when I pray about it, but I'm not as excited about it as I should be. I can't tell yet if that's because the answer is no or because I really don't like that the school is in a strip mall and there isn't a good playground or windows inside the building.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
January 6, 2012
We finished up our Christmas traditions. I did a post on our family blog about them. We did the Springs Preserve, Chocolate factory, made fudge and christmas cookies and candy trains. I loved that we weren't going anywhere this year. It made it so much less crazy.
Christmas eve we went over to the Deans and had a big dinner and acted out the Nativity. Then we came home and opened sibling gifts and went to bed. Christmas morning we got up at 6:30. The boys got an arcade type basketball game and the girls got a big doll house. The three oldest got new scooters and Danny got a BMX bike that he wanted so bad. Seth and Aaron got remote control cars that they loved. They were all happy and had a good Christmas.
Bob only worked 3 days of the whole Christmas break. That was so great. We had lots of family time. We got things done and played games and hung out. My birthday was great. Bob takes such good care of me and works hard to me to have a nice day. I slept in and when I woke up Bob had gotten krispy kremes. I rode my new Spin bike Bob got me for Christmas. We were going to go to a movie, but our babysitter, Lexi, couldn't come. So we had Danny babysit and went to dinner then came home and rented a movie.
On New Years Eve, we went to the Aliante Buffet for breakfast with the Deans. And had them over that night for a new years party with food and games and fireworks. I was the only one who stayed up until midnight.
Then New Year's Day we celebrated Kwanzaa. Rachel learned about it at school and was telling me about their celebrations and that one was a family work project. That sounded like a great celebration to me. So we told the kid "Joyous Kwanzaa!" We're cleaning the house together. We went room by room and worked together to dejunk and organize everything. It took about four hours. We worked for 2 hours and then Bob took the older kids to the gym at the church while the little ones napped. Then we worked for 2 more hours and then we all went to the movie theatre and saw "Rise of the Guardians". I think kwanzaa will become a regular Christmas break tradition.
That night my mom and dad and Kristal came to visit. It was nice to have them to ourselves. It's been a long time since I've seen my mom without everyone else around. My dad was here for 2 days. Our trampoline broke so he went with me to return it and get a new one. And he babysat one day while we went shopping. And they took us to see "O" at the bellagio. It was really good. Then Friday we went bowling and Saturday we went sledding at Mt. Charleston. We had great weather and everyone loved it. We left Ruby home with Kristal, so that helped a lot too.
I'm working on reevaluating my focus and how I spend my time. My new motto is going to be "enough". I need to do enough in all the areas I think are important. In a scripture I found, I can't remember the verse, but it's in my scripture journal so I'll transcribe it in here sometime, another word for enough is "expedient". In some areas that will make me step it up and in some areas I need to slow down. I'm hoping to relieve some stress and help me do a better job with the things that really matter.
Christmas eve we went over to the Deans and had a big dinner and acted out the Nativity. Then we came home and opened sibling gifts and went to bed. Christmas morning we got up at 6:30. The boys got an arcade type basketball game and the girls got a big doll house. The three oldest got new scooters and Danny got a BMX bike that he wanted so bad. Seth and Aaron got remote control cars that they loved. They were all happy and had a good Christmas.
Bob only worked 3 days of the whole Christmas break. That was so great. We had lots of family time. We got things done and played games and hung out. My birthday was great. Bob takes such good care of me and works hard to me to have a nice day. I slept in and when I woke up Bob had gotten krispy kremes. I rode my new Spin bike Bob got me for Christmas. We were going to go to a movie, but our babysitter, Lexi, couldn't come. So we had Danny babysit and went to dinner then came home and rented a movie.
On New Years Eve, we went to the Aliante Buffet for breakfast with the Deans. And had them over that night for a new years party with food and games and fireworks. I was the only one who stayed up until midnight.
Then New Year's Day we celebrated Kwanzaa. Rachel learned about it at school and was telling me about their celebrations and that one was a family work project. That sounded like a great celebration to me. So we told the kid "Joyous Kwanzaa!" We're cleaning the house together. We went room by room and worked together to dejunk and organize everything. It took about four hours. We worked for 2 hours and then Bob took the older kids to the gym at the church while the little ones napped. Then we worked for 2 more hours and then we all went to the movie theatre and saw "Rise of the Guardians". I think kwanzaa will become a regular Christmas break tradition.
That night my mom and dad and Kristal came to visit. It was nice to have them to ourselves. It's been a long time since I've seen my mom without everyone else around. My dad was here for 2 days. Our trampoline broke so he went with me to return it and get a new one. And he babysat one day while we went shopping. And they took us to see "O" at the bellagio. It was really good. Then Friday we went bowling and Saturday we went sledding at Mt. Charleston. We had great weather and everyone loved it. We left Ruby home with Kristal, so that helped a lot too.
I'm working on reevaluating my focus and how I spend my time. My new motto is going to be "enough". I need to do enough in all the areas I think are important. In a scripture I found, I can't remember the verse, but it's in my scripture journal so I'll transcribe it in here sometime, another word for enough is "expedient". In some areas that will make me step it up and in some areas I need to slow down. I'm hoping to relieve some stress and help me do a better job with the things that really matter.
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