I Can Hardly Believe

I can hardly believe that the summer is officially over. We have had so much fun even though we didn't do any major trips or vacations. Just being with the family has been good enough for me this year. I don't regret that we haven't been camping. It would have been fun but all the work of packing everything, the sweat and dirt while pregnant, etc did not out-way the ease of staying home. I think the highlight trip for our summer was Fourth of July week. We spent a couple of days with my family doing our normal visit. Then we went to Cherry Hill with my sister and her three adorable children. And to finish it off we visited North Ogden where Mark grew up for a couple of days. It was a great trip filled with good friends.

I can't believe that my baby boy is 4. How in the world did this happen? That means he is half way to being old enough to baptize! We did our first friend party for Spencer on Wednesday at it was great. Everyone that he invited was able to come (yep, all 5 of them). We did a robot themed party but did not in any way, shape, or form, go overboard. Spencer got a lot of great gifts so thank you to everybody who came and made it a great experience for him.

I can hardly believe that Mark is almost done with school. He only started 2 years ago and this is his last semester. He is doing his student teaching full time now which has made work so CRAZY for me but I am so proud of him for sticking it out. 14 days down, 46 to go. Even the kids are supportive of Dad in going to school. It has been a family effort to get to this point and I know that the benefits will bless us for the rest of our lives (even if he doesn't become a teacher). Bonus: he gets dressed up every morning and looks good!

I can hardly believe how happy I am. There has been a lot of drama for our extended family the past couple of months. Mark and I have had just as many problems at work, financially and home as any family but somehow they don't seem that big to us. We are in a state of peace and joy when it comes to where we are as a couple and how are children are growing up. We are working through it all together. Life is good as one of my bishops used to always say.