Last Day of School 2013

What a whirl wind life is these days!  I have had three "Celebration of Learning" events this week, one for each kiddo.  Super fun, and very entertaining to see your child interact with their peers :)  Always a little surprising!  Audrie is much more shy than I would have though, Kaylee is much more outgoing than I would have thought and Tyler is a little more confident than I thought. 

I just returned home from Tyler's official Elementary Graduation.  They make these events such a big deal!  I think it's great to celebrate them, but sometimes I think they go a tad overboard. 

I've been thinking a lot about Katie, praying for some relief for her and I have to tell you what thoughts I have had as of late.  I have had several thoughts about the "trial of her faith." That this is a refining process, teaching her (and the rest of us too, but mostly her) how to totally turn to the Lord and trust in Him.  In fact I was reading a talk from the YW broadcast this past spring called Your Holy Places in which is talked about where holy places are, what they can be and how you can created them despite your circumstances.  It talked about Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail and how it was one of the absolute worst times in his life, but yet he turned it into a Holy Place.  Sister Dibb quoted Elder Holland saying, “You can have sacred, revelatory, profoundly instructive experiences with the Lord in the most miserable experiences of your life…, while enduring the most painful injustices, when facing the most insurmountable odd and opposition you have ever faced.”Anyway, my thoughts immediately turned to Katie when I read that!  Something to think about anyway J

We are anxious about the Ford family coming down!  The kids and I have a list of all the options of “fun” we can do while they are here!  Cousin’s are the BEST!

Ali!!!  Do you have any inklings that this baby might come sooner than later???  I so wish I could be around one of these babies births!!  I have yet to witness one!!  Maybe I’ll be able to be around for Lyndsey's or Katie's babies?  

I have got to run.  Sam is yelling and I think I just heard spit being spat from the upstairs overhang onto the first floor entry way….she is turning into such a stinker!