Summer Time

This summer has flown by so fast. I know most kids are heading back to school next week so today is their last day of summer. Luckily for me, Jacob still has two and half weeks before preschool starts so we have some time to work on getting him out of bed before 9:00 a.m :) I never thought I would see the day when he would sleep that late. Now he plays so hard that I'm lucky to see him much earlier than 8 or 8:30 each morning. I'm so glad he's not starting kindergarten this year. I really feel like we made the right decision. I just can't wrap my head around sending him off to the big school on the day he turns 5.

Anyways, this summer has been a roller coaster for sure. Lots of things have contributed to that, and I am looking forward to fall with a lot of mixed emotions but mostly with a hope that things will settle down and that all the people I care about who have struggled this summer can overcome their trials.

Bear Lake

This has been one of my most favorite things that we do with Jarom's family. And it is probably going to be a few years before we can go up during the best time of the year to be at Bear Lake. August is prime time up there! The kids had a blast and were so worn out by the end of the weekend. We played in the lake, went swimming, launched rockets, rode bikes, etc. When we left Jacob kept saying, "Grandma is sooo lucky she gets to stay til Friday." I put pictures of Bear Lake up on facebook but will try to add some here later when blogger is cooperating better.

Seven Peaks-SLC

One of our summer fun destinations this year. The kids love it!! I love that at the SL park he can go on most of the tube slides with an adult. I got fired from taking him after we flipped out of the tube at the top of one of the slides. It was hard enough to get him to try again with his dad let alone me. Mya loves the kiddie area since it's so shallow. She can go wherever she wants and she does! They have a few little slides in that area, but she's not a fan even when her dad takes her down. Her eyes get really big and she says no, no, no. She's heading into that "do everything myself" phase so taking her into the wave pool or lazy river can be frustrating because she doesn't want to be held, but she can't touch throughout the wave pool or in the river at all. It's mind boggling because at home she wants me to carry her up and down the stairs. I tried to add pictures here, but blogger is not cooperating with me today.

Stuff

I feel horrible. A couple days ago I was looking through my archives and realized I used to be a lot better at blogging and how grateful I am that I have those posts with pictures included. Things I had already forgotten. I feel sick at all the photo worthy moments I have missed the past 4-5 months because I lost our camera and the backup wasn't working. Luckily, we have a few pictures from Jarom's phone, but they aren't the best quality and there are still a lot of times where I'm wishing I had a camera to reach for. So we finally ordered a new one, and I am anxious to get some summer time pictures of my kids and start blogging/journaling again. Hopefully I will be able to get some of our fun things posted on here before they are long past.

Things kids say

I used to be really good at writing down the funny things Jacob says. I have not done that in so long, and I regret it. Here are a couple of goodies from the past week or so:

His little buddy Drew was here playing one day and the two boys had this conversation (side note: Drew's dad is one of the BIGGEST BYU fans I have ever met in my life):
D: I want a blue cup because I really like BYU blue.
a few second later...
J: Mom, Drew says the Utah Utes are stinky. (All I could do was chuckle because Jacob was so concerned and didn't know what to say in return).
D: The Utah Utes are stinky.
J: No, they're not.
Back and forth a few times then...
D: Well, we, me & my dad, say they're stinky because we just don't like them.
J: The Utah Utes are not stinky.
D: Well, it's ok. We're still best friends!!
J: Yeah, let's play.

Hilarious!! I was laughing so hard.

Then a few nights ago, Jacob came in our room about 3:00 am upset because he'd had a nightmare. He told us that wolves were trying to kill him in his dream. So Jarom told him that next time he just needs to get his gun out to kill them first. Jacob's response: "But my gun's in timeout."

Speaking of nightmares, Jacob has consistently been having bad dreams and is a little nervous to go to sleep at night. I don't know what to do. We talk about happy things and what he should think about while he falls asleep. And we always say a prayer too. A few nights ago he said, "Mom, I have a feeling." Me: "What kind of feeling?" J: "just a feeling." I finally realized he was scared to go to sleep so I told him everything's ok and that we are safe in our house. He said, "Well, the problem is that those clothes in my closet look like monsters." I shut the closet doors, and he slept fine that night.

Disclaimer!

I got some laundry soap today so I am now getting my laundry done. And I made a new batch of dish detergent yesterday too so my dishes are done :)

I just have to say that although the past two months have been hard, and things are not always taken care of the way I like, there is one person who has made it easier to bear. Jarom is my rock. He has come home from work every night and taken care of the kids. That means playing with them, feeding them, putting them to bed. EVERY night for that past couple months. My kids adore their dad and their little faces light up as bright as the sun when he gets home everyday. So I don't ask more from him. He is doing what is most important to me. When we were in California, he took Jacob out to play during Mya's naps to keep him happy and busy. This meant I got 3 or more hours to just sit and read. EVERYDAY that we were there! Besides taking care of the kids at night, he has been doing the dishes, vacuuming,going on runs to the store for cheesecake along with working overtime, taking care of the yard, & doing YM stuff. So yeah, maybe I could give him my list and send him to get my soap when I run out, but I am not very good at asking for help when he is already doing so much. Plus, he bought me a steam cleaner for Mother's Day/Birthday. It's like magic :)

Almost There

These past two months have been incredibly busy. And I have been sick & tired for two months I feel like I'm barely hanging on most days. I admit, it's been rough! I can't get to the store so I have not done laundry in over a week. I have stacks of dishes and a full dishwasher full of dishes because I ran out of dish detergent. My fridge and cupboards are bare. The Easter bunny didn't even make it to our house this year :(. Not to mention my house is a disaster. And did I mention I have laundry coming out my ears? I think we have too many clothes though. If we can all go almost two weeks without me doing laundry and still have clean stuff to wear, it's time to clean out!! BUT...there is a light at the end of the tunnel. No traveling on weekends til the 21st. I finish up school TONIGHT-yahoo! Only one more time teaching preschool. And minus feeling a little sick around bedtime, I am finally feeling better and can actually cook dinner for my family without running to the bathroom. Yes, we are expecting #3. I have been more sick than I ever was with the others and when you have two other kids to take care of, it's hard. I got really really sick in February. Couldn't get out of bed, I haven't been that sick in years kind of sick and I never quite got back to the grind of everyday life when I finally got over the flu or whatever it was I had. Sadly, the morning sickness didn't go away but it did ease off a little around 14 weeks. We went on vacation to California, and I only took pictures on one day. I didn't even take the camera on our camping trip. But I am finally feeling more normal and will be able to catch up on everything that has been neglected the past two months. I have big plans though so I don't see the blog jumping to the top of my list of priorities. But I guess I need to blog about all the fun stuff we do since I haven't done that in months.