Daily Reflections

It just hit me today that school starts in 10 days!  Not just typical school...but home school for an 8th-grader, a 6th-grader, a 3rd-grader, a 1st-grader, and a preschooler.  Along with home schooling, Jon will be working his 3 jobs from home.  And his parents and grandma will be moving in with us.  All in the middle of a Pandemic.  Am I going to be able to do this?  Am I strong enough?  Will I be able to handle all of this emotionally?  Will I snap?  Will I start being a person that I don't want to be due to all of the stress and chaos around me?  I'm actually getting a little nervous for it all.  Honestly, I'm most nervous about Jon's parents and grandma moving in.  This means that the house will always be crowded, always busy, always messy...and I will have no escape.  I pray that I will be able to make it through.  I feel like such a bad person to even be concerned about it all.  I'm sorry. Today I spen...

Nothing much happened today.  It was a nice day considering yesterday was pretty busy.  I went on a nice 5 mile run this morning.  I finished listening to President David O. McKay's mini biography.  I read another Goosebumps book to the kids.  Have I mentioned that I have a tendency to fall asleep every time I read to them?  I start out fine...and then it just hits me and I have to take a short 5 minute nap.  It's the craziest thing.  When it "hits me" I feel like I can't wake myself up.  I have tried drinking water, eating food, standing up while reading...but when it hits me, it hits me good! Mason and Caitlyn worked together to make this cute little chalk drawing on our driveway. William was playing with his Ghostbusters today and as I was watching him I noticed something a little out of place.  Hint:  She is wearing a blue dress and often sings, "Let It Go", ha ha. William wanted to cuddle with me today...

Due to the Pandemic, this was the first Beach Day of 2020.  We had a very productive day today!  Jon dropped me off at the DMV near Ventura so that I could get my drivers license renewed.  The lines at the DMV in Lancaster were horrific...today I was in an out in one hour.  So worth it!  Then we went to the beach!  It was 66 degrees!  I thought it was cold...but the kids ALWAYS enjoy the beach, despite the weather.  Bryce and Mason played on the beach boards, they all waded in the ocean, and they all spent a good amount of time playing in the sand.  A perfect beach day!  After the beach we checked out the thrift stores in Ventura.  We found some books (Mason wanted some more Goosebumps books, of course).  I found a few learning games for William for preschool this year.  I also found a game that I had been wanting for a while but it was super expensive so I never bought it.  It's called "Traffic Jam" and it's a puz...