Dancing with Daffodils

 I have been so tired the last few days that even thinking about writing what has been going on was too much. But, today is better so here we go. The week after conference was good. Girls danced, boys played baseball, Curtis ran, everyone got up early for school and seminary (except Brandon) and I went to a Relief Society activity. It was about the love languages, which have been important to me for years, but it actually brought up some emotional stuff I thought I was over and I left pretty upset. I enjoyed talking with Amy and Lori is so sweet; she donated blankets she had made to be prizes for the dessert competition at the Halloween party and she brought them that night to give to me. It is so sweet of her and I think it makes for an awesome prize. She is a wonderful example of generosity.  Josh should have been off Friday but he worked so I went to the gym and called my mom to wish her a happy birthday and that afternoon I got to go to Curtis's XC meet. They are usually o...

Hello October! At the beginning of the school year I said if we can make it through September and October, we'll be good and here we are, half-way through!  Every morning I drive the kids to seminary (or I go a bit later and pick up Curtis to take him to his bus stop) so we are full into the early morning thing. Mondays I do laundry and fill out all the forms and check my email to make sure I haven't missed a permission slip or something. It is my administrative/laundry day and then I take Lily to dance and teach piano lessons. We've been able to stick with Monday nights for family night, which is awesome. Tuesdays are a bit more flexible and last week I spent all morning cleaning out my second closet that we use for storage. It was fun to go through my BYU notebooks and look at letters Josh wrote me and look at my high school year books and read through AP English papers I wrote and newspaper articles.  I also organized all the stuff I keep for the kids like art work and r...