First half of August

Last & cutest puzzle of the summer😢

LAST visit to Aunt Lili’s house in Merced 😢😢😢

 

Not quite the last swim of the Summer at Grandma’s

August 6, 2021 Michael Joe lost his sweet Grandpa. 

He said it was a really peaceful experience to be able to see him and talk with him right before & pray with his family after. 

Our sweet Sia’s first day of KINDERGARTEN! 

2nd day of school (technically Sia’s first full day)

 - made cookies, cleaned house & cried into my kitty

8/11/21

Fasting has been a recurring reminder that’s been jumping off the page at me and then deeply into my mind until I forget and then am reminded again and I need to write it down. I NEED to fast. I will fast in September and every month following. A real one. 
Another word feeling like it’s ricocheting around in my brain when I read it is “idle” which of course always brings me back to my mission days. It’s the reminder I needed daily & the scripture I chose for my plaque. A favorite but also a bold reminder to get in line. CEASE to be idle. Having the girls going back to school this week is an abrupt awakening as to how idle I’ve really been, unfortunately! Ugh. Grateful that I enjoy early to bed and early to rise and being organized, calendars & timers to remind me. My dad made fun of my “brush teeth” one when it went off at their house but I’m really happy that I am this way. It does make life smoother & helps us be in much better moods, I think :) 

8/13/21
Sia’s first official day of school
Popped her neck on the way to school and complained and cried of shoulder pain on the way home 🤷🏼‍♀️ Can’t tell how intense it is or if it’s just an overwhelming day for her little self too. I cried for a long while this morning not unloading any babies from the van when I got home. Grabbed my kitty and made him sit with me a while. Michael had an extraction and bone graft this morning. Ugh. FaceTimed Jet and Lil and Jet said I love you at the end and it set me off again to tears. I can’t believe they’re leaving in less than a week 😩 when it rains it pours. Life just SUCKS sometimes but proper perspective definitely helps me here. Sia is HAPPY to be going to school maybe overwhelmed but so excited! Gwinna and Sia are so HELPFUL for me. Taking her to class and reassuring her all the way to school that they will be with her. Gwinna prayed for me this morning that I would be strengthened by the Lord and know and remember that Sia won’t be gone all day. Michael’s dental stuff all went very well. Hoping he’s not in too much pain tomorrow. Hoping Grandpa will help sias shoulder. Love my fur ball baby that TRULY brings me peace and comfort. Grateful for cookie dough for my lunch and a great vacuum cleaner & my able body to make 2 trips to pick up my kids from school everyday even though it’s not ideal 😬
I AM excited for Lil and her little family to get where they want to be. Owning a house and renovating it soon:) this one is hard to look on the bright side because it will be HARD not to see them every week but they’re moving onward & upward & I am very happy for them still. Selfishly though. UGH. :(
But happy. But not. But yes. Ok. Done. Can’t think about it.