Hello, world. I have missed writing and remembering. There have been a million things going on in the last 4 months, but finally things have settled. We are in our new home. Dave put in the sprinkler system and sod and started work. He's really a doctor! I can hardly believe it. And yet, after the last 7 years, I can absolutely believe it.
Summer has been full of birthdays (Jack -9, Ana-11, Katie- 6), a wedding and a baptism, family and friend reunions, and a lot of driving. It has been wonderful and a little stressful and money-sucking and fun!
School starts in a week and a half and I am ready for a schedule and quiet but I'm not ready for fall.
Time flows and things change. I am grasping at sand as it flows between my fingers. I sometimes get a somewhat frantic feeling about it. Someone once told that the key is gratitude. And not just a "count your blessings" type of gratitude, but moments where you just look at your children and your life and feel gratitude and love for them. It helps. I am trying to look the children in the eye more often and see them and smile at them.
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| Jack turns 9 |
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| Jack digs a hole in our new yard |
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| The view from our new neighbhorhood |
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| Dave's last day of residency (with co-resident and friend Jacqui) |
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| I really like our view |
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| Ana turns 11 |
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| Harry Potter cake for our 11 year old girl |
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| Vermont friend reunion in Utah |
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| Eli Morey and Dave and John Hedges |
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| Jessika Hedges, Sara Morey, Christy Clark and me. |
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| Dave's first day of work at the clinic. |
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| My parents and all my sisters at my niece's wedding. |
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| Katie turns 6 at the family reunion |
We are loving our new life in Idaho. Really and truly. It is so wonderful to finally be "settled." I will write more on this later.
