It's three o'clock in the morning and I can't sleep. What better time to update my blog right? I'll be regretting this in the morning at 6:30 when Bailey is crying she's hungry and I'm having to peel myself out of bed. We finally made it back to Midland last weekend. We decided to fly instead of making the 6 hour drive. It's a lot harder to make those trips with three little ones so we don't do it near as often as we did. When we do, I feel like we never really get enough time with our family. Then I come back feeling depressed and drained because someone's feelings are always hurt for not spending enough time with them. I keep saying they could have us all to ourselves if they made it down our way. But I must remind myself what's important to me isn't always important to them. I've got to let it go... The sad reality of living in a different town means taking more time and effort to be involved in our lives. Moving my issues aside, we had a wonderful time and celebrated some great memories!
This is Russell's grandparents, Gran and Grandad . We ALWAYS stay with them when we go home and love the time we spend with them. They fill our buckets, love on our kiddos and make Russell and I feel so welcomed in their home. Once the kiddos go down for bed, Gran will fix us a glass of wine and Grandad will make a strong drink for the two of them. We sit back and visit till sometimes the wee hours in the morning. It's been a good 6 months since our last visit so we shared some wonderful late nights catching up on things. While we were there they celebrated their 58th anniversary WOW!!! I asked Gran what the secret was to a successful marriage and she told me to let go of the petty things and have something you can both enjoy together.
In July my brother found out he had a daughter. It's a long story but I have been so eager to meet her and finally had the chance. This is a picture of my dad, grandmother and two nieces. We had a wonderful evening celebrating our little family reunion.
My niece Kendra and Brenna.
Last week Kinley also celebrated her 100th day of kindergarten. It's been a pretty tough road and I felt the need to celebrate. I almost deleted this picture with Kinley and her teacher. How funny, I can't spell? I got my degree in communications not English...
This weekend Kinley and Russell went to their first Father Daughter dance. Sniff, sniff, don't they both look adorable!
Diane, I almost said that in our texts this morning as well..... about the whole "you didn't spend time with me this trip" or "you didn't spend enough time with me". I struggle with that too. It's so hard for me when I go back home to fit everyone in and spend enough time and not kill myself in the process. I've had friends yell at me and act like whiny brats over it and my family is worse than that. It makes me not want to even go sometimes!
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing all your photos here.... Kendra looks so much like you and the Father/Daughter dance photos are so cute! I also love how you did that for Kinley. That will stick in her mind forever of how cool her mom made her feel that day.... you're awesome!