Dear Children, we have spent so much time in the car this last week. Somehow we were blessed with a miracle and everyone was pretty happy. It makes things a lot more fun. Dear J&C, thanks for letting us over run your house with children. I appreciate how kind and welcoming you are. My kids have so much fun there. I somehow even got a nap on your couch? Dear Layton, I love your mission letters. It is nice to know right where you are right now. I know you will be taken care of. Enjoy the cool breeze in Reno! Dear Avary, you finally got your cast off. Your cast was full of sand and you even had a sequin in there. Sadly your foot is also covered in horrible blisters and bruises. You are on crutches now and will get a new cast next week. It will probably take at least that long to get your leg to smell normal again. Poor Babycakes. Dear Hazel, driving back from Mesa you insisted you had to go to the bathroom. I pulled over got you out only for you to say "Actually I just wanted to pick a pretty flower". Really. That was a long drive. Dear House, there are so many kids around here. You would think so many people to help clean up. Wrong. It means a tornado can strike in the 2 minutes that you left the room. We seem to be drowning in laundry at all times. But that just makes me really really grateful for a washer and dryer and plenty of clothes. Dear Mr. Clark, I love being with you. I love that we can talk for hours. I love that we get each others humor, you make me laugh. I am so grateful for you. Dear Mrs./Sis., Clark, I am still taken off guard when approached this way. I always think, Who? Haha Life is so full and busy and overwhelming at times. I can never quite keep up lately. So the laundry is never done, the house is never clean, there are boxes to be unpacked, and bikes all over the place, there are always crafts and toys out, the to do list is so long and most of those things stay as to do, we always need milk and cereal, there are always dirty dishes, someones hair isn't brushed, someones face is dirty...but most of the time those faces have a smile. When my Mr. comes in the door I have a smile. And all of these things that make life so crazy are what make us so blessed and so happy. Lucky- that's me, right here.
