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Dear Children, oh what a week. We had sickies, toothaches, braces, traveling, birthdays and on and on. You go with the flow, so that's good. Dear Hailey, I enjoyed getting to spend the day with you and I love getting to see who you are becoming on the inside. I am proud of you. Dear Avary, you have had the worst toothache. After six hours in the car to visit the dentist the verdict is that two of your molars are coming in and smashing the nerve. No way to fix it. It hurts you bad enough you were wanting him to pull it out. You were sick on top of that too. Poor girl. It was actually so so enjoyable getting to spend that much time alone with you. I loved every minute. You are such a smart, sweet, funny, happy kid. I love you to pieces! Dear Kade, you've been feeling crummy too, which means you inflict your whiny voice on my nerves. You finally got to use your pocket knife at scouts, which made you pretty darn happy. I don't trust you with a pocket knife by the way. Dear Hazel, thanks to Auntie Ranell you had another tooth pulled. Goodness girl, you only have two little teeth in the front now. It's pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. Except when you are standing too close to my face and a drop of spit gets on me from you sweet little lisp. Dear Adventure, yeah, we can call it that. Coming home from Mesa on Sunday. I was going around a curve in the canyon and my tire blew on the suburban. Kaden's math teacher pulled up not long after. He had to get under the car to get the spare and got all dirty, changed the whole thing for me and then followed us all the way home. It was just the nicest thing. Dear Will, multiple times this week you have had to get the kids to bed while I have been gone. I appreciate that. I am glad that you were also able to spend some alone time with your kids. They all love you so much. Dear Self, I have been pushed to my limit so many times lately. In so many ways. I have been so hurt and disappointed by others actions. And I admit there are some people that I have just lost faith in. I hate when you put your line as far as you possibly can tolerate, yet others will still push you past it as if they don't care. I don't like having to hold up boundaries even though I know it's what is right. It's been a rough week. But at the same time there have been the best moments in the simple things. Moments when I know the Lord is the one caring for me. I really could not make it through this life with out him.
