I am done with summer. I never ever in my whole life thought I would say that. But I am - it's been so long and hot and busy and hot and I'm ready to be done. And ready to put my kids to bed before 9:00. And ready to open up the windows at night and breath in cool air. B is out building us a pizza oven. Our very own pizza oven in the backyard with a fire place underneath even. Wow - not sure where he comes up with this stuff, but I'm pretty excited. I finally got Graham to sleep and fell asleep myself rocking him and got startled awake when Brandon turned the spotlight on outside Grahams window so that he can keep working in the dark. I watched as Clara and Gray ran outside to swing in their matching gray pajamas (clara really likes to match - her pants are two sizes to little and her shirt is a hello kitty one turned inside out, but she's in all gray just like her brother.) I should go get them because I know they'll both be covered in mosquito bites, it's just nice to sit in a quite house sometimes.
We took Clara over to the school today to see who her kindergarten teacher is. We walked through the halls and found her classroom and as we walked in my chest got all tight and I got big fat tears in my eyes and wasn't quite sure I was going to be able to do this!!!! Why is a few hours a day so darn hard? Because she's big and she will do her own thing and there will forever be parts of her life that I don't know about and that she doesn't share with me and that are just hers and that kind of hurts my heart a little bit and makes me miss her even though I can hear her laughing right outside the window. And makes me all teary again just thinking about it. I just have to think about how wonderful that minute will be when she is at school and i drop Grady off at pre-school and come home and put Graham down for a nap and I - holy cow- I what?????? NOTHING!!!! YAHOO!!!! I will have that for a few hours twice a week!!!! It will be okay won't it? I'll just have to figure out how to make Clara talk a little more and we'll be fine. okay, she'll be fine. I have lots more about summer to post some other night.
I might have to post one more thing - my amazingly talented friend Brooke (and my old BYUI roomate!!!) called several months ago and said she was coming up from Vegas in july and wanted to get together and what would I think about taking a few pictures???? I was soo excited and honored - she's extremely talented and so busy and never did I think we would get the chance for her to take pictures for us - but she did and we had such a fun night and it was so fun to meet her kids (and her husband Cody again) and catch up. it's funny how just hearing her voice and talking made me feel like a little freshman in college again. I miss you so much Brooke! I will love these photos forever. More to come another time......
We took Clara over to the school today to see who her kindergarten teacher is. We walked through the halls and found her classroom and as we walked in my chest got all tight and I got big fat tears in my eyes and wasn't quite sure I was going to be able to do this!!!! Why is a few hours a day so darn hard? Because she's big and she will do her own thing and there will forever be parts of her life that I don't know about and that she doesn't share with me and that are just hers and that kind of hurts my heart a little bit and makes me miss her even though I can hear her laughing right outside the window. And makes me all teary again just thinking about it. I just have to think about how wonderful that minute will be when she is at school and i drop Grady off at pre-school and come home and put Graham down for a nap and I - holy cow- I what?????? NOTHING!!!! YAHOO!!!! I will have that for a few hours twice a week!!!! It will be okay won't it? I'll just have to figure out how to make Clara talk a little more and we'll be fine. okay, she'll be fine. I have lots more about summer to post some other night.
I might have to post one more thing - my amazingly talented friend Brooke (and my old BYUI roomate!!!) called several months ago and said she was coming up from Vegas in july and wanted to get together and what would I think about taking a few pictures???? I was soo excited and honored - she's extremely talented and so busy and never did I think we would get the chance for her to take pictures for us - but she did and we had such a fun night and it was so fun to meet her kids (and her husband Cody again) and catch up. it's funny how just hearing her voice and talking made me feel like a little freshman in college again. I miss you so much Brooke! I will love these photos forever. More to come another time......
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LOVE the photos. She is amazing! And you all look PERFECT, as usual.
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