The "Helipad" is Done

After almost a year, our deck (AKA the helipad
because of its size) is finally done. Peter has
worked really hard on it.


He built me two beautiful planters like this for
Mother's Day this year. They really add a lot to
the deck.


It has been a lot of fun to use the deck so far this summer.

Letting Go.....

Alex and Jaysen head off to Utah tomorrow for a month. It is so hard to let them go. I try not to stress out about it but I really worry about their physical, mental, and spiritual welfare when they are gone. Jaysen has been feeling uneasy about this trip saying that he "has a bad feeling that something bad is going to happen." It is hard not to just say that he doesn't have to go. I just hope and pray that nothing does happen and that our Heavenly Father is mindful of them and watches out for them and keeps them safe. It is really hard for me to let go of my need to be in control and to completely put my faith and trust in the Lord when it comes to these kids. I just love them so much. I know that I need to have more faith.

Can anyone say FIRE?

So get this. Yesterday Peter decided to teach Jaysen about electricity and how things work. He gave him a small light bulb out of an old flash light, some wires, and two "D" batteries. He showed Jaysen how to connect it all together to make the light bulb turn on. Peter says he told Jaysen not to leave them connected all of the time because it is dangerous. So we all go to bed last night and when I woke up this morning Jaysen proceeds to tell me that he has something he needs to show me. He hands me his light bulb attached to the two batteries and all of the wires properly connected. Then he says, "Ummm, mom I put this under my pillow last night and something happened." He proceeds to lift up his pillows to expose a burn mark on his brand new mattress that is about the size of a grapefruit and several burn marks on a couple of different pillows about the same size. I don't know whether to be more upset with Jaysen or with Peter.

Summer Vacation?

I have no idea what I am doing so I will start with this and go from here. It is after midnight and I am just getting started. I guess I will start with what is happening right now. Today was the last day of school for both of my children and about three hours after school let out, my kids were saying "I miss school already." They have been counting down the days for the past month and now they want to go back already. My son Jaysen is quite upset with me today because he asked me "Mom, What are we going to do tomorrow because now it is summer?" When I responded by telling him that we were going to get the house clean and that he has to clean up his room before any fun activities can happen he replied with " Great. I'm never going to get to do anything fun this summer." It was pretty funny.