What an
incredibly busy few weeks. As I sat here
thinking of what to write, my first thoughts were…..hmmm nothing exciting
happened. But then that is not true
since three weeks has passed without blogging I better write about the “nothing.” At the end of June we went to a wedding at
the Manti Temple for Nancy Osmond. It
was a great ceremony and afterwards we saw Roxanne and Richard Squire and Ron
and Barbara Ballard. After sending a
picture of Ron to Tim’s dad, Steve, he (Steve) felt an immediate need to see
Ron because of Ron’s deteriorating health.
Within 4 days Steve came from Washington to Utah. It was a Fisher/Ballard family reunion. It was a lot of fun to see everybody visit,
laugh, and share memories.
It is
hard to watch people get older and go through hard times, especially when death
could be so close. It makes me enjoy
what I have now, the mundane daily routine of loading and unloading the
dishwasher, changing diapers, and the constant vacuuming. I have great health which allows me to do all
that is required and beautiful children to keep my life exciting and full of
never ending chores.
We
have filled our summer with learning, swimming lessons, and tae kwon do. We also had Kate and Brinton Squire up for a
few days while their parents ran in a race.
I cannot believe how many more dishes I had to wash with 2 extra kids. McCabe and Brinton set-up a lemonade stand
and sold drinks and wet sand. McCabe got
sand from the sandbox and added water.
He said it was “Indian sand” because it was so smooth. So there he was with his little sandwich bags
full of sand. I don’t think he sold any,
especially because he wanted $7.00/bag.
However, they did make $8 selling the lemonade.
Xadia’s
big thing lately is taking a late nap and then staying up late because she cannot
fall asleep. We tell her to stay in her
room but she has the tendency to come out and knock on our door. She says, “I need to tell you something.” My
response is, “ok what is it?” “I love
you so much, much, much, much, much, much.”
And then she turns to Tim and says the same thing. She then gives us a hug and a kiss and goes
off to her room. Many times she comes
back because she has a piece of colored art work to give us. She is adorable.
