use your imagination

i am sorry.

i guess i'll apologize.

the two weeks with my sisters were fantastic.

a lot of fun.

basically, anytime i have family around i only need to have them enjoy my kids and my kids enjoy them... and that's all that matter.

that is what i need to make me happy.

and happy it made me.

it was hard to say bye.

it is heartbreaking  to see them say good-bye and not knowing when the next time we'll see them will be.

hard.

really hard.

i cried good part of our trip to seattle.

on the way back... i just couldn't stay awake. i had to stop. twice. i just fell asleep, and it was scary.

but i imagine you want to see pictures.... and that's where you;ll have to use your imagination.

i have no time to upload them to the computer...

now.... these last few weeks have been full of interesting things, and i just don't know if i will ever get around to tell you.

i could just mention some...but i am afraid i will be giving it no justice to how much these things matter to me. and i don;t want to do that.

so just for now, i'll tell you i just got incense for the first time: pinapple and papaya. 

i realize that it forced me to calm down. take it easy and relax.

and i also realized that it makes me think of my sister patricia.

now i want to cry.

(ok... i might be in that part of the month too... which reminds me... after the D and C they told me i would be getting my period between 4-6 weeks later. 5 weeks!!! just 2 days after evan got here!!!!!!!!... and then back again on the day! i am a well oiled ovulating machine! i guess i should be grateful... but i am not...just yet)

when i least expect it

you think i would learn.

whenever i feel like i am getting comfortable, like i have things under control, of course things change on me.

we had the party at the church yesterday.

it was fun!

we had spent all day at the waterpark with tracy and the kids.

jordan and evan were out all day looking for evan's wallet ( that had flown out of his pocket driving his bike... yes, just the day before he leaves.... no stress added to the situation!)

back to the party... since we had been out he still had to pack, so i wanted to leave as soon as possible.

well, bishop asked me if i had received his phonecall... he wanted to talk to both of us.

our rs president had been called to the stake rs presidency last week at conference, so we all knew there were going to be changes.

since i hadn't heard from bishop all week, i thought i had nothing to worry about... till then.

it felt like a heart attack.

i wasn't expecting that calling at all.

it feels too big for me.

way too big.

good thing i have the most amazing counselors.

they are more than what you could ever imagine.

the sisters in my ward are the best.

it felt amazing when bishop asked for their supporting vote and they lifted their hand, i literally felt a ( much needed) boost of energy.

i was glad evan was there with me too.

he makes me believe i can do anything.

he is amazing to me.

so... we'll see what is in this for me to learn.

i can think of a billion things right now.

i'll just say, i am grateful for my Saviour. because through Him we can be perfected, and His grace is sufficient if i humble myself, to make strengths out of my weaknesses.

He is truly my heroe.

Glory be to God for the infinite gift of His Son.

and like that... he's gone

well.. it looks like a week is not enough time to do anything.

but we managed to:

do some fun shopping.

eat out

attend stake conference

finish school ( carmen got super good grades!!!)

go to the movies ( we watched rio.... i want to visit rio de janeiro so bad now!)

watch WIMBLEDON!!! (i love watching sports with evan.... well just soccer, hockey and tennis, i don't care for any other sports, really)

go to the fair

celebrate canada day with a bbq at the lake with some friends.

spend some time with cousins.

waterpark

party at the church for families.

...

and tomorrow he leaves.

i am going to miss him.

bad.

i just hope that these next 6 weeks go by fast.

the good news is my sisters are coming next week for a couple of weeks.

so that will keep me entertained :D

it was more than amazing to have him for a week.

it was a super nice surprise.

he's not going to have it easy to top that one.

he had me totally fooled.

it was an amazing week.

:D