I know you must be taken aback. I promise this is me and not some fine gentleman in Uzbekistan who’s going to share a tragic story of my getting stuck overseas and needing you to send money (though you are free to send me money when ever you’d like…I’m just saying.) Yes, I know it’s been some time since I blogged but I thought I’d back the old gal out of the garage, give her a tune up, and see if she’d run. I’m hoping to take her on a few joy rides on some wide open roads with the windows down and the music loud enough that I can’t hear myself singing at the top of my lungs. (I also hope to not get a ticket during said joy ride as this is notoriously when it happens…I digress…)
So, I know you thought I was lost in a deep abyss of….something or other, and you were right. The last several years have been a challenge for me in the blogging world. Broken cameras, broken computers, dumb phones, dumb life things, this stress, that stress, and lets not forget the ever growing needs of a family – all of which have claimed my time, my mind, my strength, and my heart. HOWEVER, there has also been growing children, new adventures, new callings, laughing-‘til-we-cry moments, new family, proud moments, loving moments, growing moments, and even a very rare few quiet moments. None of which have been shared in much more than a snapshot online.
I’m a firm believer that you should not hide your light under a bushel (an analogy that has always drawn me to imagine the raging fire that might start. David O. McKay once said something to the sort that one should never yell in a home unless there is a fire…maybe that’s why there’s so much yelling at my house…that overly-thought-deeper-than-necessary analogy and the fact that if you yell from the farthest back corner of the downstairs the acoustics allow for a child/parent/sibling upstairs in the nether-regions of their room to hear you almost clearly.). Anyway…I can’t vouch that I’ll ever catch up on the last 4 years of blogging. I’m lucky if I can catch up on the last 40 minutes of sleep I need. But this is a start….right? :) I want my amazing kids to have stories they can go back and read, memories they can share, and my own inner satisfaction that life has been documented and is safely kept. (Oh, and a reminder that sometimes I’m still funny…even if only to myself…)
ON TO THE SHOW!
If you’re just tuning in, we last left our heroes 2.5 years ago with a Fairy-ly odd problem. However, much has happened since then:
- Multiple vacations
- Sports
- SO MANY ADVENTURES
- Starting new schools
- Kindergarten…Middle School!
- Sad losses of those we love (We miss you Harvey, Grandpa Great, Renee (Fama), Uncle John, GGma Runyan)
- MARRIAGE! (and with it, the gift of an amazing Daughter I didn’t have to birth!!!)
- Illnesses
- Home decorating
- Concerts
- Races
- New cousins/nieces/nephews
- Baptisms
- Birthdays
- Braces
- Holidays
- Milestones
- Miracles
- New homes
- New projects
- New friends
- and not enough sleep!!! lol
- (oh, and Pokemon Go…one can’t forget that…)
Where do I even begin?? Well, this is me so my excitement over typing a blog post says to start at the beginning but my brain remembering the 4 loads of laundry that should get folded today says start at the end…or close to it…so I say we start with April 2018! Sweet!
