Life is good...
We've been busy! Aaron is one busy man, so when he is home we try to do fun things as a family. Aaron's brother was working at the Greek Festival this year so he got us in for free. Then he also let us do the trampoline thing for free too. Sweet! We went to the Town Center park, which is fun. My grandparents are finally home and that means we had to do some yard work. Yes, Lincoln hung out in his diaper the whole time. White trash anyone?
Before you start reading I should warn you, this post is just my thoughts on my life and anything else that pops into my mind. I am all over the place with my thoughts so just be prepared for this to not make a whole lot of sense. Oh and it's going to be long and boring :)
The fam and I moved in with my grandparents the first of Aug. We are very grateful for them for letting us pretty much take over their house. With Aaron taking 6 classes at UNLV and trying to take more at University of Phoenix, he is pretty dang busy. With books, tuition and gas to get down there it is pretty expensive. Living with my grandparents is the best for us financially. It's going to be hard but we are up for the challenge. Aaron decided to change his direction in school. Totally fine but I told him this is the last time he can do that so he is stuck with this decision :) He is now working toward med school to be a neurologist. He is still going to graduate next April/May with his bachelors in Psychology. Then he will still have a few more classes to take of prerequisites for med school. To add on top of Aaron's crazy schedule he just got a job. It might be the greatest job ever. He pretty much gets paid to sleep!
I am... busy! Life is crazy but I am trying to live it up. Part of the agreement with moving in with my grandparents was that I need to help take care of them. I am making dinners, doing the shopping, cleaning the house and so on. I got a membership to the gym for an outlet and also to get in shape. When I am going crazy from the kids and grandparents I can go workout. I am trying to find all the fun things on this side of town to do. Finding some good things and fun parks. Still trying to find a job but I am thinking that taking care of the kids and grandparents is a pretty demanding job so I don't think I need another one.
Ezra started preschool. He loves it. We are currently getting him "tested" to see if he qualifies for the Child Find program. We just finished our last app today. We will see if he qualifies in a week or 2. We went to the speech therapist today and she said he is at a 5 1/2 year old level when it comes to understanding questions and different situations. Ezra is a crack up! He says the funniest things. The other day I took him shopping with me and I was trying on a dress and he said "MOM, you look perfect!" Ha, I should take him shopping with me more often :)
Lincoln is starting to have quite the little personality. He has a temper and it's funny! He growls, screams and grunts anytime he wants something. Such a boy, right! He took his 1st 2 steps last night and then clapped for himself. It was totally cute. I'm thinking he will be walking before Oct. I am not sure I am ready for that.
Life is good! Aaron and I have had few bumps in the road. We were talking the other day and I realized that almost every "plan" we've made hasn't really work out the way we've "planned." I don't even know if that makes sense. Let me explain... When we got married our "plan" was to get pregnant after 2 years but 3 months into our marriage we found out we were going to have a baby a week before our anniversary. We bought a house 5 years ago and "planned" on selling it 2 to 3 years later. Um... yeah that didn't work out. The house had a lot of defects the mortgage more than doubled in one year, so let's just say that didn't work out to "plan." When Lincoln was born things were on our side. Aaron had a great job. I could be a stay at home mom and we were starting to pay off some debt. Our "plan" was to get out of debt have another baby sooner than later and life would be easy and wonderful. Aaron lost his job and we completely changed our "plan." Aaron and I try to pray about all our big decision and we feel like we have done and are doing what Heavenly Father wants us to do. We have learned a lot of life lessons along our journey. I am sure we were supposed to learn these for a reason. Now, I really don't want this to sound like I was complaining. Because I am sooooo grateful that Ezra has been in our life for 4 years. I have learned more from being a mother than I thought was possible and I keep learning everyday. I have learned that when trying everything possible to keep your house and you still lose it, it sucks but there are things in life way more important than owning your own home. I have learned the importance of have a savings and food storage. We lived off of it for months. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my life. Sure, things haven't happened to "plan" but I feel like I am a better person for it.
