Zivas Birthday

Some things today went the way I wanted them to, some did not.

I slept in. Yay! That was a wanted to.

I was out of shower soap. Not wanted. Used body wash instead but I like the bar soap.

Unloaded the dishwasher, the dishes weren’t that clean. We’ve been having issues. Washed them by hand and ran a cleansing load. Not what I wanted.

Grace had friends over. Wanted. 

Drove to a job fair, an hour away. Parking was no where near and there were 500+people there trying to get teaching jobs. Not awesome. 

It turned out there was a problem with my certificate of eligibility so I couldn’t even interview. Super not wanted and frustrating. 

Got some good info on how to fix the problem...hopefully. Better, but didn’t want the situation in the first place so...

Came home and found Grace and Ashton making stressballs and Luka helping. Not wanted. 

Made them clean up a huge mess, and the cat. Not wanted, I don’t like to boss around other kids, or my kids in front of their friends, but I did.

Went to Brusters for Ziva’s puppy sundae. Cute and wanted.

Grace has lots of good friends, wanted:)

Z is in good health:), wanted.

Rob went fishing. Happy Husband. Wanted. 

Ethan asked if he could go to the temple with friends. Wanted.

I took him and went in and did initiatories while they did baptisms. Wanted.

Then I waited and took them to

Jeremiah’s where they had a very fun two hours eating Italian ice. I met R in the same parking lot for chipotle. Wanted.

Then waited for him to be done while I FaceTimed Jenna and Clayton. Wanted.

So mostly good day.

Me, 8th grade graduation with my friend Andrea. Our moms took us to the guinne sax outlet and we got these dresses. I loved mine! Andrea’s mom passed away today, which is very sad. She was funny and kind and creative. She will be missed.

It’s been a weird week of deaths. Graces “friend” a service dog trainer that she was going to volunteer with passed away this week and another friend of mine who once was my babysitter, and then was my friend (the second time I lived in CA) lost her husband unexpectedly. It’s part of life but still sad for those left to mourn. 

This morning Fabiola and I went to the temple together. She is doing well in her recovery and it was nice to be there together. 

Then I met Jennifer, Wendy, Loye and Renee to lunch at Panera. Fun fact, Renee is the mayor of Buena Vista Fl. 

Tonight we did personal progress at YW and the boys played basketball. 

Rob got back from his business trip and it’s been raining a lot. 

Clearwater

Ivana and her family are staying at a beach condo in Clearwater. So of course we crashed the vacay!

It was such a fun fun day. I snapped a picture of these flowers in our driveway while I was waiting for the kids to gather their stuff. They are my favorite.

The drive down went quickly and the little town is super cute. We changed into our suits and went straight to the beach!

6 toasty hours later we headed to the pool for a cool off swim!

Loved it! Perfect summer day. Sandy sandwiches and melty rice krispe treats served with lukewarm water made for a lovely picnic lunch. 

Happy kids and a friend to chat with!

The only bad thing was Lu got sunburned. 

Cat scratch

Grace’s arm was swollen and hurting. Starting on Thursday for the visable swelling, she said it hurt a day or two before. Anyway it was strange because she didn’t remember hitting it or falling on it. It was also the middle of youth conference so she was busy and we kept hoping it would go down. 

Today we decided it wasn’t doing any better and felt like she needed to have it looked out. Turned out she has an infection. Mostly likely from a big scratch she got from Luka. The other day when the service dogs were here he freaked out and Grace was holding him. He gave her a big scratch and it’s likely that there was some bacteria on his claw and it caused the problem. She’s on 2 antibiotics and hopefully will see a quick improvement. 


If it’s not that idk what is wrong. 

Today is Father’s Day. I am grateful for my dad, my husband, my father in law, and my boys who are now dad’s. Father’s are amazing and make such an important difference in their families lives. I am blessed for with the ones I have

in my life.

Day 3

The kids went to youth conference. We saw them in the middle for a few hours because they all got to go home and shower and change for dinner and a luau dance. Then we got to watch an instagram live of the dance during dinner so even though I haven’t really heard back I am confident in reporting that a good time was had by all!

Today is Makayla’s birthday and we went to their house for a party. It was super cute! Everything was unicorn themed and she was adorable!

The birthday girl!

Grace ready for the dance, she looked so pretty!

Rob at dinner. We went to Bonefish and he had to try out Abba’s Father’s Day hat:)

It was a fun, whirlwind weekend!

YC day 2

YC day two went well. They had cafe rio for dinner, played games, did a service project, had a talent show and I’m not sure what else but they said it was fun. Grace thought it was more fun than E who did say he wouldn’t mind missing tomorrow but I told him he had to go. Nana and I ran over there to bring Grace a wrist brace. Her wrist is mysteriously swollen and hurts:( So we got to peek at the fun!
 

Look how cute these girls are!!

While the kids were gone the adults went to Disney Springs. We walked around and shopped, ate at Raglan Road and Sprinkles and appreciated the cool weather


When the kids got home we ate, talked and watched Abba and Ethan play virtual golf. 

Youth Conference

Youth Conference day 1. So much fun. We had to get up at 5, which wasn’t so much fun, and meet at the stake center. The theme this year is survivor and the kids got into their tribes before we took off for the events of the day. 

Then we pretty much just got on the bus to go to the Itchitucknee River for tubing. It poured rain most of the way down and I was dreading the cold water and I was wondering how it would go. It turned out great! The rain stopped before we got there and the skies were a gentle blue the whole time we were floating. It was nice outside, not too hot. The water was cool but not awful at all,and floating was really fun. We saw so many turtles and birds and fish. The river was clear and the foliage looked prehistoric with its bright greens, big leaves, twisty trees and over hanging canopies.

I loved it and would go back tomorrow! The kids had a blast laughing and floating. The boys were wild but also so funny and helpful. Some people kept getting stuck in the river grasses and the boys came to help each time. At the very end Ivana slipped getting out and hurt her knee. Ethan saw and said he’d better stay and help his mom out of the river so when I got there he was waiting and ready to give me a hand. I have such a good boy!

After the river and lunch we rode the buses back and then had lawn games and pizza .

We had a giant foam slip and slide that was enthusiastically used for a long time! 

Dinner was pizza. There were tribe competitions and hidden immunity idols. I am a little sad to miss the last two days. 

Nana and Abba and UB arrived for a quick weekend visit. Mostly we are gathering for Makayla’s birthday on Saturday but we are happy to have tomorrow to spend together too!!


Another happy summer day under our belts❤️