In the Midst of Chaos

Had a great time with my sister Betsy and her son Colby last week - they headed back home on Sunday afternoon after finishing off the week with a weekend of camping with the family. Jack and Noah had a great time with their little cousin - it's so fun to see them together. Here's a picture of them stripped down to their underwear in an attempt to cool off after a miserably hot evening a week ago at Festival in the Park in Spearfish. Are they cute or what?!? And going back a week ago to the Spearfish weekend, I had to post this picture of Jack and the tatoo HE picked out at the festival - you can't read it on here, but it's a heart with a banner across it that says "mom" - can you stand it? :) I loved it, obviously.
This week finds us in the midst of chaos - we move out of our house on Wednesday for our rally renters who arrive that day from Ohio. We have the same people as last year, so we aren't as nervous about it, and there's only 3 of them, so we're pretty fortunate! I'm scrambling trying to get the house ready and pull our stuff together - we'll be out at my mom and dad's in Spearfish for the week they have our house.

Never ones for boredom, we're also squishing in a camping trip this weekend with several friends from church - so I'm trying to get things ready for camping too. I think I've lost my mind. We get back into our house next Thursday and then leave the following day for a weeklong vacation on a lake in Minnesota with the Horak family. So, from now until August 20th, we will have a total of 3 nights at home. UNBELIEVABLE! What were we thinking? Going to think twice before we schedule ourselves in this tight again! :) The blessings are that staying at my mom and dad's is very relaxing and we are very much looking forward to the vacation afterwards.

Nine days after we return from Minnesota, the kids start school - which has given me a pit in my stomach that won't go away. I still have a month left and I'm already having anxiety issues about Kindergarten (keeping in mind it's all day, every day) - how am I going to survive September? It's just not possible that my 6 years at home with the kids are already gone . . . .

So, if you don't see an update on here for a while, that's why! I'll sign off with a picture I took last week at Bear Country (been there 5 times this summer now!) - this guy is my inspiration - I hope to someday soon be as relaxed as he is!!