Life Lately,
I am trying to get better with keeping up with my blog despite the fact I have no followers I assume that people still read it and even if they don't, I like to have it for me.
So life lately has been pretty busy. Riley came home from his second tour to Iraq on April 25th...and all summer has been filled with spending time as a family and preparing for the coming year. He has been working and going to school as much as possible which leaves very little time to be spent seeing us but this past week Riley has been off from work on leave to get some much needed rest and family time.
Since Riley has been home Bruce has been a lot more calm and high spirited. He still has his moments of disaster and fire but overall he is your typical 3 year old boy. Colton is still adjusting to having his daddy home and he and Riley both are still getting to know eachother. Colton is such a mama's boy but the older he gets the more mischeivious he is getting and clearly is going to be a match for Bruce.
This year is going by so fast as summer is ending and fall is approaching as a family we are anticipating many great things such as fall football, me starting and completely Dental Assistant school, Riley recieving his 1st associates degree while working on his second and his bachelors....of all these things the most highly anticipated thing we are looking forward to is going to the Temple in November and being sealed as a family for all eternity! We are beyond ready and as we get nearer to this date it seems so clear that everyday is a fight with the devil whom is eagerly trying to keep us from obtaining this gift. All is well though nothing is getting in our way and we are determined for this to happen. Let's just all pray that Riley won't have to go to JRTC again and us have to reschedule the date, and that would also mean he'd miss 5 thanksgiving's in a row.
The next great thing coming to us...ETSing out of the Army. Riley is going to begin his terminal leave shortly after the beginning of the year and we are so ready to begin our life on the "outside". Though leaving the Army family is going to be different and sad we know that for our family this is the best decision. In the meantime, I am focusing all my time on caring for the babies, teaching Bruce his ABC's and counting to 10...nurturing Colton since he loves me so...being a better cook, showing more love and selflessness to all of my family. Though not everyday is perfect and somedays I feel like I am going crazy..Heavenly Father comforts me in knowing that I am where he wants me to be at this time. Pretty soon I won't be a SAHM and will be working as well....I accept all challenges because I know that I am a strong daughter of God and nothing is more than I can handle.
I'll be updating my blog more frequently so look forward to reading more!
chao.