Well, Adrian will not be able to join the family for Vegas as he has to report on the same day we are leaving to go. He got a call letting him know that the date went from the 10Th of June to the 8Th but he has to actually be there the day before so really the 7Th should be the date they said! I am not happy about it at all but I found Kevin's reaction to be quite amusing! Everyone knows I am sure that it is Kevin that has pushed for him to join the army for Adrian's whole life, without finding out any info about it other than they pay for college! Well, when we were told that he had to go early and was not going to be on our vacation Kevin said that the army would either pay for what we have spent on the vacation or Adrian was not going into the army!! The second that something didn't work out for him he was saying how much he does not like the army!! When Adrian said there was nothing that he could do about it, Kevin insisted that either he would call them and advise them it was not going to happen or I would have to do it. I told Adrian that it was his choice on what he wanted to do but as for myself I was not going to make any calls at all seeing that Adrian made the choice to join the army and he is in fact a grown adult being 18 years old. When I also told Kevin that it was time as a parent to step back and leave it up to Adrian he was not happy but finally agreed that he would let go. I am far from wanting to step back and watch my baby boy grow up but he is at the age where it is the time. Maybe as time goes by Kevin can realise that it is the best thing to do and that this is the day that we as parents are preparing children for! The recruiting officer was going to be coming and getting Adrian but I have talked him into allowing us to take Adrian out to Salt Lake and drop him off there, that way we can also take him to breakfast and spend just a little bit more time with him before sending him off for almost 3 months!!
As it turns out with him not going we have found ourselves with an opening for another person to join us in Vegas! The invitation has been given to mom! She kept telling me the excuse that she didn't have money for that and as I have explained to her, Adrian was going so we had everything planned for 4 people. With her there it is still 4 people that would be there so there is no additional cost to us or any cost for that matter to her! I am 99% sure that she is coming at this point. Seriously though, who could say no to an all expense paid trip to Vegas with me of all people!! Plus we are staying in a 5 star resort!! The plan is that we will take Adrian to Salt Lake on the 7Th in the morning and from there go to Vegas. After check in we will lounge around until dinner time, eat and then do some of the night time sight seeing on the strip. On the morning of the 8Th we will eat breakfast and do some more fun sight seeing stuff until early afternoon when we can cool off in the huge pool at the resort. After that we will eat and then do some more lounging until dinner time. After eating dinner we will then go and see a show on the strip though we are not sure yet which one. Part of the package that we were given also gives us $100.00 gambling money!! We are going to give a serious amount of trust in Ashley and allow her to stay in the room by herself while we go to the casino. I am nervous but I think she will be just fine and we will be just a phone call away if she needs anything! The next morning on the 9Th is check out. After checking out if there is anything that we had not yet been able to see while there we will do that and then make the drive back home to Utah!! Sounds fun to me!! We will make sure that we take lots and lots of picture so then I can post an interesting blog for all to see!!
I have set my baptism date also!! I will be getting baptized on May 28Th at 7pm. I am so excited for it, there are not words to express it! I wont have some of my family there but in the same token I will have a couple that were not born when I did it at age 8. Not saying anything bad about when I was 8 but for allot of reasons this time it seems to mean so much more to me. I think most of it has to do with knowing what mistakes that I have made and learned so much more about myself as well as the church and its teachings! I wish of course that I would not have made the mistakes in the first place but having gone through all the necessary steps, I am forgiven for all of the bad things that I have done and can move on only having the experience to possibly help others before they can make the same mistakes that I have made. If anyone has any questions about my steps to forgiveness or even the mistakes that I made, I can answer them for you. I am not ashamed of them anymore as I feel a strength inside that has taken its spot!! I do want to say thank you to everyone for the examples that you have shown me and a very special thank you to Kayleigh for showing me the kind of person that I could be and loving me for the person that I was! She is an angel that I will always remain grateful for having in my life more than I think I can ever express in words!!
Oh and I almost forgot to say about Adrian. He got his patriarchal blessing last week. He has already received the copy of it in the mail and I was privileged to read it. I was very moved by it and I hope that he remains true to the gospel as there is so many wonderful blessings in store for him if he does!!
Nathan has been feeling better but has been warned that if he gets sick again he will go to the Dr as soon as I know about it, no waiting!!
David is feeling better as well. He has cut out all caffeine and since going to the Dr, he has had only 1 soda!! I am so proud of him!!
Samuel helps out anytime he is asked to since he doesn't have a job anymore. He is not looking forward to working in the garden this summer. We have tilled up the garden and for anyone that doesn't remember the size of grandmas old garden, I will post a picture later! It is huge I have to say and since I myself have never done anything with a garden I am nervous about starting so big! I guess go big or go home though right!?
Ashley is doing OK for the time. She is like Samuel in not looking forward to the gardening this summer. It will be nice to have the help though rather than me doing it all by myself!! She is excited about the trip to Vegas though so hopefully the trip doesn't turn out to be a disappointment to her. I will be making a call to get into contact with an LDS therapist on Tuesday. She has finally agreed to go, reluctant still, but hopefully upon going a couple of times she can get whatever help she needs to help her in all the things that I am not able to! She is a very wonderful girl but because of things in her past that she allows to take control of her, I just worry. Hopefully she can talk about them and find some kind of closer!! I am excited to see any changes that might come from it and see even more of the girl that I love!!
Well, this is forever long so I will stop writing!! I want comments on everything!! Just kidding, just comments on what you choose to comment on is OK!!
5 comments:
That's too bad that Adrian will be missing out on Vegas. Is he pretty disappointed? My guess is that even if you did call the army, they wouldn't change the date for him. And missing a trip seems kind of minor compared to having your schooling paid for.
That would be great for Mom to get away with you guys--just as long as she is back in Michigan by June 17th which is our trip to Chicago!
I'm so glad that Nathan and David are doing better. Has Nathan cut out caffeine too?
I'm also really glad that Ashley has agreed to see a therapist. I think if she's willing to open up, she'll end up resolving a lot of issues and feel better about herself.
And once again, yay! I'm so glad that you are getting baptized again. I wish so much that I could be there. I had thought about going along with Mom, but even before Las Vegas was an option, she was going to be gone for 2 weeks and with our kids still in school and me still babysitting, it was too long to be away. Just be sure to post lots of pictures.
Adrian will have to get use to the date change thing in the Military. It happens all the time. As you may remember I only knew about when I would be leaving to come here and didn't find out for sure until just a few days before. The same thing will be true when I come home. As long as you know to expect that kind of stuff you avoid some of the disapointment and it is not too bad. As Amy said, the school and other stuff make the little sacrifices worth it.
Also like Amy said, the Army would not change a thing, guaranteed! You are expected to flow with their needs not the other way. So it is good he opted to just miss the trip.
Congratulations on the Baptism. Unfortunately it doesn't look like I will make it. :) I would if I could though. I think Marni also would like to be out there but is not sure if that will happen either. When we came out in January with both of us, it was hard with two kids in the car. So I am sure it would be so much worse for Marni on her own. But you never know.
Amy
Adrian is disappointed but I am proud of him that he is standing strong on what he has made as a decision and not trying to back out of it! I am not sure about the caffeine thing with Nathan, we have almost no sodas that have any in it so unless he is getting his own then he has cut it out also!! The thing with Ashley is part of it is her choice but the majority of it is mine. I had told her if she had another violent outburst about something then she was going to go and that is what happened. She has accepted it as being something that is going to take place but hopefully she will embrace it for what it is and allow herself the help that is there for her! And finally, that is to bad that you won't be here. It is a shame that the kids are still in school and all that because it would have been awesome to see you here and spend time with you again, it seems like forever ago when I was there!! I will post lots of pictures!!
Andrew
When Adrian first talked about joining the army I told him that things like this would happen and he didn't take me at what I was saying, neither did Kevin I guess!! I am sad that he won't be with us but I am coming around to the army as being his choice and I am supporting him in what he does. He has talked about after being with them for 2 years taking a 2 year leave and going on a mission. I ope that it possible so he can experience that for himself!! If he can't take the leave then he said he is planning on doing it after his 4 years are done! I do hope that Marni will be able to come but I do understand if she is not able to, two kids is a hard thing to travel with to a store let alone a 4 hour drive. Again I do hope that she will be able to do it though!! At least you will be able to see the pictures when I post them!
That is too bad about Adrian missing your trip, but I am sure you will all still have fun. And that is cool that mom gets to go! I still have fond memories of our trip to Vegas for your wedding. So much fun! And, if you are going to a show, you MUST see Mamma Mia! (SOOOO much better than the movie!)
You'll have to post pictures of the garden. That is awesome! I have fun memories of being out there with Grandma. That is a huge space, though and an ambitious project. What all are you planting?
Alison
I am not sure what all is being planted. I know for sure corn, beans, peas, yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, radishes, turnips, potatoes, bell peppers, jalapenos,and tomatoes. We are going to be planting next week so dad and I are going to get the rest of things that we will be planting tomorrow. I want to see about strawberries and raspberries, I really like those so it would be nice to have them!! Dad said when I asked him what we were planting is everything!! I will let you know how it goes, I did buy my gardening hat today though!! I look so cute!
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