Weekends are the Best

I absolutely love weekends!  I am so lucky to have a job where I can choose not to work on the weekends and can spend that time with my family.  We are not all together all day long on both Saturday and Sunday, but we are together a lot. Sometimes Britt and Boyd have to work but we survive. We can spend time together watching movies, doing yard work, cleaning the house and of course going to church.  The days seem to fly by though and before you know it, we are back at work again.  I wish the weekends were as long as the work week. 

Our lives are busy right now as usual - or at least we seem to stay busy.  With so many of us working and schedules to keep it is sometimes hard to balance.  I so wish that I could find something for Skyler to do though as he just sits home every night after school.  I worry cause he does not go play with friends or even go outside.  He just stays in his room on his computer and that really bothers me.  I try to take it away and to set limits on it, but it never seems to work.  I am thinking I just need to set up some kind of  a schedule with him where I actually am his playmate. We could do scouts, go for walks or just play games.  The problem is when I try to do that, he gets upset and just wants to hurry through whatever we are doing at the time.  I need to give up some of my stuff too so that he will also. 

We did go with Boyd a few weeks ago as chaperone's to his culinary competition in Tuscon.  There is nothing like riding a bus for eight hours with a bunch of high school kids - but it was worth it.  Boyd did not hang out with us a lot, but I think he really liked having us there.  He went to state competition with his culinary club.  He was chosen to do the hardest event which was mystery basket.  He was giving a bag with food in it and had to prepare a dish using all of those items. there were other items he could use on a separate table, but the bag items were mandatory. He was given kale, pineapple, beef steak and a granola bar. He choose to smash the granola bar and use it as a coating for his steak. He also made a kale salad with a vinaigrette dressing and grilled pineapple on top.  I thought he did absolutely wonderful.  He did not score very high and was not the winner, but he did an excellent job for his first time around.  I am so glad that we were able to go and watch him perform.  He really is a good cook.

I worry about Brittnie.  She is here at home and has no social life whatsoever.  She goes to work and studies for her classes then watches TV to pass her time.  She did not get her papers filled out for grad school so will not be going there anytime soon.  I just wish there were others she could hang out with .  It bothers her that a log of her friends are getting married and she does not even date anyone.  There is a particular boy her that I think that she likes, but she is very shy and does not talk to him much.  I wish that they would hang out more - even if just as friends. Cortnie is concerned about her too and writes her a special letter every now and then.  In fact, she writes to her more lately than to me and I am the one that writes to her every week - at least twice.  Oh well, I will not hold a grudge. They need that special bond and I know that Brittnie really misses her.

Cortnie has been have some big struggles.  Transfers came and went and she stayed right where she was with the same companion.  However, her companions from the MTC were both made trainers and given someone brand new.  That upset Cortnie and made her wonder what she was doing wrong.  Well, all the stress of that situation and some issues with other struggles made her get a migraine.  This was not ordinary migraine though as it did not go away - for almost 2 1/2 weeks.  I even got a phone call from Sister Weston asking what to do.  I was able to get hold of her doctor her and he was able to actually talk to Cortnie (no fair by the way).  He told her some different things to do but they did not work. The next week when we talked she still had the migraine.  I became desperate.  We called the temple to put her name on the prayer roll, we asked the ward to pray for her, Rob and I fasted for her and we even sent her some oils that were suppose to help.  She said that her migraine was only one day last week so that was a good thing. She said she can live with one migraine a week and will gladly take that over everyday.  I was so worried - and still am - about her.  I cried all the time and did not know what to do.  I finally pleaded with our Heavenly Father to help her and make her whole.  I had heard a talk about it at general conference.  I have never prayed so hard in all my life I don't think.  I wanted her to be happy and to feel better.  She sent me a video for my birthday and she said that she was doing better and that she was happy.  I so miss that little girl though.  This month has seemed to drag by while the others went quicker.  I get to actually talk to her on Mothers Day in a few weeks and I can hardly wait.  I just need to prepare now so I dont' cry the whole time.

I am so proud of all of my children.  I am married to my best friend and want us to be together eternally.  I long for my children to be happy and will worry about them all the time. That is a mothers right.  I guess I kind of understand how our Heavenly Father feels and know that he wants the same for us.  Hopefully, life will continue to move along well and we can all be happy.  I can hardly wait for time off though so I can have more than just a weekend with my family.