Where has the summer gone? One minute it is THANKFULLY going slow! The next minute, there's less than a month until school starts! Eeeek!
The summer started out with swimming lessons for the kids. They all looked forward to it! Connor did excellent this year and did well enough to pass his current level and move onto the next level. He enjoys swimming and has always done well. Rylie started out timid, naturally. I think she is the most improved this year! She got over her shyness and fear and really improved so much! I no longer have to worry about something happening to her in the pool. Corie started out ON FIRE! She loved it and was the only one in the class NOT crying each day! However, the last few days were spent trying to keep her in the pool, her running off screaming, and her freaking out. So, I was glad when lessons came to an end. However, she still learned a lot. She LOVES to do the back float! Corie does awesome in the pool and really knows where she can and can't go.
In June, we took a week and went up to visit my family and have our first annual Jeppesen family reunion! We went to a cabin in Idaho with everyone in my family, except my oldest brother and his kids. It was a great time, no real drama, and the weather was beautiful. I didn't even get bit by a mosquito!
"The Chair" in Beaver, at the Chevron gas station
The mountains that surrounded the cabin we stayed in
Since being back from a great weekend with my family, real life has really hit us! Without posting too much about it, because it is still in the works, BIG CHANGES are coming for our family! Changes that are scary, give me anxiety, and are HARD! But, like I've said before, "I can do hard things!" These changes will be happening in probably the next 8 weeks. I can sit and say life has dealt us a tough hand, which it has many times but, I also need to be honest and say that we have dealt ourselves a tough hand as well. So, we're going to do the best we can and try to make lemonade out of some VERY SOUR lemons!!!!!
On the flip side, August 13th I am having reduction surgery!!!! I still have my worries that something will fall through and it won't happen but, I'm staying positive and looking forward to that day!!!!! I"m so very excited and curious, all at the same time! Yeah, I'm a little nervous! Mostly for the blood and care post-surgery! But, it will be THE BEST thing for me and I hope it will help my running abilities. However, I am excited for how I'll feel about myself and how I look!
This next section is in regards to something hurtful, sad, mean, and something I just don't understand. 4 or 5 months ago we had a family move into our neighborhood. We became friends with this family and pretty much spent a large part of our mornings and afternoons with them! They have one son and pregnant with their 2nd child. Each morning their son or my kids would run back and forth and just play back and forth! We had good times and my kids were so happy!!!! I considered us GOOD FRIENDS! Then, all of sudden, almost over night, the friendship ended! We stopped seeing them, they stopped talking to us and responding to us. I would ask if they were mad or if we did something. They would say no and that they were just experimenting with their son, not letting him play with other kids, trying to figure out why he was acting up. Mind you, this child wasn't even 2 yet. Then, I noticed they WERE playing other people and hanging out. So, again I asked what was wrong and why we never heard from them. The same response, except this time it was that they were experimenting, just letting their son play with kids his own age. By this point there was NO COMMUNICATION going on! They wouldn't even look at us and would just glare at us. Finally, I was having so much worry, concern, and anxiety about it that I confronted the Mom at church. I took her into a private room so it was just us. First off, she couldn't even look at me. She was too busy watching her son play in the nursery. Then, she turned and looked at me and glared and said some things to the affect that they were NOT going to let their son play with children who taught him to disrespect his parents, be bratty, and rude! She also said we were too old for them. That's the basics of what went down. She went on and on for a bit, making sure she was glaring at me, saying that my kids were disrespectful and bratty! She also went on to say that she will not be on FB all the time, she then turned and glared at me again, and will not be texting me back and forth because it's not important to her. I wanted to say things back but, I just knew I was on the brink of tears! So, I said, "Ok, I"ll let you get back to him." And she said nothing. So, I walked off and ran to the bathroom and sobbed. It hurt me deeply! I've never been told these things or treated this way, since maybe middle school?!?!?! How could I have allowed myself to be hurt SO BADLY that I would question who I am, who I am as a mother, as a friend, etc. I have GOOD KIDS! Are they perfect? No, but, who's kids AND parents are?!?!?! Since then, its worse. Corie will yell out hello to her and their son and the Mom will just roll her eyes. In fact, at church on Sunday, my sister (who was visiting from out of town) and the kids were sitting down in a pew, not too far from them, and they got up and moved!!!! Granted, Corie did yell at them that my sister was her friend and not theirs, etc. But, they had been downright MEAN to her. So, no she shouldn't have been yelling but, Corie is also 3! It still boggles my mind how this happened! It hurts my feelings and I feel AWFUL! I hit a low with it and had a breakdown but, now I'm on the mend.
With that being said, I'm grateful for the people in the my life who do love my kids and I, regardless of our imperfections and flaws! I have true friends and know who they are! I cannot and will not take them for granted! True, I'm not he best at showing my gratitude but, I love my special friends dearly!!!!
Since being back from a great weekend with my family, real life has really hit us! Without posting too much about it, because it is still in the works, BIG CHANGES are coming for our family! Changes that are scary, give me anxiety, and are HARD! But, like I've said before, "I can do hard things!" These changes will be happening in probably the next 8 weeks. I can sit and say life has dealt us a tough hand, which it has many times but, I also need to be honest and say that we have dealt ourselves a tough hand as well. So, we're going to do the best we can and try to make lemonade out of some VERY SOUR lemons!!!!!
On the flip side, August 13th I am having reduction surgery!!!! I still have my worries that something will fall through and it won't happen but, I'm staying positive and looking forward to that day!!!!! I"m so very excited and curious, all at the same time! Yeah, I'm a little nervous! Mostly for the blood and care post-surgery! But, it will be THE BEST thing for me and I hope it will help my running abilities. However, I am excited for how I'll feel about myself and how I look!
This next section is in regards to something hurtful, sad, mean, and something I just don't understand. 4 or 5 months ago we had a family move into our neighborhood. We became friends with this family and pretty much spent a large part of our mornings and afternoons with them! They have one son and pregnant with their 2nd child. Each morning their son or my kids would run back and forth and just play back and forth! We had good times and my kids were so happy!!!! I considered us GOOD FRIENDS! Then, all of sudden, almost over night, the friendship ended! We stopped seeing them, they stopped talking to us and responding to us. I would ask if they were mad or if we did something. They would say no and that they were just experimenting with their son, not letting him play with other kids, trying to figure out why he was acting up. Mind you, this child wasn't even 2 yet. Then, I noticed they WERE playing other people and hanging out. So, again I asked what was wrong and why we never heard from them. The same response, except this time it was that they were experimenting, just letting their son play with kids his own age. By this point there was NO COMMUNICATION going on! They wouldn't even look at us and would just glare at us. Finally, I was having so much worry, concern, and anxiety about it that I confronted the Mom at church. I took her into a private room so it was just us. First off, she couldn't even look at me. She was too busy watching her son play in the nursery. Then, she turned and looked at me and glared and said some things to the affect that they were NOT going to let their son play with children who taught him to disrespect his parents, be bratty, and rude! She also said we were too old for them. That's the basics of what went down. She went on and on for a bit, making sure she was glaring at me, saying that my kids were disrespectful and bratty! She also went on to say that she will not be on FB all the time, she then turned and glared at me again, and will not be texting me back and forth because it's not important to her. I wanted to say things back but, I just knew I was on the brink of tears! So, I said, "Ok, I"ll let you get back to him." And she said nothing. So, I walked off and ran to the bathroom and sobbed. It hurt me deeply! I've never been told these things or treated this way, since maybe middle school?!?!?! How could I have allowed myself to be hurt SO BADLY that I would question who I am, who I am as a mother, as a friend, etc. I have GOOD KIDS! Are they perfect? No, but, who's kids AND parents are?!?!?! Since then, its worse. Corie will yell out hello to her and their son and the Mom will just roll her eyes. In fact, at church on Sunday, my sister (who was visiting from out of town) and the kids were sitting down in a pew, not too far from them, and they got up and moved!!!! Granted, Corie did yell at them that my sister was her friend and not theirs, etc. But, they had been downright MEAN to her. So, no she shouldn't have been yelling but, Corie is also 3! It still boggles my mind how this happened! It hurts my feelings and I feel AWFUL! I hit a low with it and had a breakdown but, now I'm on the mend.
With that being said, I'm grateful for the people in the my life who do love my kids and I, regardless of our imperfections and flaws! I have true friends and know who they are! I cannot and will not take them for granted! True, I'm not he best at showing my gratitude but, I love my special friends dearly!!!!
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I am so sitting on the edge of my seat about what changes are coming for you guys! I can hardly wait! And now I want to tell you how much I want to drive down there and beat that lady up, or tell her off, or something. What's her name and I'll let her know how I feel on facebook. Yeah. Be glad you found out what she's made of before the friendship went any further. What a witch! OBVIOUSLY she knows nothing about you, who you are as a mother, and what kind of person you are. Also, she probably has some mental issues that give her a distorted view of people. And, I guess I could give her the benefit of the doubt, given the fact that she only has one child and thinks her child is a perfect angel. Her kid is just on the cusp of turning into a holy terror, and she blames that on your kids? Unfortunately your kids happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and now the blame is on them. And as her kid gets older she'll have a wake up call and feel super bad for how she treated you, unless she's cold and heartless, which she is. She doesn't deserve you.
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