This past week was pretty standard, I'd say. Last Sunday was our anniversary (#8) and I don't think I mentioned that. So yay for being married 8 years! It's really incredible to look back and think about how in love we thought we were when we were dating/engaged/first married. Now, our love is definitely different, but it's so much deeper and more amazing. We are true companions and there is no one I am more comfortable with and no one I'd rather spend my time with. One nice perk of my job with UAS and prior to that at LDSFS is that I constantly get to talk to couples about their marriages, about what works, what challenges they have, etc. I have seen some awesome marriages and some not so great ones. I am always kind of taking stock of what Devin and I are doing well and what we could improve on. Learning about others' marriages has given me good insight into my own and I feel that Devin and I are truly suited for each other and make a great team. I have to admit that Devin is far more easy going than me, so he is the half of us that makes things work more often than not. :) Love him. Here's to many more years.
Now, onto the bad news of the week. I am not sure how bad it is, but I am sort of dreading knowing, which is why I have not done anything about it yet. I got a letter in the mail this week from USPS telling me that mail fraud had been committed against me and that some of my identity may have been stolen. I have no idea what this means, but there is a website set up that I looked at, and it all looks legit. We were assigned an officer from USPS to be our contact point and I just have not called him yet because I don't want to know...Okay, what I am really afraid of is that our dreadful package got stolen and that we need to start all over. Seriously. I am sure no outcome is good with this, but if it's that, I may really just lose it. You may recall that I prayed a few weeks ago and told Heavenly Father that I am done with it all, that I can't handle any more drama or hard things happening with our stupid documents. Then I apologized and asked for forgiveness the next day. So maybe I am being tested to see which it really is? I don't know. But I just feel like I can't emotionally deal with any more. I usually have a pretty high threshold for handling hard things, I think, but honestly, I just don't even have words to express how exhausting this process has been this time. I am waiting for the ray of light to shine through....and I'll keep waiting until it happens. It's bound to. No wonder the confirmation to start this process was SO INCREDIBLY STRONG that I could not and cannot deny it. Who knew I'd need that so much in this process? Otherwise I would have given up long ago. I've gotten some suggestions that we should just throw in the towel, but that's not what I want or need to hear right now. What I want and need is for people to encourage us and let us know that despite it all, it's worth it to keep going. Whenever I get too discouraged, I try to picture M's face and remember that she is a real person waiting for a family, not just an idea or a fleeing thought. She's real. She needs a family.
So, I guess I'll be brave and call the officer tomorrow and find out what awesomeness awaits with mail fraud.
Other than this excitement, I don't think there's too much to report. The school year is winding down and that's weird. It feels like it just started! I have been a good mom and gotten my kids involved in some extracurriculars. Hallie and Jace both have soccer 1x per week and Hallie is in dance. I think she needs to start piano next year, so maybe I'll start looking into that. Let's be honest...neither of the kids is good at soccer AT ALL (sorry kids-- just telling the truth). The poor kids. It appears that they did got lack of outward talents in life. Good thing I went through a really solid time of feeling sorry for myself that I wasn't good at anything, so I can maybe help them through it when they face it. Hahahaha. Joking, kind of. I know it's too early to tell what their talents will be, but let's just add soccer to the list of likely not. :) Jace runs around behind all the action, trying to look busy, and Hallie is really just not aggressive enough. Hallie does do surprisingly well at dance, though! That was not a talent I had, but of her little group at her dance recital on Saturday, she actually knew the moves and executed them quite well. I was quite surprised. She's a cutie.
Now for some pictures:
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| I got to go to lunch yesterday with some of my favorite friends, amy and jaime- both Cheetah friends from the BYU days. |
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| Hallie and her dance class were all Belle at the recital. Super cute. :) |
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| Flowers from daddy. He's a keeper. |
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| Jace at his first soccer game! The first game he liked it, the second game he whined and ran off the field at whim. So, who knows how the rest of the season will go? |
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