Getting Life Under Control...Lost Cause

My family has been bugging me to post over the past couple weeks but it has been absolute chaos around here. We'll start with some of the happy stuff first.

Trent took the boys fishing with some of our friends last weekend. The Shelton curse continues as none of them caught anything, but the Stucki's made out pretty good.

Brayden also ran in the Memorial Day Race. I was supposed to run in the 10K but Trent didn't make it so I just had to cheer for Brayden. Lane was geared up to run but as soon as we started and kids started passing him, he went into hysterics. He can not stand to lose so I should have walked the 1/2 mile with him to get him to just finish but I wanted to cheer for Brayden and get his picture so it was a teaching point lost but whatever. We all still made out with snacks and a t-shirt.

Yikes...look at those mosquito bites. Mosquitoes are awful here. This is actually on a few days later.

Now for the sad news. There have been two deaths at church and the most recent was memorial weekend when a 20 month old girl who's family was moving. While loading the truck, the neighbor backed out over her. She died shortly after. One of her five year old twin sisters saw it and will probably need therapy. I do singing time at primary and the kids, not parents, actually came and I could barely hold myself together because everytime I looked at their 6 yr old son who was crying, I about lost it.

Besides all the emotion, I was helping with dinners and refreshments, writing the obituary, and in charge of the singing part of the program for the memorial service. We held a last minute practice to get the primary kids ready to sing all three verses of "I Lived in Heaven" and all in all, it turned out okay. Brayden had his preschool fieldtrip to the zoo and then Trent was in charge of the scout camp fundraiser this week where they serve a big spaghetti dinner and then everyone brings refreshments to auction off. This meant, I was in charge since Trent's work has not been so friendly this week. I made my raw apple pie for the auction and it sold for about 50 bucks. They ended up raising about 1000 bucks. We donated 50 bucks for some cream puffs and brownies but it was a good time.

I don't mind being busy, infact I prefer it, but this week was hardest because of my dear, sweet Lane. Okay, so maybe he isn't so sweet all the time. He has been giving me a rough time at church, during singing time and Sunday School class, and then this week with the babysitters. I won't be working long if this continues. Anyway, long story short, I think God has a lesson for me to learn and if I don't figure it out soon, I will have a mental breakdown.

Today, is a FREE day if there is such a thing. I have nothing scheduled, the kids are napping and the quiet is so nice every now and then. Tonight we get to plant our garden. We bought a garden plot here on base, (yes, they actually sell garden plots), and we have a good 20x20 plot for a little garden. Ought to be interesting.

Last night Lane wrecked on his bike after our big spaghetti dinner...I wasn't home yet and the kids SHOULD have been going to bed, but I am not pointing any fingers. Not the best pic but it's on the inside of the lip that looks pretty nasty; however, this is nothing for Lane.

Left over pics from denver.