Once upon a time, I was pretty decent at blogging and keeping a digital record of the happenings of my family. Insert growing children, an increase of work outside of the home, and social media…death of a blog. Too many years have passed and I recently realized (when taking my oldest child to college out of state) that my family is growing up. These are times of change and growth for our family and I want to remember it all. So if for no other reason than a modern journal, I’m going to give it another try. Here goes…
We are not special or much different than millions of families across the globe, but even then, this was a BIG DEAL for us.
May 30, 2018, our oldest child (Audrey) graduated Chandler High School (Marc’s Alma Mater) as a Distinguished Scholar. This day also happened to be our son’s (Carson) 13th Birthday. He was a good sport about sharing his day with his big sister.
Fast forward 3 months. Marc & I found ourselves sitting in the Marriott Center on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, UT along with 598 other new student parents. Across from where we sat was a sea of 4,000 new students. Anxiously awaiting the convocation to begin, we scanned the crowd and actually spotted Audrey (although she didn’t see us).
After the conclusion of our second meeting. Marc turned to me and said, “I don’t want to leave her, but I’m so glad we’re leaving her HERE.” I couldn’t agree more. If any of you are curious about this fine institution, take some time to peruse their website at
When the first child leaves home, the entire family feels it. There is a shift in dynamics in the home that is felt by every member. It has been interesting this first week that Audrey has not been living at home. For me, it kind of feels like Audrey is at camp, or working late, or out with friends & I just haven’t seen her at home. She has called every day sounding very happy and confident. This has helped me adjust to our new normal. I think after a few more weeks, it might feel a little more “real”. Not sure what that’s going to feel like.
We’ve kept busy reorganizing Sophia’s room. She’s been begging for over a year to paint. She was a huge help. The two of us hit it hard last Monday and got all the painting done. We have since, put up new curtains and hung decorations on her walls. We have a few more ideas to complete her room which will hopefully happen within the next couple weeks.
Another great distraction to this change in our family’s daily comings and goings is BAND SEASON!!! Grace is a Junior at Chandler High and has begun her 3rd season playing clarinet in the school marching band. This means Friday night football games, selling concessions, and Saturday competitions. Grace really loves being part of this band and I love that she loves it. GO Wolves!!! We love the Wolfpack Pride Marching Band!
