No Time

Wow! It has been a month since I blogged. I knew it was going to be hard for me to be consistent with this. We have had a ton of stuff going on the past month. I was even kid free for an entire week, but so busy cleaning my house that I didn't stop to write. We have had many visitors lately staying with us and are even now waiting for more company. Brandon's brother Cary and his wife Natalie came to visit for a week. They live in California and it was great to see them! This is the longest period we have gone between visits and unfortunately it may be a while before we see them again. Of course it rained most of the time they were here so we didn't get to do much fun outdoor stuff. But, they are the kind of family that you can just sit around and do nothing with and have a great time. While they were here, we celebrated Peyton's 2nd birthday. I cannot believe she is already two...time has flown by! We had a beach bash in the back yard and thank goodness it didn't rain that morning. She had a great time! If you ask her how old she is she will hold up 5 fingers and tell you she is nine. Don't know why she is stuck on that number, but that is the answer we get every time!
Brandon's dad Jim and his wife Joan will be here this weekend. They are driving from California and planning on staying a few weeks. I think that will be fun too. Unfortunately Brandon will have to work while they are here, but they are also easy to hang out with and not have to do much of anything. Brandon has been in Dallas the past two days so I am killing time tonight waiting for him to get home. I hate it when he is gone and we are about to go through a really tough time with his work schedule. He just told me his schedule for the upcoming months and he will be gone almost the entire month of September and half of October. I am having such a bad attitude about it right now. I know this is coming every year and I dread the time, but it gets harder with each kid you have! I don't know how anyone is a single parent and stays sain! I will definately need a lot of prayer during this time. I know God is trying to teach me a lot of things while I go through this time and it will hopefully make me a much stronger person. I also get a little apprehensive though that he is preparing me for something bad. Sometimes I wonder if there will be a day that Brandon doesn't make it home from a trip and all of this is just preparation for me being alone. Some of you reading this may think that is a bit of a stretch and very morbid, but that is a very serious fear that I have and don't usually talk about. Anyhow...don't want to think about that right now since Brandon is on the road as we speak. He is very tired and sounds like he is getting really sick too last time I talked to him. Hopefully I will have time to write again soon and post some pictures too.