Park City, Snowbird, Sundance, Deer Valley - It's all SNOW

     Utah, it has become a wonderful part of our lives.  The year that Phillip went to Southern Utah to school I began our love affair with Utah and all the wonderful things that come with it.  Now, it's winter again and Phillip is knee deep in powder in a place he absolutely loves!  I just got off the phone with him, he has been making snow this winter and they are in full swing - he says "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" and the season has just begun.  It's great to have a chat with the kids, especially when they are in good moods, the sun and the stars seem to be aligned, they are talkative and getting along with one another.  It makes a mom happy.

Phill loves Park City and so far it's loving him back :)

    

This time there was something in his eyes.

     Labor day 2010 - golf tournament play, lots of fun and laughter, yet I couldn't help but notice that Mark continued to stare off into far away places?  What's going on in that head of yours Mark brother?  It wasn't only once, I saw it numerous times and at least once, I know he saw me notice - it was as if he was drinking it all in, looking around for the last time, he eyes looked like deep pools and he was just taking everything in and filing it amongst his memories. It makes me wonder if he is feeling o.k. but then that is always something I constantly wonder and trust that if anything changes he will tell me, because he would.

     We had FUN!  We always do, and there was so much laughter that it made me forget about what I was REALLY thinking for awhile.  We celebrated with mom's birthday and the tournament and just plain being together.  Craig, Kim and the kids came by for a dinner and that was nice, it breaks my heart that both of my brothers don't feel the same way about one another that I feel about each of them.  Maybe it's youth or maybe not - but for at least one evening we were all together, and if Mark really was "drinking it all in" as I thought, then he went to bed feeling well loved and happy - that's a good thing.....

Do I hear school bells?

      It's time again.  School starts next week which means that soon all the controlled chaos that I live with in my life will soon become "uncontrolled chaos".  It begins right off the bat, all the things that I become so relaxed and scheduled about during the summer months off go straight to hell in about a weeks time.

     During the summer I get in good exercise, great eating habits, some gardening and yard work, I see the kids or at least speak with them on the phone regularly without much interruption, I make fabulous meals and leisurely shop, and take naps.....
  

Harris Ranch weekend

Pizza on the BBQ

  
      Going back to work means unscheduled eating, exercise and time that just flys by - but fun beyond words.  I love working with the kids.  I love how they think, the stories they tell, the laughter they produce and the views of the future that they are excited to share.  I love my "job" just as much as I love having summer off because it seems that in a blink of an eye each year summer will be back before I know it.  In the mean time, I work at a school where I learn more from the kids than I could ever teach them - I love their spirit and enthusiasm, they way they smile and enjoy one another and still have some innocence - they are amazing little people and they make "working" a wonderful treat each day.  It means spending less time on the maintenance part of my life but it does my heart wonders.