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Update on the yard and the parentals of the kidlets

This post won't have any kid talk. Shocking right? They are normally in the spotlight, as they should be. They are the light of our lives. But we have stuff going on as well! :)

Stuart is always so dang busy... and I mean always. We are so lucky that he works SO hard for us. He works long hours at work and then comes home and spends more hours out back in the wretched heat (is it fall yet) fixing our backyard! A quick update on that -- the retaining wall is DONE! Yes, you read that right, it is done! WAHOO. One big project of the backyard is actually complete. Stuart has put so much work, sweat and blood into that dang wall- and it looks amazing! He spend Saturday working on the front yard and getting ready for grass. GRASS. We can not wait for the day we can go into our backyard bare foot and walk through some grass. We have some companies coming out this week to get estimates on Hydroseeding! The end is in site!





Stuart works with the Young men in our ward so that keeps him super busy-- pretty much daily. He is doing a great job with them! He was able to go on high adventure a few weekends back and he loved every minute of it. I am kind of party pooper and I just don't love camping like he does. I mean, I like it- but I don't want to go all the time. If it were up to Stuart, we would be going every weekend! Carter loves it too-- so I am most definitely the odd man out in this scenario.

My day- to - day is pretty much the same. Keep the kidlets alive... and so far I have been pretty successful. We spend a lot of time at home in the AC, because I do not like heat. . . so we play in the basement a lot and with trucks and cars. SO excited for when I can send them outside in the yard and I don't have to go with to make sure they don't mess up any of the projects going on (mostly sophie)... Ahh I brought up the kids. Turns out I have no life without my kids... and I wouldn't have it any other way. I will say that sometimes it gets a little lonely being a mom, but I am learning that I need to take care of me first (like on the airplane you always put on YOUR oxygen mask first ). Its tricky. . . but oh so worth it. Another thing I am learning is that I can always use help- so never,ever turn it down!

I have been having such a hard time getting this news story out of my head that I just feel like maybe if I write about it here-- that will help. I don't want to give all the details but here are a few:

  • Dr. Nathan ward was my OBGYN that helped me through my miscarriage and delivered Decker. 
  • He has been arrested for having possession of child porn
  • He has admitted to raping a 13 yr old and a 14 yr old
  • Going on since 2002. 
What does one do with this information when it is someone that they thought was the best doctor they have ever had- do I have THAT bad of a judge of character? I mean, really. Is it right for me to feel personally violated?! How am I going to be able to trust a new OBGYN. I may be the only one who feels this way- but your relationship with an OB is so different from your primary care doctor- they have to give you exams in your lady business and discuss SO many personal things. I just can not get this out of my head. We had such a good experience with him, so much so that we were wanting to keep him as our OB, making a 25 min drive for every appointment--- THANK GOODNESS  out insurance didn't cover him. I just don't understand how people can live such double lives. . . what is the world coming to. I mean really. It just makes me sick. So sick. I may be a little selfish, as I have heard people comment that they feel bad for his poor family and what they are going through- and to be honest I hadn't felt that until other people mentioned it. . . all I could think about it EVERY. SINGLE. appointment that I had with him, and going over every detail that I could remember, and I mean EVERY detail. . . and thinking- well was that routine? and wondering what he was thinking during the appointments. I need to stop and get these out of my head- but how? And How the heck am I supposed to pick a new OB. All I can say is that Stuart is going to be required to come with me to every appointment where there is going to be any kind of exam. I hate feeling this way, but now I just have zero faith in humanity, and I mean zero.

I try not to read the news and whatnot for these very purposes, I would like to think that there is more good in the world that not- but these days I really don't think there is. It makes me realize just how important it is to teach our children in the home and show them all the love that we can and help them to see the good in the world. There is good in the world, but we have to look a little bit harder these days to find it... Anyways I will cut my rambling... I just love my kids  so much and things like this hurt me to the core, and it takes me awhile to get over and see the good again, thankfully I have an amazing husband who is ALWAYS good at seeing the positive and good in the situations... thank heavens for that.

till next time
--xoxo

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