Friday, the girls had a friend spend the night. They had so much fun...made dirt dessert, watched Ramona and Beezus (with Selena Gomez of course!), stayed up late and talked, and then Saturday morning played. Saturday we went to Home Depot for paint (a little summer project for me!), and there was a workshop going on that Nelson got to do with the kids. It was so great, and Nelson LOVED it. We started early honoring him!! Then, after naps we went swimming because it is SO hot out. Joshua kept swimming back and forth between us and floating. He was AWESOME. The girls are getting more confident too! Sunday was all about Dad! We let Nels sleep in and gave him breakfast in bed (eggs, biscuits, gravy), then he opened his gifts (picture of the kids, and the new ESPN book he wanted.) Then, we met my family at the Rays game. The kids had a blast. It really was such a great day!
After moving the kids' mattresses back after the sleepover Nelson asked me if I thought they were ready to no longer have bedrails. So, we took them down Saturday. So unbelievable that they are so big! They marched into VBS today and hugged the kids they knew, and were so excited. When did they get so independent and big?
Tomorrow is our 8th anniversary. Can't believe it's been 8 years since I married my best friend. I feel so blessed that Nelson is my partner. There's no one else in the world I'd rather have by my side. He is the perfect father, and cares about my heart's needs more than I've ever seen anyone care about someone. Tomorrow night we are off to celebrate us! Dinner and a movie is the plan! I have been looking back at pictures from my wedding, and Anna was such an important part of that day and preparing for my wedding day. Her smiling face is throughout so many pictures, and yet I wish for more pictures. I added some to the stack of pictures for Brianna's book that I'm putting together, and she was so excited. The only way I can seem to get her to talk about her feelings is through this book...so I'm glad that I can do this for her, but boy is it difficult....writing about all these wonderful times with a best friend I need. I don't want our story to be over, and I hate that it is...I KNOW I will see her one day, but I want her here, and it's just so so hard. I feel like my every thought is consumed with missing Anna and it's just so exhausting being emotional all the time and so very deeply sad. You'd think it would mean I'd sleep well, but sleep is very difficult these past couple months. I'm praying I can just take all the beautiful memories as I put the book together and that it will help me as I miss her so much. Anna and I sure did have so many fun times, and we loved hard, and we laughed so much.
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