Week Forty-Two

I always write these blog posts on Sunday nights.  It is a good time for me to sit down and reflect on the past week and take some time to myself.  Tonight as I write, I am asking myself what was important from this last week.  As I think about this question, I'll jot down my thoughts.

1)  I did two more photo sessions this week.  This time of year, I always have people emailing or calling me at the last minute to get pictures.  I try not to turn people down because it is decent money and I enjoy the learning, but I have to note that when I do more than one session a week, it makes me very stressed out.  I'm not really sure what my future with photography holds.  I would love to have, what I consider, a legitimate business, but I don't want to sacrifice my sanity!

2) I went to watch Brooklen play hockey yesterday. I haven't gone and watched him for a few weeks. I was SO impressed with his progress.  What a difference practice has made.  He is much more skilled in his skating and he is being quite a bit more aggressive.  I am so proud of him for working hard.

3)  On Friday night, the girls got to go to a fun Halloween party at Sienna's house.  I wanted to be a bit spontaneous, so I didn't make dinner and told Brooklen that he could pick anywhere he wanted for us to eat at.  He really wanted to go to a good burger place, so we ended up at Big E's, a sports bar that is attached to the Holiday Inn.  The meal was more pricey than we usually spend and the food was a bit underwhelming, but I could tell that it made Brooklen feel so good to get to pick the place. Kaiton was asleep for the entire meal, so it really got both Rob and I to himself.

4)  Hurley lost her first tooth at Sienna's party!  The tooth fairy was tired and forgot to visit on Friday night.  On Saturday night, she showed up and left 2 dollars that were folded into hearts for Hurley.

5)  Kaiton has really started testing Rob and I this week.  I put him in time out twice today and he started biting me when I went to get him to show me how mad I was.  I hate being stern with him, but it is time to start discipling him.  I want him to grow up to be well-behaved and sweet, like the rest of our kids.

6) Today the kids performed the primary program in church.  I played the piano for it.  I was impressed with all 3 of my kids; they memorized their parts without us asking them to.  I guess peer pressure works!!!