We can't tell what way is up or down

They say if you get caught in an avalanche the danger is you don't know what is up or down. You can be stuck under a foot of snow and dig in the completely wrong direction. They say that you can see if you can see your breath and dig towards the direction it rises, or you can spit and dig the opposite way it falls. I know this sounds gross, but this seems to be our summer. It may sound like I am complaining here, please don't mistake this, we have been very blessed,

This summer seems to be tossing us too and fro. We have had to something this summer that we have never had to do before. With the lack of a consistent babysitter, Natalie and I have had to work opposite shifts. This has been really good for the kids because they have been home for the majority of the time and with one of their parents. This makes it hard for Natalie and I to have any time together. Now add too that all the other stuff we have and had going on. Natalie had girls camp this summer. But that wasn't enough, three weeks before girls camp they announced that there would be a meeting discussing the re-alignment of ward boundaries. We were a little worried about getting put into another ward, and then everything came to a climax when I was called into the Stake President's office for an interview. Sure enough we were put new ward and I got the same calling that I had in the other ward, Ward Clerk. The only thing we didn't know was who was in the ward with us.

So the next Sunday we went to the meeting and found out that we are now in another ward. Almost all of our friends got to stay in the old ward and we felt pretty picked on. Natalie was freaked out about girls camp and not being in the ward. And to top it off, I had to go to school out of town for the entire next week. Not to mention our sweet Kallie Kay freaks out about the smallest of things, and even Natalie and I felt like this was a big thing.

The first day at church went well, and the kids really liked that the new church was two floors and they got to go to primary upstairs. Natalie ended up with a call as a counselor in the Relief Society. And then two days into that calling, the Bishop from the old ward called her and asked if she could still go to girls camp.

So our schedule wasn't lightened at all because Natalie got to go to girls camp. Now in the last week I have worked 3 graves followed by 2 days two graves, one day off, three days and and then back to graves. Rough times. The good news is that all of the days I have been able to work on computer projects for the police department, and attend some computer schooling that has given me some new knowledge and I love that.

I got a Birthday present last week when it was announced that our ward would be moving to our old building. So no more upstairs primary, but I much prefer that building.

The summer is almost over and we can feel it. The home stretch is in front of us. We have my birthday and a county fair, and then the kids are back to school.

Brian is signed up for flag football and soccer and Kallie is signed up for soccer. So chances that we get any more relaxed is probably just a dream. But we will take it head on no matter what comes in front of us.