In case you ever wondered why I am so scatterbrained...
Key to Lara's brain:
Roadshows: I am assisting in trying to rally 50 teenagers in our church congregation to put on a roadshow this weekend. I am also creating the paper program for the night. The whole thing has been a fun, but challenging task to say the least. Let me know if you're interested in joining us for some quality free family entertainment on Saturday night.
New Beginnings: Right after roadshows are done, it's time to buckle down and finish planning for New Beginnings (a once-a-year program for the Young Women in our ward). I've been creating invitations, planning, and researching ideas like crazy.
Food: Cami, Emma, and I are trying to cut out refined sugar out of our diets. It's been a mostly good adjustment, but we keep trying to find ways to make sugar-free treats. So far we've tried using honey, coconut sugar, and dates. Let me know if you have any good recipes.
Glen and the rest of the kids: Life is busy, hectic, and good. Spence and Cami are getting ready for lacrosse try-outs this week. I love seeing Spencer healthy and strong! For the most part Glen is enjoying his new job and the more positive work environment. Emma gave her first talk in sacrament meeting today. The topic was temples and she did a fabulous job! I was especially impressed with how she wrote it completely herself several days ago and presented it confidently and with even a bit of humor. Adam is Adam and is constantly finding ways to work his hobbies (like building Legos) into his school projects.
Ellie: Between Ellie's upcoming 8th birthday (for which she has grand visions for) and an increase in the frequency of her seizures, she is on my brain a lot lately. I am especially sad that the seizures are beginning to affect her schoolwork and her interactions with her classmates. We're in process of trying to get her some accommodations for her educational needs, but in the meantime I find myself worrying about her an awful lot (even more than Spencer lately).
Everything else: Email, blogging, laundry, etc. are getting only a tiny sliver of my brainpower right now.
2 comments:
Amazing just how easily our brains compartmentalize our concerns and thoughts into neat little niches that allow us to focus on each one separately.
We share your concern about sweet Ellie and hope her doctor soon finds the right combo of meds for her.
We are so excited to come out for her baptism late in March!
Are you opposed to using sugar substitutes, like Splenda or Truvia? They work well in baking, but if you are going "all natural" they might not qualify.
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