mathias family blog: August 2014

I can't believe it's time for our boys to go back to school and one of them will begin a new journey attending school all day for the first time! We had a fun summer! I will miss my little guys being around each and every day! I'd be lying if I said some days weren't incredibly difficult! But that goes with any thing in life! Every day can't be perfect, what would we learn and take away from it if it were! Summer seems to have reared it's hot head these last few weeks! But thank goodness the YMCA pool is still open and most fun...so is Grandpa and Grandma's pool.

As many of you may or may not know, Marc turned 40! We had a wonderful Dr. Who party for him. Shortly there after, we went to Disney...AMAZING! After returning from Disney we had Vacation Bible School! That was so fun and a blessing to be asked to be a part of the team leaders! I enjoyed every minute and from time to time I still catch myself signing those fun VBS songs! We all enjoyed 4th of July at my parents house. The boys love watching the fire works Grandpa and Grandma set of.

This summer we didn't have a so many pool days because it was rather cooler but we certainly had our fun! We had lots of trips to the zoo and Conner Prairie which in the summer months of July and August it's usually too hot! Never a bad day to go to The Children's Museum so we made trips there as well! We also took many trips to the parks. We had to hit all our favorite spots! The boys love their snow cones and carousel rides at Forest Park. As we do every summer, the boys participated in the summer reading program so we made many trip to the library! They got lots of fun prizes for each goal they meet reading.

We made our way to The State Fair, can't miss the fair! Would you believe we all actually wore jackets!!!! First time ever!!! Couldn't miss Little Hands on the Farm! We've been going there since both boys were young and oh yes The DNR building!!! Huge fish!! I think some of them actually eat little boys! We also took a trip to Brown County! We went to the mill and sifted through sand to find rocks!! Super fun!

We found out this summer while on vacation our Rogan would attend all day kindergarten because too many parents pulled out of 1/2 day after they decided to offer it and in order to keep the class, there had to be a certain number enrolled. It was heart breaking for me!!! I shed many tears even while at Disney receiving the news not even Mickey could turn my frown around! On a positive note, Rogan loves it. I am missing both my boys so much and trying to stick my head above those clouds and find the sunshine in it all but some days when I'm out and about and I see a mom with her little boys, it just brings tears to my eyes!!! Some times I find those tears rolling and rolling fast down my cheeks! I will continue to volunteer in Grayson's class every other week, his request and Rogan's every week! We are beginning a new chapter in life and a new journey is about to unfold so hold on tight because here we go!

I can't wait when I hear that bus rolling down the street. I'm like our dog Macie when she hears the garage door go up! I can't wait to see their smiling faces! Here's to a wonderful school year and new adventures and to making every day count! Not going to lie some days are harder than others not having my Rogan here ( I still wasn't completely used to Grayson being gone and it's year 4 for him) but I remind myself to be thankful I got to share those first years at home with both of them! When we dropped off Rogan at Kindergarten the first day, we walked past him room and imagine me, there I was with my face stuck to the window looking in.... now I've become their stalker!