wishes

we had an interesting weekend.  nothing went quite how we expected but we always expect that.  bobby and i referred to this weekend as "that weekend".  it seemed like anyone that was planning an event picked "that weekend" to do it.  so we ended up with many places to go.  the thing is . . .i wanted to do it all i just wish there was enough time to do it all.

saturday morning was sofia's first soccer "game".  it's not really a soccer game.  the girls under 5 team shows up at 8am! they do some drills and then at 8:30 they set up mini soccer fields and play 3 on 3.  well sofia who has been talking about being on a soccer team since she was 2 refused to get out on the field, refused to put on her soccer uniform, refused to play with the other girls.  so she kicked the ball around with bobby and the boys.  it reminded me of taking jordan to the pool for the first time and struggling with that.  but next week we will try again.  i wish playing sports with my kids was easier.


straight afterwards b and i went to orange county for uncle larry's memorial service.  we debated it for a long time about taking the kids with us.  but in the end decided not to bring them, too many questions and anxieties to deal with.  it was great to see all of the family gathered together.  and the service was hopeful and comforting.  i was in awe of tara who got up to speak about her father.  she had such peace and spoke so beautifully about dealing with death and fear.  i wish i had her strength at a time like this.

and i wish i had taken a better picture of the family.


the following morning we had our friends from sacramento visit us for breakfast.  they were around for the weekend but this was the only time we could get together.  so it was bagels and coffee and a status report.  i love that we get to see them every once in a while.  i just wish we could have had more time together.


at 11 we headed to the pool for jordan first swim meet.  what a difference it is after 4 years of doing this.  he is confident and knows what to do. (for some reason i'm the one with the jitters.)  and he is awesome!  he medaled in backstroke and the free relay.  and he has gotten so fast.  he took 7 seconds off his freestyle race but unfortunately that meant that he was moved up to the higher bracket of swimmers and finished 22.  it was a great day, but i wish it hadn't been 108 degrees because that was miserable.


bobby took andrew to baseball practice also in the middle of the day.  this boy is something special when it comes to baseball.  the coach was helping him with his throwing and after the practice came up to bobby and told him that andrew picked it up fast and was really good.  i wish i could have seen bobby's proud face.

after all of that we went to my parent's house to celebrate my sister's birthday with my brothers, sister-in-laws and kids.  it feels like a long time since we've all gotten together.  but this birthday marks the first of 8 birthdays that we will celebrate over the next three months.  and i wish all of them the happiest birthdays ever.


and now this is a more quiet week for us.  still swim practice but a little less stress and more of a normal week.  hopefully making time to get some fun things going.  at least that's what i am wishing for.