May 15, 2017

Angels 2017--Austin is top row, third player from the left.

Austin had his last baseball game tonight.  He knocked one into the outfield.  And he pitched the last inning.  Greg and I both missed him pitching, unfortunately.  But he's had a great season and loved every minute of it.  Greg had to run Owen to his last baseball game--where Owen did great.

And I had to run to Julia's last band concert.  She earned the silver medal for music mastery by completing a bunch of extra work.  I didn't even know she had been working on it!  She's quite amazing.  :)

Julia-my trombonist (and the only girl!)

She earned the silver medal for Music Mastery (and she's tall and cute!).

We reconvened for family night and scriptures before working on bedtime, showers, medicine, and other chaos.  I was pretty exhausted.  And just when I thought I had things all wrapped up for the night, Emma burst into tears.

It's so hard to be a teenager.  It's so hard to feel good about your looks.  I completely understand those feelings.  It's so tempting as a mom to just tell her how beautiful she is and force her to forget it, but I know what it's like when you don't even believe your own mom!  I, too, had braces and bushy eyebrows and pimply skin.  I had bad hair days and awkward moments galore.  So, even though I really DO think Emma is so beautiful, I know how hard it is to feel like a teenager.

The one funny part was when Miles said, "I just don't understand why girls worry about how they look and what they should wear.  I just get dressed and go." Ha ha!

Somehow, we all calmed down, and I promised Emma that I would do her hair and makeup in the morning.  Sometimes you just need to up your game.  We picked out a cute outfit, and I left her in better spirits.

I was so tired, but thanks to Lance's late nap (while I was gone to baseball), my night was just beginning!  Somewhere around midnight, I finally had all of my kids asleep.  I set my 5:45 alarm and climbed into my big, soft bed.  It's hard.  It's just hard to do it all!  But there's nothing else I'd rather be doing.  Nothing.