Whew!

We're coming down to the last few calm days before this "year" starts. Actually, tomorrow marks the start of chaos for Daniel because students are moving onto campus or returning from the summer and want to get things started again right away! He's been diligently pacing himself this week, spending all yesterday and today prepping papers and schedules so that the rest of the week isn't crammed from 9 to 9! Along with the rest of the country, Arizona is currently experiencing a heat wave- which I feel is cruel because the rest of the summer was so relatively mild! The students, families, and staff arne' adjusted to 112 degrees esepcially for moving furniture and running flights of stairs. Ugh! But, this heat is countrywide, so i really have NO room for complaints...

I'm getting really excited and admittedly nervous as workshops and meetings start this Thursday for my internship. I'm pumped about work experience but nervous because I want to be the best dietitian and worker these people have ever experienced. Naw, no pressure. I also have to finish up my gigantic 30 page study guide before clinical "boot camp" starts on Monday. Though this may come as a shock, I am proud to say that I haven't procrastinated this task (completely) and am actually ahead of other interns in finishing it! This never happens.

On another note, we had a fun weekend full of lessons. Kris and Chad are celebrating their 10 year anniversary this week, so Daniel and I had a sleep-over with Collin (on the right) and Dylan (on the left) -and let's not forget Izzy in the middle, having one of the best days of her life. It was certainly interesting to have someone else's two boys (6 and 8) who aren't completely used to our 'methods' and expectations. And of course, within the first 30 minutes of hanging out with us on saturday afternoon, Collin and Izzy mashed faces and Collin ended up with a nice bruise on the corner of his eye.

There were certainly some humorous and adorable moments, and then were those that were like "um, seriously". It certianly led Daniel and myself to discuss our expectations and ideas for our children and our desired roles as parents. It's so easy to talk about these things but I know we're both really excited about putting these ideas and methods into action. Really, this makes me think about Grayson asking as a really little girl, if we thought she was going to mess up her kids. What my whole family has always responded with is "you're a Chell, you have the Chell-ness, you won't mess-up your kids." It may sound cheesey or too silly, but you know...somehow that is actually calming. Not that I'm sold on having 4 kids...yikes...but I am of the belief (and daniel has said this, too) that being a part of a bigger family teaches lessons about life and compromise at a young age. Okay....I need to stop. Otherwise, I'll just keep on yakking about how great my family is :) Is it obvious that I'm missing them?