Coming and Goings

Just like the waves of the sea, time with my older children ebbs and flows. After seeing MOnterey and its beautiful bay, I ponder. I am so happy to have spnt a great amount of time with all of them this April. It was a bit weird to have one child home for Easter after such a full house this month. It makes me feel grateful for each sunrise, each rainy day, each meal with my beautiful family. Maybe I am becoming more acustomed to change, but more likely I am having hope. I hope they keep coming home and our ties and friendships in the family will continue. I pretty sure they will. Our routine includes seeing Spencer on Sunday, Bri and I each and every Sunday. Well, sometimes we switch it up. Bri was out of town for Grandma Jean's funeral and Emmy was in town. It was nice to have both my girls go on that ride. When Bri was back, Joe and him took Spence. Yesterday, I couldnt wait for it to be my turn to see my boy. Im glad it was Easter and we could spoil him! Spoiling comes in different ways for each of us. I love going for walks, eating with my family, dancing and talking for hours. Seeing new sites on car rides is quite up there on my favorite list of activites. While the fam was in town, we went to Davis and I loved going and seeing the UCDavis public garden. I'm graduating this month and see the All Stars in the garden there felt like such an inspiratiopn for what we are trying to accomplish as Master Gardeners. I'm very excited to write for the Aubrun Journal in May and to help out all I can in Placer County. I have a few trips planned for the summer and I think this year is just going to be wonderful. There will be challenges, I'm sure, but highlights will be there and blessings will inevitably abound. I have really enjoyed carpooling with Heather and attending events with her. I'm glad she is in my group for presentations and Im sure we will use each other as a resource for troubleshooting situations. We already have as I was looking up appropriate fungicide for gray rot on a california coastal redwood. With all the changes, Bri is a constant and always there for me. We make a great team. I suggested we have a salad bar for Easter at my moms and aggreed to bring a pasta salad. For whatever reason, My contribution was lacking in flavor and color. Bri chopped up some smoked gouda, added some green olives and summer sausage, and it made the dish great. I know it seems silly, but we have different strengths and it compliments each other. I imagine this will only get better and stronger as we get older, so the changes in our famnily dynamic will be wonderful and exciting to see know he and I will be a constant. What a great truth.