time for myself.

over the past few months everyone keeps reminding me to take care of myself.  i usually don't know what to do when someone says that, but today i decided to go to the pool, soak in some vitamins from the sun, and just try to relax.  so that's what haley and i did.

travis and matthew were out of town for the weekend picking up a bike for matthew, so i texted crystal to see if she wanted to take a break from packing* and bring the boys to swim for a little bit.  we hung out at the pool for a while and haley had fun seeing the boys.  after swimming for a bit haley and the boys were hungry so we headed up to steak and shake for dinner.

we didn't get a lot of laundry done, but it was a great weekend afternoon.

*have i mentioned matthew and crystal are moving?  when they first found out we were talking about moving they joked about needing to move, too, because we would all be too far away from one another.  well, as it turns out, they are beating us to it.  crystal put in an application with the bartlesville school system late one evening.  earlier this month they called and asked if she could come in for an interview -- it was the week we were on vacation.  she, amber, and all the kids drove to bartlesville that day so she could have her interview.  by the end of the day, she had a job, and she and matthew were putting their house up for rent.  they had several hits on it within hours of listing it and then had it rented out within two weeks.  at the same time, they found a house in bartlesville that had recently been renovated.  it has a huge backyard, is 7 minutes from work for matthew, about 4 minutes from crystal's school and is within walking distance for levi to get to his new school.  everything just fell in line for them and has been such a testament of what God can do and how everything falls into place when it's supposed to.  i keep reminding travis and myself of this the longer our house sits on the market.  it will sell when it is supposed to.

after hanging out at the pool, i came home and organized sierra's closet.  she's been keeping her room clean since moving in with us again {if you know sierra, you know this is no small miracle}. her room has been clean, but her closet has been a disaster.  i have a silver stand that i'm not able to use right now because we've already started packing up several things. i thought it would make a cute holder for her jewelry, and i think it worked out rather nicely.