Our Shirley family has generously given us full use of their basement for the summer. They have been patient and accomodating, allowing a family twice the size of their own to converge on their newly remodeled home in the greater Salt Lake area. Our gratitude for their kindness is unfailing.
but we do need to giggle about the view each morning...
The dorm room where most of our children sleep (Mason has a posh teenage retreat in a dungeonous back bedroom, which is the family's storage room so he sleeps with hand me down clothes, luggage and fabric/craft supplies...) is the downstairs family room. We have popped at least two air mattressses due to the kids using them as trampolines when they are not being used as beds. Because we believe in natural consequences we have not continued to replace the air mattresses (this natural consequence must end soon, as my motherly compassion and sensitive back can't take much more!) so our children are sleeping wherever and however they find themselves comfortable. Molly's favorite spot? the dog bed. We have found her curled up in the corner and we've found her some mornings laying on top of her sisters. Most nights Lucy joins us in the darling little guest room that is our family's "central command" as John and I lounge in a sprawlling and comfortable queen sized bed. All of the belongings we have brought are tucked in the nicks and crannies of said guest retreat, making it look more like a junk yard than a bedroom.
The weeks tick by, and soon these arrangements will be a thing of the past. Children will sleep in their own beds, in the bedrooms of a new home. John and I will revel in the comfort of our own sheets, and the piles and messes will be moved to our own, owned spaces. For now it is helpful to document these summer morning views-a time we will look back on with fondness in summers to come.
3 comments:
what a memorable summer this will be for you!
This reminds me of my summers in SLC. We would drive in from Omaha or Wichita so excited to go to Utah. We just camped out at family and friends for a month or two. Played all day and swam. Played "No Bears Are Out Tonight"and "Run Sheep Run" in the dark and crashed on sleeping bags and slept like logs. Oh, to be a kid again! As stressed as it seems now they will have great memories.
I'll be so happy for your family to be in your own home. Can't wait to see pictures of it. I'll be even happier when we hear the news that your Texas house is off your hands. I'll keep the prayers coming your way.
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