Gavin is in Santa Barbara this weekend for baseball (imagine that, another weekend on the road)... BUT! he has home games the entire months of April! I cant even tell you how much I am looking forward to that. He has been gone SO much and I really feel like I have barely seen any games this season. His parents are going to be here for 10 days (April 10-22) and are going to catch a bunch of games too. I am excited for them to be here. I will have almost two weeks that I wont have to bring Kenley to work! Dont get me wrong, I love being able to have her with me, but you better believe that I get a lot more done when she isnt there. She has been so so so good while we have been there but I know there are other things she would much rather be doing (such as running around and tearing into things.) But she has been so good about hanging out attached to my back and keeping busy with books, my ipod, coloring, snacks in her pack n play. I know Ive said this before but Im fairly certain 80% of the customers comment on how well she just sits there are lets me work... "you are so lucky you get to bring her to work with you!"... I truly am. Which is part of why I will miss Kissui SOOO much!
In case you havent heard... WE ARE MOVING HOME!!!!!!!!
Last weekend I got my acceptance letter to Sonoma State. Lauren had just gotten here and we were on our way to the store and I decided to stop by the mailbox. I hopped out of the car and she and Kenley stayed in the car. I didnt think I would hear back so soon after submitting my essay and application for the Kinesiology department. I heard back about a month ago that I had been accepted to the school but had to do some supplemental work to apply to the KIN department because its so impacted. It requried a short essay, a list of my grades, outside experience and volunteer work. I was geniunely worried I wouldnt get in, which is why I decided not to tell many people that I applied.
I opened the mailbox to see a letter from Sonoma State. I held it up and showed Lauren who could see the worried look on my face from the car. She signaled me to come open it with her in the car. I tore into the letter and the only words I saw were "ACCEPTED"...."CONGRATULATIONS"... "KINESIOLOGY" and "FALL '12".
I threw the letter in the air jumping up and down, fighting back tears of joy.
I cant even explain my excitement about finishing school and moving home. We most likely would be moving up either way but to know that in just one short year (two semesters) I will be a college graduate is almost more than I can handle. I know it is going to be another period of craziness for our little family, but we will have so much more HELP this time around. The fact that we will be by friends and family again almost feels too good to be true. Gavin has promised me during our entire time in Riverside that he was going to do the same for me so that I could finish school and I know he will give me just as much support as I have given him and probably more.
There are lots of unknowns right now such as: where we are living, when we will move, what Gavin will be doing after graduation in August and where Kenley will be while I am in school and Gavin is working. We have a general answer to each of these questions but the impatient part of me wants it all figured out PRONTO!
So speaking of my amazingly supportive husband... I need to take a quick second to brag on my Gavin. As I know I mentioned... Gavin has spent this past quarter taking TWENTY units, during the peak of baseball season while working at the Redlands country club on the weekends before and after his games.... not to mention being a dad. No one TRULY understands what it is like to be a student athlete unless you, yourself have done it. And since I have, I can say that it is practically insanity. I dont know if I have ever even heard of someone parenting and working on top of being a Division 1 student athlete.
A typical week for Gavin looks like this: leave the house at 7am for weights (he has weights Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings) go straight to class until practice at 2 which usually lasts until 6 or so. He then comes home (unless its Tuesday, when he usually has a night game which this week was in San Diego) and has dinner with us and then is off to study, usually at the library or a teammates house. The weeks before and during finals he was getting home around midnight.
As far as the weekends go, the past two months he has been on the road almost every weekend for baseball... Texas, Arizona, Fresno, Santa Barbara you name it. The weekends he has had a home series, he drives out to Redlands to work at the golf course... and to get enough hours in before his game he usually leaves the house around 5 am on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
SOO... with all of this going on... Gavin Mills just managed to pull a 3.1 GPA this quarter. (thats one A and 4 Bs).... AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im in shock. He literally does it all, and with barely any complaining. I know he is tired almost 100% of the day but you would barely know it. I would be lying if I said that it didnt take its toll on our relationship at times the past couple of months... we have definitely had our ups and downs, but I dont know how we couldnt expect everything to go off without a glitch with that kind of lifestyle and schedule. Im so proud of Gavin and cant thank him enough for working so hard for his girls. Gavin, you are literally my hero. I cant WAIT for this weekend to be over and for him to be HOME <3
Kenley and I have a pretty busy weekend planned for ourselves to make the time pass a little quicker. Yesterday we got back from Palm Springs where we stayed in literally the most beautiful home I have ever seen or stepped foot in. My friend Kelly took us to stay at her Grandparents for the night. We swam, tanned, ate and watched Kenley play with their adorable puppies. (I actually met Kelly through Torrey in kind of a small world scenario. Torreys sorority sister at ASU Kristine, who I had met a couple of times before moving to Riverside, is Kellys sister.) I have loved getting to know Kelly... she is always SO sweet with Kenley and the two of them together are hilarious. So, if you have been keeping track, my three closest friends in Riverside are Kaley, Kayla and Kelly... and to confuse you even more... I got Kelly and Kayla both jobs at Kith (Kissui's new store). Good luck keep them all straight. All I know is that I am going to miss all of them like crazy!
Well today Kenley and I are going to watch my brothers game in Pomona. I havent watched Mike play in a couple weeks and I know he loves having his little/biggest fan at his games since my parents obviously rarely get to go. GO BRONCOS!
After we get back I have some crafting to finsh up! I worked furiously last night on my "cake buntings" that I will be selling at the Kissui craft fair tomorrow! I usually have to work at the actual store during our craft fairs but this time I decided to participate... and I am SOO excited to see how it goes. Gavins mom sent down some ADORABLE little t-shirts and onesies that I will also be selling and Im sharing a booth with my very sweet friend Kayte (ahh!! thats ANOTHER "K" name!) that I work with. Kayte just found out that she is pregnant with her second baby! so happy for her :) Her little boy Teegan is just a couple months younger than Kenley and they are buddies. Kayte will be selling her cute little beenies that she makes. I hope it goes well!!!
The craft fair is held in the little hallway behind Kissui and there wil be about 10 vendors there. There is always a great turnout so Im hoping to make a little extra money with these! (and if not then I am stuck with 20 cake buntings!)
Things Im looking foward to: (I feel like this is fun to do at the end of my posts recently)
My Mom, Dad and Stephen are getting here late Thursday and here for Easter weekend! We are celebrating Easter at Michaels house with his teammates that he lives with. Its a total "guy baseball house" but they have been so excited about cleaning it all up for an Easter brunch and egg hunt for Kenley.
Two days after they leave Gavins parents are here for 10 days and then I am hitching a ride back with them to go home for TWO WEEKS!
I am so sad to be missing my dear friend Makayla's baby shower this coming weekend but will be getting home 3 days before her due date so I am hoping to meet little Lou ASAP!!!
WHEW! That was quite the update. Everyone has been so supportive with my choice to finish up school and has made me feel so LOVED with their excitement of us moving back up north. Since the day we moved down here I have dreamt of the moment that we found out we were moving back.... and now I cant believe how many truly WONDERFUL people we have met down here and all the awesome places we have been and things we have done!... and Im so glad that I have kept track of most of it on this blog.... So thank you for reading. God is so so good.
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