Down to Two

 And in less than two weeks, we are down to only two of our kids. This past week was very hard for me.  On Saturday (8/21), we went to Jackson for Aubree to tell my parents bye (I cried then too as we pulled away) and to help a little around the house and farm.  Sunday she was released from being primary pianist.  Tuesday (8/23) when Noah and Amelia broke down telling her bye and Jake teared up during the father's blessing, I too, teared up.  We flew out Wednesday (8/24) and my emotions were crazy as Jake, Aubree, and Christopher embraced.  Thursday we spent the day in Boise. We purchased a car for Aubree there and the air/heat went out that afternoon, so I spent the afternoon and night trying to repair that and finally succeeded. I felt like a problem solver mechanic.  Friday, we left early morning to get to Logan for her move in.  That was crazy and not what we expected.  When we walked into her assigned dorm there was a large bulletin board asking you to choose a flag as to what you associate with. We got 1/2 her luggage up the 4 flights of stairs and I went to down to get the rest. I also wanted to call the housing office and see about getting her changed because each door had these flags on it and I did not want my daughter in an environment 24/7 where ideals contrary to the Lord's law was the expectation.  We were able to get her moved to a nicer dorm and she seems to be happier. I felt much better as we brought her things in. It is hard enough to take your kids to college but that made it so much worse.  I had told myself all week that I could do hard things but I did not anticipate each day presenting more challenges than the day before. Saturday was the hardest as I said good bye and then when the plane began to move. I encouraged her to go to the game and she did, so that made me happy too but  I sobbed a solid few minutes. I am excited for her journey but it is so hard and I am going to miss that child like crazy and music filling my home. I did come home to some happies from my handsome husband.