After more ups and downs with Dani, she decided to move back in with her mom. She was unhappy in Wink being away from her friends and dance, which is understandable. She's a 16 year old kid and friends are the most important to you in your life at that time. (besides your phone and car, of course). I know her leaving was good in her eyes but it really hurt me a lot. I'm not the normal 'mean ol' stepmom'. I truly love and care for her like I was the one who birthed her. I don't want to see anything bad happen to her and when she's hurting, I'm hurting.
When she left, in a way, I felt like she was leaving me. Was it because I wasn't a good enough mom? Did I worry over her too much? Does she just plain out hate me? What??
I know those aren't any of the reasons she left, but I was so happy to see Dani come to Wink that I got my hopes up and when she left, my hope went with her. I'm finally coming out of a horrible depression which I've hated to admit. I've always thought it's going to make me sound weak to admit to being depressed. But after talking about it with people, I know, sometimes it's just the way of life. You can't help it and it's not my fault. I'm just glad I'm able to drag myself out of it.
This summer, Dani was able to visit Los Angeles, again. I'm so glad she did because it's a wonderful opportunity for her to dance there but at the same time she missed an awesome vacation with Mac's parents in Wyoming. All the family missed her and hopefully they'll get to see her soon since it's been quite a few years since we've all got to visit.
While Dani was in L.A., she was able to meet Fox Face from the Hunger Games at the mall. Which made her day completely..
Her group also got to meet Brook, Paige & Chloe (and their moms) from TLC's Dance Moms which was pretty cool.
In July, like I said, we went to Wyoming to see Mac's family. We spent 7 (very long) days up in the mountains with all the deer, moose, elk & mosquitoes that you can stand.. We got to see the Big Horn mountains, Devil's Tower & lots and lots of trees! lol.. all kidding aside it was gorgeous and we had a wonderful time. If I could stand the mosquitoes better I wouldn't mind going and staying there more often..
Now that we are back home, we've been getting back into the 'school routine' schedule. Waking up early and going to sleep early. Not exactly the kids idea of fun but, oh well. I'm not having whiney kids on the first day of school because we are all tired and have nothing picked out to wear. This year I'm actually ahead of the ball for once. We already have bought all the school supplies, now we just have to pick a weekend to buy school clothes and we are all set. Hopefully we can stick with this momentum throughout the school year..
Shaye started cheerleading on Tuesday and already is tired of it.I knew this was going to happen but she wanted to do it, she has to stick with it. I'm hoping to post here more often. I always have things on my mind and I forget about them without writing. One of my goals for this year is to document things better.
Anyway, this post is long enough.. down below you'll find a slideshow of our Summer 2012 pictures.. I'll be adding more to the album over the next couple of weeks, so make sure you stop by and look again!
