Sad

I'm sad tonight for a couple reasons.

First, the shallow reason: On Thursday I was able to go to St. Louis with girlfriends to attend the temple. It was a wonderful day. Then on Friday, Brenda watched ALL of my kids (along with ALL of her kids) overnight while Ryan and I had a full 24 hour date! We went shopping (supposedly for Christmas presents for the kids, but somehow ended up buying me new jewelry from Brighton and him a new wardrobe from Banana Republic . . .hehe). Then we went to his work party, which was held at a beautiful hotel in Kansas City. We hung out with friends until late and spent the night at the hotel (paid for by his work. He has the most amazing job). This morning we slept in until 9:30!! We didn't go to bed until about 1:30 am, but it was still so great to sleep until we felt like getting up! After getting all done up again (which was exciting by itself, considering my kids and the daily grind don't even allow me a shower every day usually!), we went to lunch at a very nice restaurant (using a $100 gift card that Ryan's work gave us. Seriously, the most amazing job.) ANYWAY, back to the reason that I'm sad. It's all over. I realize that sounds pathetic, but the last few days have been so fun and now I'm just downright bored. I've been looking forward to this weekend away with Ryan for months, and now it's over. I should be playing with my cute kids that I've hardly seen in days, but instead I'm zoning out on the computer. I realize it's very silly to feel sad about this because my parents are coming in town this week (yeah!!) and it's almost Christmas. Alright, I'll stop feeling sorry for myself and snap out of it.

Now the real reason for my sadness: Two of Ryan's seminary boys, Cody and Chad, were driving with an LDS girl from another ward last night. Chad, who was driving, overcorrected and the car flipped. The girl was killed instantly. We found out about all of this at the end of the work party last night. In our group of friends at the party were our bishop (who is also the bishop for both boys), the bishop of the girl, the seminary teacher of the girl, and many others who know and love these kids. It changed the whole dynamic of the night, and many of the people took off quickly to help out the families. It's been such a sad day and my heart is just aching for all involved. Ryan went to see Cody tonight, to see how he was doing and tell him how loved he is. It's going to be a long road for the Kitchen family (the girl), but also for the boys who have to deal with all the emotions that will come. Keep the Kitchen, Jameson and Roberts families in your prayers.