It's official, I'm a grown-up. And I'm not very good at it. My life is kids, cleaning, and cooking which encompasses a LOT of different jobs. This maturity sucks! I have been having a bad day/week/month and what used to make everything better didn't work this time.....getting outside and seeing the beauty of our world. It has always worked for me before. This time I thought we'd go check out Snow Canyon, since I haven't ever really been there. Yes, it's pretty, blah blah cliffs, blah sand, blah blah blah. It just didn't do it for me! Instead I was sitting on a bench feeding Mckenna and feeling even worse about life. What is wrong with me? Is it knowing now that I can't just escape this life I've gotten sucked into?
Anyway, I guess the moments I live for are when Mckenna smiles at me or when the kids say something purely and innocently hilarious! When all the kids are asleep, house is quiet and I get to relax and watch a funny show with Tyler. So I might as well say goodbye to the old hippie inside me and embrace adulthood!
About Us
- Tyler and Monica Runia
- St. George, Utah
- It all started on a blind date in Portland Oregon. Love at first sight led to marriage and then our first child soon after, Tyson. We had 2 more, Carson and Lizzie, before Tyler graduated as a Physical Therapist assistant in Tucson. We now live back in St. George, Utah, and are loving it! We added another beautiful child to the family last March, Mckenna Kay who has been a joy! But we weren't quite complete. We are expecting #5 sometime in end of September or beginning of October. We are excited, scared, overwhelmed, but mostly in awe of the miracles we call kids. Tyler loves his job with the older and wiser elderly, and Monica loves being a stay at home mom...well, most days!
St. George Temple
Where we were married
Rio De Janeiro
The best mission ever!
Haystack Rock
We miss this place!
Kolob Mountains
Close to home
Key West
We had a great time here!
Disney Cruise Ship
Our DREAM family vacation!
2 comments:
oh , monica. i love that you are human. i've often wondered to myself how you do it with such a great attitude all the time. i always tell andrew that i wish i could be like you, content. i thought something was wrong with me since i am constantly wanting more out of life. i can't deal with the thought of "settling down" and being a domesticated mom for the rest of my life. its so not me. i don't feel like i am grown up! its so crazy. i think as soon as you can, you should go have a weekend away, all by yourself. or with friends. you deserve it so much. you should go to yosemite or something! but then it might make you miss having freedom. i don't know. sorry i don't have very good advice for this. i just wanted to let you know that i have these same feelings and i only have ONE kid. i am glad you wrote this though. makes me feel normal!
Awww you said exactly how I feel about motherhood I just was never able to put it into words. I've always wanted to do something crazy like Alexander Supertramp in "Into the Wild." Just abandon society and go be a bum and do what I want when I feel like it. Except he died alone in a bus in the middle of Alaska. That part wouldn't be fun :)
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