He was a minion because he wouldn't put anything else on lol :)
The shirt says "Little Brothers Rock"
Tom and I have had to get used to his new schedule for work. He works at night and I work during the day. This makes it really difficult to see each other. I spend a lot of time alone and try to keep myself busy. I have class on Monday and Thursday nights. I get to watch my cute nephew on Wednesday nights, but not for much longer. I'm sure his mom and dad won't mind if I take him for a little bit sometimes.
Its been really hard to get used to the Holidays since they are different since I got married. I don't get to spend as much time with my family as I used to. Its just a lot of change. I miss my siblings being there and spending it with them. We did go and pick pumpkins out with my sister and her cute family. We were able to take Logan and let him choose a pumpkin. Tom had to work on Halloween night. So the weekend before Halloween we took Logan and did this instead. We even were able to go through a corn maze with him.
I am going to be very honest right now. I try not to let my feelings show on these kinds of things. I thought that being a step parent would be great since I come from a divorced family. I knew it would be hard, but it would be worth it. It is a lot harder then I thought it was going to be. There have been a lot of tears at night after Logan has gone to bed. I'm not ever sure how to get through to him since he has a hard time wanting to listen to me. It is a struggle to have a job where I am around kids all day. Then on the weekends and sometimes during the week have a kid that doesn't want to listen to me.
I have also tried to plan fun activities and all he wants to do is to play on his tablet or DS. I have no idea of what to do. We are on the right path of having him go to therapy. He recently was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. I'm just not sure how to get through to him. I don't want him to hate coming over to our house, but I also don't want to be in tears because he won't listen or doesn't want to do anything with us.
If anyone out there is going to be going into a situation of becoming a step parent don't think that it will be a breeze. Even if you went through being a child in a divorce like me. It is not the same. Some kids are able to handle it better then others. Some are still confused and don't understand it.
All I know is that I have to stick close to my Heavenly Father. I sometimes can feel myself just pulling away because I can't do it anymore. I know that is the time when you should be sticking the closest to him. I struggle at times with this. I have an amazing husband though that is close to our Heavenly Father and knows what I need even when I don't. I am so very grateful to have a husband that is worthy to hold his priesthood. I am so very grateful that even when I don't know if I need a blessing he is close to the spirit and knows that I need one. I have no idea where I would be without him. He is my rock even when I don't think I can do it anymore. I have a loving Heavenly Father that knew that I needed Tom in my life. I know that Tom has told me many times that he doesn't know where he would be without me.
I never believed people when they said that as husband and wife you will help each other with their faith. I believe that now. We stand strong together. When one of us is struggling with our faith we are there to carry the other one, until we can stand on our own two feet again. I am so very grateful for the gospel that is in my life. I can't wait for the day that Tom and I can be sealed in the temple. We have set the goal to be sealed by our first anniversary. That is a little over six months away. This seems so crazy to me I feel like we just got married. I want to wait for my brother to get home in August before we do it. I want him to be there. That way all of my siblings can be there. I am so very blessed to have amazing siblings. Even though they are younger then me they are the ones I look up to. I am so very grateful for a brother who chose to go on a mission, even when he had every right not to go. He is an amazing young man.
