Who knew that having the kids so far away would be so hard?! And why oh why can they not get along??? Everyday I get a call from one of them who's either swearing angry or in tears!! I spoke with my mom today and she says my little brother is just being a terror as well. For crying out loud he's 24!! I wish he had a little more self control or understanding or empathy or something so that he could just be nice to Katie. And the meaner he is the brattier she gets which just makes it more difficult for my mom and dad. I try to remind my kids that he's got developmental delays and so he just doesn't get that what he's doing is making them (well, katie) miserable...he just knows what he wants and that is for Bryan to be there to play with him. I finally told them that they're going to have to come home. I can't have my parents facing this much stress when they just wanted to have a nice visit with their grandchildren. That and the fact that my mom is having to go in for an angiogram on Tuesday morning are not helping. Maybe now was just not a good time to send them. But for some reason my husband was really agitated about them going RIGHT NOW and so I forced it when I probably shouldn't have. Luckily my bil and sil want the kids to go down to Spanish Fork to visit next Tuesday and hopefully that will help relieve some stress. They would like to go visit some other relatives but my mom would take great offense to that when my brother is the one that gave them the buddy passes to get up to Utah. ugh!! I just wish I knew what to do to make this all better. As it is, somebody's going to be offended by the decision I make... either my mom and dad or my husband.

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