It's fourth year of medical school in the Williams household which means Bryan is traveling a lot for audition rotations. The month of August, he was lucky enough to be in Hawaii at the army hospital there.

Since I had done a month alone in April, I was feeling good that I could manage and stay sane through the whole month. 

But with a lot going on that month, it actually was a lot harder than I anticipated......Evelyn started school, I had to miss my immediate family reunion in Oregon, Christian getting sick, and experiencing a rough first trimester of pregnancy made it a hard month. The last week, I ended up in tears every day. Which is ironic and funny because that last week Bryan was in Hawaii, he had an interview with the residency director and during the interview he assured the director that even though he had a wife and soon to be 4 kids, that his wife could handle all the stress with residency. Little did he know I was in tears during that exact moment ;) Residency is not going to be easy, but I'm going to have to learn to love it :)

What kept me sane through the month was having my sister Emily, who just got back from her mission, come into town and hangout for 5 days. Thanks Emily for keeping me sane! Here are pictures from the month of August.

Evelyn hates making her bed in the morning so she has learned that if she doesn't get in the sheets, she'll never have to make her bed again! ha! This girl is hilarious and always coming up with solutions to problems

Hudson looks so grown up here crossing his legs like that :)

Christian always sporting a pose

While my sister was here, we made a weekend trip to Kingman to see my Grandma and aunt Delon and uncle Clyde. Their home is a kid's dream......huge yard and play area, an orchard and a cool indoor pool

Getting a pedicure just the two of us!

While Bryan was gone in August, it also happened to be our 7th anniversary. He surprised me by texting some of our friends here to buy me flowers and door bell ditch them throughout the day. The kids thought it was hilarious to open the door to more and MORE flowers. They kept saying "Dad is so silly" Grateful he is always looking out for me even while he is 3000 miles away

The last week was the hardest ever! I was on my last whim and Christian got sick and became a terror (this is not usually Christian....he is the sweetest boy) I had no idea he was sick though. I was in tears everyday from frustration. I came into his room one night and found this library book ripped in shreds. I cried and cried. I look back on it and realize I probably overreacted by all the crying I did over a silly book but it was all I had left in me. This picture is such a great reminder to me as I write this, to not let the little things get in the way of recognizing whats most important!