Happy September everyone! I can’t believe we are embarking on fall and that I have been Mrs. Colorado for close to 2 months! Life is busy (as usual) in the Covney household and I have certainly had my fair share of panic moments the past few weeks. I'm very lucky I have a husband that has risen to the occasion and is still excited that I am representing this amazing state. He always jumps in and takes care of “stuff”. Aside from 3 kids starting 3 different schools and schedules, our son Garrett is playing 2 fall sports that have carried on so adding that to the mix is a bit NUTS! We are very exited that not only has he made the golf team for Valor Christian High School, but he just secured a spot on the J.V. hockey team as well! Our oldest daughter Grace is a junior at Rock Canyon High school and man does that girl just take care of things on her own. She has school and a job and we almost get complacent about asking her whats going on because she just always has it all under control.
How many of you are doing this whole homeschooling thing? I really liked it last spring but I'm struggling with it a bit this year. The girls are back two days a week and Garrett is 5 days a week. As mentioned before, Grace has it all taken care of but our first grader, Jayce needs us. I have days where I feel like I'm drowning with it because she’s not focused. I'm not normally the mom that easily drops what I'm doing to redirect. I just get frustrated. Last Friday after Jayce was on a 45 minute video chat with her class, she would not sit still. We knew we had a 30 minute break and then she was back on for another 45 minutes. I had to tell her multiple times to sit down and stay focused. After she hung up I said take your socks off, lets go jump on the trampoline and get the wiggles out before your next call. She was so excited because again, thats not really like me. She got her wiggles out AND by taking 15 minutes out of my tunnel vision tendencies, I felt like a better and more interactive mom. Both of our hearts were happy. My hats are off to you all that are trying to work AND help your kids with remote learning. I am a stylist that can make my own hours. I'm not sure how you all are doing it working 40 plus hours. I’m saying prayers and keeping my fingers crossed that things get back to normal soon. I have a junior that is extremely sad that her prom plans got canceled last year, no homecoming, football games, basketball games and all the other things that come along with being in high school are happening. I would love to hear your stories about how you are all handling “stuff”. We must rely on each other as women to get ideas to help make things better! Have a great week and know that I see you, hear you and feel you!!

XO,
Nicole