A tiny background:
When we were pregnant with Ryder, I went to working just one day a week. Initially I only worked on Fridays since that was Kit's day off, which meant we didn't have to pay for childcare. We did that for almost 5 years. What we didn't realize was that by working that day, we really would never get quality family time since Kit has always worked on the weekend. I am so thankful for those years that Kit was with them on those long days, but we realized that we needed to make some changes so that we could get more time together as a family. So I started working Thursdays and my parents would come in the morning then leave early so my mom could prep to teach on Friday mornings and miss traffic, and our friend Kaycee would come for a few hours until Kit would get home. That gave us a FULL Friday together. This last spring, my parents asked if we could change our day to Tuesday so that they could be there the entire day and not have to leave early due to her teaching/work schedule. This made everyone in our house happy because more Mia and Papa time is always a win for us... (Also, Kaycee was hired as our church elementary director which made the transition time even more perfect!)
So now our new schedule is that on Tuesdays, they drive into town in time to get Eden from Kindergarten at 11, then are home when Ryder is dropped off from our carpool, then they help with home work, make dinner and hang with the kids until bedtime. They spend the ENTIRE day loving on all of us. I'm reminded regularly what an amazing blessing to our family this is and what an incredibly special gift our Mia and Papa are to all of us!
We love you Mia and Papa!
