little of this and that

1. This past weekend was amazing the boys and I never left the house till Sunday for church and we had the best time ever!!! We played and played and napped and napped and it was great!! It's nice sometimes just to stay at home and hang out.
2. I got to spend some time with a very special friend and we picked up right where we left off a few years ago and it was just the medicine I needed. Lots of laughs!!!!!!!
3. Going to a few Halloween parties and can't decided what I want to be. The boys are going to be clowns I have the big shoes and all the wigs and makeup; they are going to be sooo cute!!!
4. I just had my flu shot and my arm is really sore and then I had a wellness screening and my triglycerides were wayyyy toooo high and they told me to quit eating sweets and fried foods. Oh Lord help me those are my favorite but since it was so high I must stop and take some Flax seed and fish oil daily. What the heck is Flax seed????? where do I find that???
5. I am in much need of a break from my job!!! I need a week off... Thanksgiving hurry up and get here mama needs some rest!!!
6. Still debating if I should go ahead and send Jake to Kindergarten. He will be 5 in March and he is so smart and I think he is ready but Im not sure. I can tell other parents what to do about their kids all day long but when it comes to mine I just don't know. His father thinks we should wait but he is always wrong so Ill probably do the opposite lolol (just kidding).
7. Well finally I got the nerve to watch the video of the birth of Jake and Ty. I have been wanting to see them for so long but afraid I would get really upset. Well I bit the bullet and watched them and cried like a baby. Jake and Ty were asking so many hilarious questions so I was crying and laughing all at the same time. Justin did a fabulous job on the video taping. It was funny how the videos already look old school!!! And it reminded me that I probably never want to have another child.... OUCH!!! I can't remember it hurting that bad but it looked very painful!!
8. Is very excited that burch and nathan are having another baby. They will not find out what it is so Im guessing boy!!!

Take a moment

As I was driving to work this morning pondering on the horrible sad news I got last night of a high school friend that was killed serving our country, I thought about how ungrateful I am for all of those men and women who are over there putting their life on the line for all of us. I sometimes groan when I have to stand up to say the pledge at school in the mornings just because I'm trying to get 20 little first graders settles. How ashamed I am for this and this will not happen again. From now on I will stand with pride and think of Mark and his sweet family and the sacrifice he made.Here is a link about Mark it is really great
michaelthemaven.com

Question of the Day

Ok since Halloween is on a Sunday do we trick or treat on Saturday?? or Sunday?? I just ordered the boys outfits and I looked at the calendar and didn't know how everyone in Haleyville was going to do this. Someone let me know if you know!!

Falling Apart

Ok so getting old is everything everyone's told me! I will be 30 in May and it seems like everything is heading south lol! I went for my yearly check up at the Gyno yesterday and everything under the sun was out of whack. She told me that I would need hormones and I said WHAT?? because I hear my mother and all the older women I work with at school say I gotta go take my hormones... am I already one of those older women??? OMG I am so not ready for this but here it is and here we go!! So I went home complained and whined about getting older to Jeff which he showed me no sympathy and he said just wait till your 40 so I may have a come apart when I turn 40. I write all of this to say that I really am enjoying getting older (just not the pysical part). I love that I get to be a kid again when playing with my children. I love that as a teacher I am not looked at (anymore) as young and stupid and that I know nothing about raising kids. I love that now I can tell who my true friends are because they are the ones that have stuck around all these years and love me no matter what (Em Jane and Burch)! I also get to laugh because I remember all of those crazy things my parents use to say to me are making sense now like "This hurts me worse that it hurts you", "because I said so", and " I said no because I love you".
I know in this day in time we are so wound up in the materialistic things of this world that we don't take time to enjoy what God gave us. Some of my most favorite times with my kids is taking a blanket outside at night and gazing at the stars. This is the time when Jake and Ty ask me the most questions about life and when I feel like I get to have the best quality time them. Life is so hectic sometimes and I am trying so hard between full time job, grad school, baton studio, 4 boys at home and a husband to find time to STOP and enjoy what God has given us. Some of my most favorite memories as a child is sitting in the carport with my gradparents Ace and Roxie watching it rain!! Why I do not do this anymore, I do not know, but I am going to try because those two were the happiest most loving people I have ever met. So my goal is to slow down take deep breaths and laugh a little more Instead of running around like a mad woman trying to get all that is on my list done.

Random Pics

Ty loves his lolipop!! : )

Jeff and Gracie flying a kite

Grayson running for his touchdown!!!!

My boys at McWane center in the tornado!!

this and that and more

Im tired and burned out from school. Graduate school is killing me with 4 kids at home full time job and graduate school I think I am over loaded and today just happens to be the day I feel like running as far away from life as I can. Just one of my pity parties that I have every once in a while!! You know you have them too!!! Jake is getting ready to start Kindergarten next year and for some crazy reason I have been emotional about that and he hasn't even started yet. He is going to a wonderful pre-school where he learns so much. He was getting to go all week long except every other Wednesday and now his father has decided to not let him go but 2 days one week and 3 the next week. He cries every morning when I have to take him with me to work because he wants to go to preschool with his friends. I am furious that he has taken this away from him and that Jake misses all of the fun stuff that they do. His father took this away from him because I would not agree to change weekends with him and I didn't because I have already bought tickets to an event that is on my weekend and if I changed with him I would have wasted $300 dollars of tickets because he would not have let them go. Furious is really not the word I have for this cause it's much worse than that but seeing my child cry every wednesday morning because he wants to go to school to be with his buddies and go to the fun thing they are doing that day is hard on this mommy!! He is behind the other kids on learning his words and I try to make up for it at home but anyway I needed to gripe a little bit. Oh and I pay $160 a week. There is no part time pay or just pay for the days you miss it's $160 straight up for both of the boys to go. So that is $640 a month jeeze!!!! Anyway Im upset and stressed out about this but know that it is only being done to hurt me but really it is hurting Jake and Ty. But this too shall pass and things will look up and hopefully get better for the boys sake!

Hair

I have the WORST hair. For one reason I have been coloring it since I was in the 7th grade and my mother has some think course hair which I inherited. There is this new thing out called the Brazilian Blowout, it is supposed to make your hair smooth and shiny and soft and just wonderful for up to 5 months. I want to do this and have seen one persons hair with it done and it looks great but have any of you had it and if so did it work and was it worth the $$$ you forked out to get it done?? I think the lady that I talked to said she paid $240 to get it done!!!! YIKES that is a lot but for 5 months of great hair I think it may just be worth it!! My hair is the longest it has been since my Senior year in high school and I want to shave it off but I waited a long time to get it this long so I want to make it look good instead of the daily thick rats nest!!