Bad, Hot Mom!!

We realized yesterday that we forgot Trevee's birthday. Yeah, what a bad mom! I guess this goes to show that life moves on! So, Happy Birthday, Baby Trevee. We all love you!

Oh, and I am hot. Our AC broke today and we are at 87 degrees right now in the house!! ARRRRRRR!!!! Did I mention I hate renting???

I'm BACK!!

I have been so neglectful of my blog. I guess I need to get my priorities back in order:)

Well, my life has consisted of mainly PTO stuff 24 hours a day. I am having a ball! I made it through the summer and seem to be busier now that the kids are all in school. Oh, and I am a farmer now... a pig farmer. My kids have turned into these cute little piggies around the house.

Jaxson is having a lot of fun in Preschool. He can count to 8 in spanish very well. His writing is pretty bad, but I am pretty sure that will get better.

Oaklee is excelling in school as well. She makes her teacher laugh all the time. She had a little incident in school where she got locked in the classroom. The teacher counted everyone to go to lunch. After Oaklee was counted, she decided to go into the classroom's restroom to wash her hands and forgot to tell the teacher. She told me, "I came out of the bathroom and everyone was gone. The door was locked, so that was the big problem. I dragged the chair over to the door and reached up real high and unlocked it. Then I started to cry. Then I went out and found the bathroom lady and she found my teacher!" Her poor teacher was crying looking everywhere for Oaklee. It was a happy reunion!!!

Charlee is very happy. She is doing well in school and is having so much fun. She told me that she had a new friend in 2nd grade and they formed a club. I asked her name and Charlee did not know it, so I am not sure how strong the friendship is:)

Brian has been busy on the Grand Jury. He has to go 2 days a week for 4 months and do jury duty. He finds it interesting, but has to complete 5 days of work in 3 days for his job that pays us more that the $13/ day the county does.

Today was my goal date for having Journee. If I could make it until August 19th, I could bring home a healthy, happy baby girl. Wow. Alot has happened since April 24th. I know that she knows I would have done anything to get her here safely. I know Heavenly Father must have more important things for her to do up there! Still stinks, though!

Grandma Halladay

August 2009

My sweet Grandma Halladay passed away on Sunday night at 7:11. It sounds bad, but

I am so happy for her. She has been suffering for a long time and has wanted to go be with Grandpa since he passed a year ago. She loved my kids. They had the best Great Grandma any kids could ask for. I will miss her, but I am so glad that I had the opportunity to call her my Grandma. She promised to hug my little ladies in Heaven and let them know I love them. I am sad for my Mom and her Sisters, but I know they will all be okay. Once again, I am humbled by and grateful for the Plan of Salvation. Without the knowledge of this plan, I would not have the confidence of knowing that those I love who have passed are all happy, safe, and doing God's work on the other side. I love You, Grandma!! I will see you later:)

First Day of School

Brian and I were so excited for school to start. Check out these cute kids:)
Toothless Charlee loved her first day.

Silly Oaklee had a good time and learned about A's sounds.

Charlee is in Mrs. Telep's class.

Oaklee's teacher is Ms. Carol. She was funny. She got out all of the supplies out of her desk to show them to her friend, Anna.

Jaxson had a great first day.

He walked into class like a little man:)

It is Jaxson's turn to have Mrs. Lorene in preschool... finally!!

Can you believe I am kid less for 2 hours 3 days a week?? I don't know what to do with myself. No, I don't want to use the time to clean as Brian suggests, but we will have to see:)

Grandpa

Grandpa came to visit a couple of weeks ago.

He only got to stay for a day, but the kids were so excited.

Come again soon, Grandpa!!

Busy Bee... That's Me!

I have been so busy. I am the PTO president for our new charter school. It is a lot of work, but it is also so rewarding for me. I get to meet and work with new people that I would not know otherwise. I get to be involved with my kid's school and everyone gets to know my sweet kids.

A lot happened this week. We had a party at the school. I was in a sling the first part of the week because I bruised my elbow Sooooo BAD!! I am so excited to be out of that. It is hard to do your hair and put on mascara with only your left hand.

This week, Oaklee had a few doosies...

Charlee wanted to sit up front in the car and I told her it was too dangerous. Oaklee said, "I sat in the front seat once. Kenzee made me duck so the cops wouldn't see". Aunt Kenzee got in trouble for that one.

She also wanted to take a bath yesterday and I kept putting it off. She finally said, "Go turn on the water and I will get in. Do you want me to keep bugging you all day? No you don't."

Charlee got to meet her teacher at her new school. She is so excited. She has read 117 books so far this summer. With school starting on Monday, I think we will only make it to 120, but she is getting so much better.

We left the front door open and a BIG lizard snuck into the living room. I was too scared to get it out and Jaxson would not even get out of the car to come in for a fear of the lizard. Dad saved the day by coming home and getting it out with his hockey stick:)

Speaking of hockey... Brian has a class every Thursday and he is getting better. You may remember that he got a TON of ice hockey equipment for his birthday without knowing how to ice skate. He only fell on his butt 2 times this week and the "Big Girl" is his class (that is what he calls her. I don't know her name) complimented him on his skating abilities. I think the whole class is pretty bad, so he is right at home.

I love my life!!!

DOG FOUND!!

We found this "well loved" dog when we moved and it looks like it could be someone's best friend. Please call me if he or she (I can't tell) belongs to you!!

Thankful Thursday

What a year!! In the last 12 months, Charlee started Kindergarten, We prepared for and buried two of the best babies ever who deserve to be here with us, My parents have gotten a divorce after 30 years, I sold and moved out of my dream home that I designed and built with the best husband ever... and I survived.

Today, I am thankful that I made it. I hope there are easier times to come. I love my kids. I would do anything for them so they don't have to feel pain. I am thankful for a great husband who lets me cry when I need to and also makes me be strong. I can do this. I already did this. I am thankful for my beliefs in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That is truly how I made it through this year. All in all, I would rank this is my crappiest years yet!! I am sure there are better years to come!

The Big 1-0-0!!

Charlee and I have been reading all this summer. I felt bad at her end of the year awards ceremony last year that she only turned in 1 reading log, so this summer, I decided that we would read at least 2 books a day and see how much her reading improved. Today, we reached 100 books this summer. She is getting so much better. She is very smart and beautiful and I love her so much for her sweet spirit.
Oaklee has a funny little brain when she reads. We can read a book from the library one day and read it again 2 weeks later and she can remember the words and tell me the story word for word without having to sound them out... weird. She is getting pretty good at reading, too.

I am so proud of my smart girls:)

Fantastic Quotes

This morning, I asked the kids why we sneeze. Oaklee replied, "Because Heavenly Father invented sneezes".

I told Brian I had a date I wanted to go on and he asked if he had to wear pants. I thought it was pretty funny.

We were watching tv late in the evening when a commercial came on saying to test FART to a number to get a picture of an elephant passing gas for your cell phone for only $10 per month. I said "gross" and Brian said "That is brilliant marketing". Oh men!!

The Arizona Science Center

I went with my friend and her 5 kids and my 3 kids to play at the Science Center.

After we went to Garcia's for lunch.

Some old ladies complemented us about how well behaved our kids were.

Lucky day, I guess!!
Oh and my friend is pregnant so we looked extra nuts:)