Checking in...

Just wanted to take a second and Post real quick.. We just got back from upstate New York tonight and are in a mad dash to hurry and get laundry done and last minute stuff done along with packing so we can head to the airport early in the morning to go to The Grand Cayman Island... Yeah!!!!! I cant wait.... We had a great time in New York. We saw the Statue of Liberty and went to ground zero. We went to Niagra Falls and to Palmyra and saw all the history back there. It was a great experience. I will post some slide shows later when I get back from the Cayman Islands. And yeah I came home to find that I had won a prize on my friend Jodi's 100th blog giveaway.. I'm so excited because I never win anything. She is such a great lady for doing that. If you havn't had a chance to check out her blog from my recent posting take a chance now. She is absolutley an amazing woman. And her blogs are so fun to read.. You can check them out here..
Well gotta go pack. Im running outta time. See you all when I get back..

Finally Made It

Holy Moly!! My parents finally made it in at 2:00 this morning and by the time I got them and back to my house it was 2:30 and by the time we finally got to sleep 3:00 only to wake up at 6:30 with the kids.. what a day.. we are all so exhausted tonight. So this will be bery short and brief. Our activity day dinner went really well and we had a pretty good turn out. I brought my camera to take pictures and totally forgot to take any. Blah..... My dad rode my guts out on our bike this morning. We went 8.50 miles and he had to go slower then his normal pace for me. i couldnt believe how in shape he was at this. And how out of shape i was...... He went another 6 miles this afternoon with the kids. He rocks!!!!! Anyways thats all i can stay awake to blog. Oh but before I go check out my great friends 100th blog here and enter her bloggy give away for a prize. She is an awesome lady, mother and friend. She has accomplished much. And she has great parenting advice. She is an amazing person.
Good night to all........

Still Waiting

Well i am trying to pass time still waiting for my parents to get here.. The poor things.. They have been up since 2:00 this morning and they flew into minniapolis and their connecting flight into newark got cancelled because of fog at the airport. So they ended up getting on one at 7:00 pm which was to arrive in nj at 10:36 and then try and catch a train at 11:30 to take them to princeton junction which is close to where I live. So they had to spend 9 hrs hanging out at the airport. However they called and said their plane was delayed another 1/2 hr to hour. They finally called me from the plane saying they finally made it on so they should be getting into the airport somewhere around 11-11:30 and then the trains only run on the hour at night so it probably wont be going until 12 midnight which will put them in about 1:00 AM So they will have been up 24 hrs straight. I feel bad for them because not only will they be so tired but then with the time change being 2 hrs diffrent and my kids having to get up for school in the morning at 6:30, 4:30 their time will be tough on them. We all will be tired and walking zombies tomorrow and my kids will be on a grandma and grandpa high and will have to be peeled off the walls. should make for an interesting day. Plus I have to put on a big daddy and daughter dinner at the church for our activity day achievement girls and their dads. Its going to be rough!!! This will be us tomorrow.


Anyways thought I would blog a little more to help pass the time before I have to go get them at the train station. I still have 2 1/2 hrs...

On Their Way

Yeah, my parents are on their way. We are so excited to see them. My kids have been crossing off the days on their calendars and are so excited they can hardly stand it. You would think it was christmas or something...

Steve left early Sat morning for cali. He stopped over in utah to stay with his family for the night and leave sunday morning. Of course I didnt know this until thursday night but we wont go there.. It was good for him to see his family. His grandparents are not in the best of health so I am glad he was able to see them again. You never know what can happen in 6 months. We missed him however on Father's Day. The kids sang in sacrament and i felt bad he wasnt here to hear them. We spent Sat night at a family house in the ward. They invited us over for a barbeque. I always feel so weird to go do those kind of things without steve. I usually just stay at home and dont go out much but the kids really wanted to go so we did.. They had a great time. It was really humid though and we were all wet and hot. Soon after getting home it started thundering and lightning and soon it started raining.. I am still having a hard time getting used to all the humidity out here..

My parents chose a good week to come. Its only supposed to be in the high 70's this week which is such a relief from the 90's - 100's we were having.. with the humidity I thought i was going to die. You couldnt even stand to go outside.

Well the kids last week of school is finally here.. Seems they have a party every day this week. Should be fun for them but I think its a waste really.. Why not just let them out earlier then just plan partys all week. Owell..I shouldnt complain because by next week I will be ready to send them back again.. lol ........

Well it's going to be a pretty busy remainder of the month so I dont know how much I will get on here. Hope you are all enjoying your summer... I cant wait to get to the Cayman Islands. Woo Hoo a little R&R.

Fridays Feast

Appetizer
Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?

Oh it depends on the day and the situation. I would say most of the time I'm a pessismist..

Soup
What is your favorite color of ink to write with?

Well is that using a pen or on the comp? with a pen I like the basic black. On the computer I usually choose Drk blue or a burgandy color.

Salad
How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay for them?

Gosh I think the last time I got something done it was a pedicure. And it was for a self bought mothers day gift 2 years ago. I wish I had the money to get these on a regular basis.

Main Course
Have you ever won anything online? If so, what was it?

I won a bid on ebay for some Vidalia Onion dressing from tastefully simple.

Dessert
In which room in your house do you keep your home computer?

In our dungeon room down in the basement. No windows, Linoleum floor. Just a sqare white sheetrocked room.

Just checking in

Just wanted to check in and throw a quick post out.. This week has been crazy busy. With all the school partys and activitys going on we have just been staying busy.. Steve is finally back sorta for a couple days then is off again on Sat. Since he has been home he has been stressed and busy with trainings here this week so there hasnt been much family time. At least this time when he leaves My mom and dad will be here 2 days later. We are all looking forward to their visit. The kids have been marking off their calendars and this morning austin came up and gave me a big hug and said Oh I'm just so happy and excited that 5 more days and grandma will be here I just cant wait.. It was kinda funny cuz he's not usually like that.

It will be nice just having someone here to talk to other then my kids and someone to help me with all the running from one activity to the next as the last week of school is full of them.
And then 1 week later I will be off to soaking up the sun and laying on the beach sipping pina coladas. Oh I cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well yesterday was my 13th wedding anniversary.. It seems weird we have been married that long already. Seems like yesterday at times. And now I look at my kids and see all the things we have done over the years and I start to feel old.. In my mind I am not old enough to have 4 kids with my oldest being only 1 1/2 yrs from being a teenager... aaagggghhhhhh Help!!!
I only pray I make it through the next 13 yrs. Or should I say I pray my kids make it through the next 13 years. Wow how the time has flown. But look at all the great things I have to show for it. 4 Awesome beautiful kids and a wonderful, loving husband. What a great 13 years..

Well its off to a school carnival tonight so until next time..

Fridays Feast

Appetizer
When you drink soda/pop/coke, do you prefer to drink it from the bottle, a can, or after pouring it into a cup?

Usually I like to pour it into a cup with ice. But I dont really drink pop anymore, it tends to hurt my stomach.

Soup
What television show are you willing to stay up late to watch?

I stay up late all the time trying to get in my recorded shows from the day like Days or House, Bones..

Salad
Name one person, place, or thing you think of as brilliant.

I think disney world was brilliant. What a concept..

Main Course
Would you be willing to work 4 10-hour days instead of 5 8-hour days in order to save gas?

If i worked of course just for the extra day.

Dessert
If you were a superhero, what would you call yourself?

super bio-mom.. lol I dont know...

Snow White and the 4 Dwarfs

Today I felt like Snow White in a fairy tale land. We had a monsoon last night so it seemed anyways. Our back yard was flooding everywhere and we had tornado warnings again. anyways the rain brought out all the creatures of our forrest out here. This morning along my run I saw probably at least 3 dozen of these

and probably at least a dozen of these

and a few of these

and some of these, these, and these.

Oh and these, and these.

Plus probably 4 or 5 other species of birds I didnt know..

And My kids I think equalled 7 dwarfs.. I had Sneezy, grumpy, sleepy, happy, and dopey all this morning I was only missing Doc and Bashful.

Oh my gosh I cant forget my crazy story of yesterday... Yesterday I was a turtle rescuer. I was taking Logan to school and I was about to turn on the road that goes down towards all the schools and all these cars were slamming on their brakes and going out around something in the road. When I got closer to it I saw it was this big turtle. I thought oh no someone is going to hit it so I took logan to school and went back but by the time I got there it was gone. I thought oh probably someone ran over it or it must have made its way to the other side. There is a big river and swampy area on the other side of the road and I figure thats where it was headed. So when I went back to pick up logan after school there it was again in the middle of the road with cars trying to swerve around it to avoid hitting it. So I got logan and went back and thought I would go rescue it but by the time I got back it was gone again. So I flipped back around and drove past one more time and saw him behing the medal viaduct fence thing that runs along the bridge over the river so I pulled off the road and ran back toward the bridge to rescue him. I found him and picked him up and he was alot heavier then I thought he would be. So I have him by the edge of his shell and I'm trying to carry him down this steep bank to go take him down by the river and his legs and arms just start wailing trying to claw at my hands and I dropped him on his back so I had to roll him over and pick him back up and he again starts wailing his arms and legs trying to claw at my hands and the nails on this guy is long so it was really hard trying to keep from getting clawed then he starts hissing at me and starts snapping his head out of his shell trying to bite me. He was so fast with his head he almost got me. So once again I dropped him on his back so I got this stick and rolled him over and I knew I was not going to be able to pick him up again because he was really going bizerk so I tried pushing him down the hill with the stick. It was pretty funny you had to be there.... I didnt get him down as far as I wanted to but I got him at least a ways down the hill from the road so hopefully he wouldnt get hit.... It was a crazy day.. I wish I would have had my camera but this is what he kinda looked like..

Anyways that was my crazy turtle story. On to the next adventure, or fairy tale....

Stay tuned......

Never Enough Time

Wow there just is not enough time in the day to accomplish all that I want to do...... Between all my childrens activitys, School work, house work, Die cutting store trying to keep up on my emails and blogging and trying to become a runner it just feels like all i do is run..... lol.

Well Steve is off to Cali this week and wont be back until monday then comes home for 3 days then leaves for Cali again for another 8 days.. Sheeesh!!!! It is so hard trying to do all this and run everywhere without the help from him. I cant even find the time to squeeze in dinner for my kids inbetween all the appts, So its fast food again or left over pizza which seems to be a regular staple around here lately. This month is going to be just a blur for me. So many things going on and happening. My kids are still in school until the 20th so its still just kinda crazy with all the last few weeks stuff and activitys they plan. Plus trying to do it all as a single mother starts to wear on ya... I think i need to start making me a list of all the things i have to get done just to keep me on some kind of plan and so I can actually accomplish some of them. I get busy starting one then get sidetracked with another and just keep going and find that I havnt completed them..
I came across a page the other day from someone who left me a comment on my blog. It had a real inspiring clip on it about a book this author wrote. I felt as if she was describing my life and how I have felt lately. It sounds very uplifting check it out here.
Anyways Its almost midnight here and i finally got caught up with my orders, my house and made it through my kids schedules so I think Im off to bed so I can start over in a few hours. LOL

Oh ya todays recap.. Austin won his game today so we play one on Fri and the championship game on Sat and then I think we are done.... Yeah... Allie had her piano recital Sunday and did great. She is really becoming a great pianist. She is taking the month of june off because of our busy schedules but will start back up in July. Austin is still moving forward with his karate and i think might be testing again this month for a belt avancement... Jessie is still doing her horse lessons and loving every minute of it. We are thinking of maybe switching it to every other week but not sure how she will handle that. She really looks forward to that day.. Logan is finishing up her last week and a half of preschool. She loves to go.. And I think it has really helped her socially. She wants to be so grown up already and do things like the other kids. And boy is she independent. I'm trying so hard to keep her little since she is our last baby and she is so determined to be older. If she only knew........She has a birthday party to go to tomorrow that she is so excited for. Its really a big birthday state out here. My kids have had 5 party invites in the last month. Everyone here has places around here cater birthdays. So a child will invite like their whole class even though they dont know you. I have so tried to let them go and try to make new friends and feel more comfortable here but I think its starting to break the piggy bank. This state is also a donation and fee state. Iv never had to pay so many fee's for this and that and donations for teachers gifts and stuff like that before. It is crazy....