It is almost school time! I think it is so exciting ,but sad that it is another year they start and closer to leaving the roost!
Tyler and Jack are in High school and Payton starts 6th grade, which is it's own school.
Summer went by fast and we tried to make the best of everything. We traveled most of the summer and it was great! I love to travel and finally got Steve to go somewhere besides the United States. I feel now he is more open to it since it was a good first time out. The kids are older and more on their own so we don't have to worry as much also.

Next I will post the kids first day photos :)

I can't believe the summer is half over and the kids are getting school letters already. We have track camp for the next 2 weeks and then football camp. It is so hot they start at 8am to beat the heat.

We had a blast in Aruba and for families it is a great place to go. Then we headed for Seaworld and Frio river. Payton got to finally get to hold a penguin his face said it all. The Frio was so low it was hard to tube, but we did it anyway :) The water was so clear you could see about 8 feet down to the bottom ans still see your feet. The hills are beautiful and at 102 that day it did not seem that hot. Steve got burned the worst and still hurting a couples days later.

I am leaving on Thursday for Denver with the girls to scrap. I am looking forward to it! Then home a week and off to dad's house for the last hurray of the summer. I haven't seem him since March so looking forward to spending some time with him.

WOW! it had been a while since i have been over here. Well now I will have 2 in High school and one at the 6Th grade campus. Where did the time go and when did I have have 3 children that are heading for adulthood ;)
Tyler got his first car and Steve was sooo proud he got a great car at a great deal for him. Now jack is looking for a ob since he knows how much cars cost and what crap is out there.
Then we had our first accident of the summer. Jack broke one wrist and sprained his other trying to make a flying leap off a tree (that is just Jack). I thought his friends mom was going to have a heart attack. I said I should put a sticky note on Jack "Watch out does stuff without thinking!" He will be fine, but puts a little less fun into our Aruba trip.
We have not seen rain here for over 5 weeks and it is getting bad. The kids are worried about the 4th of July they will ban them all if this keeps up. We are planning a big crab boil and no fireworks would be just no fun. I love the 4th! I am hoping to keep up with this a little more in the months to come so stay with me:)

Field Day!

Went to Paytons field day at school. It was fun watching the 50 yard dash and the water ballon toss. I have to go back up at 2 to finish watching the finals. The school year is ending and I am relieved for sure.
Tyler last night got the citizanship award at school. We are very proud of him.

Well we had a good time yesterday Tyler got his license, which then proceeded to almost kill us by running into a truck!! He will not be driving alone on the streets for a while for sure. He needs some more of me yelling at him when he does something wrong.
I can't believe I have a 16 year old where did the time go and how did I get here? I remember when I turned 16 my mom looked worn out, do I??? She even had a 5 year old to boot NOT ME!!!
Our bathroom is finally done and I am so done with home improvement. It is funny you are all for it when you start and then a month goes by and you think what have I gotten myself into, but it is done and I love it.
Off to Sam's the boys ate everything in the house REALLY!

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY TYLER!!!! I can't believe it has been 16 years it was one of the best days of my life. Tyler you have been a pure joy with all the up and downs, but we did them together with many more to come. I love YOU!!!!
We are off the get his license this afternoon next step in life!

KIDS!!!!

I want to ask sometimes "Why do we have them?" When they are little they give us hugs and kisses, we are their world. Then they turn into TEENAGERS with hate, know it all, love you one minute, stab you in the back another. Where do we go wrong in those years of 8-12 WHERE!!!

If I live through this I should get a badge of honor, every mother should!!

Bathrrom is almost complete. We are having trouble with the tops, but hopfully that will be resolved soon.

Off to gets some scrap stuff so it is a happy day.

Back to the grind

Kids are back in school, but I have one home sick today :( I plan on cleaning up my scrap room and start something new today. I have the sheets in the wash and it is cloudy and cool (great day to scrap).
Spring break was fun we went to the Rodeo with my dad and the kids ate and drank until they were going to blow. They only wanted to go on 2 rides which was enough for them. Remember the fun houses, Tyler and Payton went in one and said it was the best. Funny!
Dad left yesterday for home so we back to the same routine which feels like we are normal again. Something about routine that makes the house run better and the kids act better. 9 weeks left a school then they are out for the summer WOW! this school year went fast.

People who you think are friends NOT!

I am hurt and just don't understand how things got so out of proportion. I sent a box with the Zutter Cutter, wire tag, smaller paper and instructions, 4x6 red bracket book in one box. This box was heavy and mailed it separate since the wire was so big. I sent the second box a couple days later since i had to buy a new box to fit is all. The second box contained 12x12 Tersea Collins paper and tags, 9 boxes of wire (which contain 6 wire each) 8x8 bracket book in red.
Well since this person I do not talk to on a regular basis I just mailed a quick e-mail through Facebook the box is coming. WELL, I get a nasty NOTE to where is the stuff that was in the AD? I took the AD offensive since I thought we were friends and it was not a AD. I mailed more than what was in the picture. Then on FACEBOOK she wrote how a "friend screwed her" I took that hurtful which I did not at all. It cost me almost $30 to ship the darn thing and only asked for $50 total for the all of it and shipping. I would never screw anyone over on anything! I have always paid my fair share and given even more to make it easy!
I guess this is my therapy and close this up! Done!

Dana Buol have fun with your Zutter and extra stuff.

Well I am not on a role this year uh? It has been busy gutting the master bathroom. I never knew it would take so long to pick out a tile for the floor and the shower, so many decisions. I will have to post a before and after of the ugly to beautiful bathroom.
We have so many other not finished projects it boggles my mind why we started this one. DH gets a little bored and something in the house gets torn apart. I guess it gets updated every so often is the good thing.

I have one comment on the housing bail-out "WHERE IS MY BAILOUT!" We pay our mortgage on time, we did not buy more house then we could afford (we bought under!way under) we don't spend money we don't have so "WHERE IS MY BAILOUT!" Why should we pay for other peoples mistakes. I am NOT saying the people that are working 2-3 jobs, taking care of kids, lost their jobs and just can't make ends meat. Where is the moral commitment when you sign that paper. What do you think? I know of 3 people that make mistake after mistake and do not want to change their habits to make it work. SO Why should we bail them out! MOP

Just Frustrated!

Way to long!

I can't believe it has been over a month since I have been on here. I thought I would be better after the first of the year and NOPE! I will try to be better. Well since December it has been busy, but being so cold out for here we have been staying inside.
Tyler spilled some bad chemicals on his hand and it is not pretty. Jack has been sick for over a week with the flu. Let's all pray he will go to school tomorrow PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! Payton is my little social bug haven't seen him much lately. I went to family movie night at his school and he took off to be with his FRIENDS. Well I thought the FAMILY would come with me, but no they did not want to sit through Kung Fu Panda. I sat all by myself on the cold, hard gym floor all by myself eating popcorn. What a mom would do for their kids. Now tonight he is at a basketball game his friend is in.

Well I will check in tomorrow the hot tub it HOT! YIPEE!

What a last few weeks it has been from driving to dads for Thanksgiving, which my sister and I spent it in the emergency room with Nik and a cut finger. MEMORIES! Jack turned 14, then Payton turned 11. Now onto Christmas and the kids just want a TV to play their games on and not just a TV a 47" Plasma. The trampoline is going to last maybe one more day ,so that is one present since they use it everyday. The boys got a X-box 360 for their birthdays. It is so hard when they get presents just before Christmas, but my nephew has his birthday on the 24th so he really gets jipped.
We went on a dinner date with friends last night and I really did not want to go, but so glad I did we had a really good time with them all. Steve and I are really home buddies, so to go out it is a treat.

I think I will do some shopping today NOT the mall, but maybe Kohls.

Off to dads house

We are getting ready to go to Dads house for Thanksgiving and it already has been a trip. My sister called and said they could not make it until Thursday night, so dad gets his shorts in a tivey. I mentioned to make Thanksgiving on Friday and he thought I shot the bird right then and there. Well, after much thinking instead of eating in shirts when people come in we are going to eat on Friday. It is a long drive for us 16 hours just for 3 days, but I LOVE my dad and since we won't get to go for Christmas I want to see him for Thanksgiving. I have learned take any oppurtunity to see family when ever you can.

I spent the day with Kris we had a good time. I did not get to see her new house since i needed to get back to the house to pick up the boys from school. It is touch since it is a 1 hour or more depends on traffic each way.
I got a new Bind- it- all so I got some O-wire at the junkie. I only spent 19.00 I was very proud of myself. I am keeping our spending on the low before Birthdays and christmas hit.

Happy Thanksgiving see you next week.

WOW I figured it out

Yes, I can change my background. I still not sure if I like it, but let's give a day or two.
I am still working on my scrap room it is coming together slowly. I have to fight with a huge weight bench in the middle it will not fit out the doorway or it would have been out of there!
Steve is gone today so that means the boys and i will be eating out. Yeah!! no cooking. I got 2 16# turkeys yeasterday for a whooping $6.00 pays to shop at the same store all the time.

Well off to get into more stuff, fun fun!

I do miss talking to my Chi5 sistas, but I know they are busy and i am thinking of them!!

HELLO it is Friday!

I am so happy it is Friday! I am so tired by Thursday night I fall asleep on the couch at 9 pm. I painted my scraproom and now the shelves will have to go up and I can start stuffing it with my scrap stuff. I copied a scraproom that was in Keepsakes magazine. It had IKEA shelves and stuff you would use in the kitchen and it works! I am such a copy cat, but it works for me.
I got a estimate to fix our pool decking (short story DH did it!) It will be $9,000 to repair it. What do you think he will do???? Want to bet money on it :) He always has these ideas and thinks he can do it, which then in return it costs us triple to fix his mistakes! MEN!
My sister has decided to go to my dads for Thanksgiving so it will be nice to see her and the kids. Then we decided to go skiing for Christmas in January, but now the neighbors want to come too, then the other neighbor does with her 2 kids??? Steve wants to know when did this become a neighborhood get together in Denver???? Sometimes things take a hold of themselves and grow. He is not a person for crowds, especially when we have to share a bathroom with 10 other people. Again, we will see where this goes.

Off to find some studs (in the wall you dirty minds LOL)

Where does time go? I have been over on Facebook so that takes up some time, then over to scrapjammies, and then surfing and POOF! days are gone and it is November. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving since we are going to Lincoln to visit my dad and brother. We won't make it home for Christmas since last year was the drive of all blizzards we went through. Kansas and Okalahoma our least favorite states to drive through summer or winter!
Football is finished so we are not doing much. I love it when we are busy, but sometimes I can't find my head. Now we are sitting at 6 since it is so dark out and now the chilly air has set in 60's seem chilly to me now.
I have started a new book "Look me in the eye" about a man that has had Asperger's and nvever knew it until he was a adult. It makes me so sad that I didn't know Tyler had it until 5th grade and even then I have had a hard time dealing with it. He is who he is and i can't change it, but just feel bad that he can't make friends. Moving all the time didn't help, but again it is what it is "I GUESS". I wish I had one ounce of his motivation and smarts! He will be something great when he grows up. If anyone has a child with Autism (any for a the specturm) this book is a must read!
Well better get off the kids will be home in 5 minutes or less.
Happy Monday :)

WOW! it has been a while since I have been over here. Things are back to normal and I have made it to the gym twice this week YEAH! I am trying to get rid of the tummy roll and some arm flab. Why is it you can get rid of it so easy when you are 18 and when you are 37 it takes 100 more times to burn 100 calories!
They are still picking up logs on the front of the yards so there are so many stupid trucks around it is hard to get anywhere. It took us 1 hour to get to Jacks football game last night.
I hope all is well with everyone and catch up more tomorrow:)

Hump Day

I made it to the gym again today I am doing really good. I have 2 friends that are going with and that helps a ton to keep going. At night though my thighs are killing me (good thing uh?)

Watching the weather we don't have to worry to much since we are 70 miles inland, but we lose power if someone sneezes so we will be watching the wind. Kids are praying to get out of school YAH RIGHT!

All my Tx gal pals our house is open to anyone who wants to come up to us.

Hugs to all!! Stay safe

Alone again

I am finally alone in my house it has been 2 weeks somebody was here during the day. My dad left this morning after Tyler and Jack left for school. I already miss him. I wish he would live closer, but he hates the Houston heat. We had the best time with the boat and he took the boys to the shooting range. My boys just love my dad and wish we could see him more of him then 2 times a year.
LOVE YOU DAD!!!!

The backyard is still a mess with mud they are here right now forming so they can pour the concrete tomorrow!! YEAH! My pool is a mess and needs to be scrubbed.

Jack had football practice yesterday and got hit really hard in the ribs OUCH! He was hurting this morning, but won't miss one practice. I gave him some Tylonel and he went to school, very slowly. Time will heal, but as a mom I want to fix it.

My list today is hit the scrapbook store and Sams club we are out of drinks.

Forbiddon Gardens, Katy Texas great place for the kids to see history.....