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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Here I am again

For as much as I like writing I sure do go a LONG time in between my posts. Life just seems to get so busy sometimes. No complaints this time. Lovin' life right now.
Holidays are over and I am feeling really good about this year. Not sure why but I feel it will be a productive one. I only wish I had more time in a day that is all. And enough energy to keep up with all the extra time I want to have.
Seems that all I do is work work work! No play time lately no me time lately. Still not much to complain about I have a great family and love them all. What more could I ask for??
OK I could ask for less suffering in the world and more world peace ya that's a good one I will ask for that.
Well enough rambling for me gotta tend to the kiddos!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sad and mad and full of regret

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
So my brother ends up homeless. (Due to his own life decisions) and this isn't the first time either. So stupid me felt bad for him because my mom wont let him stay there and my dad wont let him stay there. And it's cold outside.....so I stupidly let him come stay here. As of Saturday 2 days. Because he says he wants to change his ways yep...I fell for that one. And now I fully regret letting him in. He is still hanging out with the same crowd (probably not on the right road either). I told him he could stay here but he has to leave every day at 7:30 in the morning and not come back until 3:30 because those are business hours and he can go look for a job. But I have no doubt in my mind that he didn't even try to find a job. And I like to give everyone the benefit of a doubt but when he tells me that the sun was in his eyes in his car while he was trying to sleep I just can't give him the benefit of a doubt. On top of that yesterday (Sunday) he was in bed until 3:30 in the afternoon and then he got up showered and left and didn't return until 10:30 at night. So I told him at that time that I would appreciate if he could be here by 9. SO tonight he shows up at 945. So I talked to him, and in conversation he tells me that my mom (who I am very close to) doesn't care about him at all. When in reality (where my brother apparently does not live) my mom worries about him day and night. All the time she is worried about him. And now he is staying at my house.... temporarily thank goodness. And he is trying to argue with me. Gosh! I wish I had not let him in. Because I am sad now I really want him to do good. I want him to turn his life around and get back on track he is 29 years old. But I still can't make him change if he doesn't want to. I am just mad that I was dumb enough to believe that he wanted to change. Geez!!!!
I know nobody is going to read this but it sure feels better to get it out of my mind and onto this post. So wheeeeew!!!! Feeling better now maybe I can get some sleep.
Hopefully

Monday, September 12, 2011

DIRT! DIRT! AND MORE DIRT!

Lincoln had fun camping

Found as much dirt as he could. And then rolled around in it. He is definitely ALL boy!!
And I think I had just as much fun watching him in it as he had playing in it. It is so much fun to just sit back and watch to see what he will do next. Kids mind's are amazing.


Jordyn gets down and dirty too
With Kameron's help of course. See her toes poking out of the sand

And then more dirt

And Kameron isn't afraid of dirt either but he just hides it much better
So we camped, fished, rolled around in dirt and then came home so that we could bury each other in sand!!!! YES! How fun it is to be young.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Well here I go again

I still haven't gotten any better at this blogging stuff! So Kudos to all you bloggers.
But I am gonna give it another try. So here goes.......
I can't believe summer vacation is coming to an end already. Where did it go? The summer weather just barely got here. And the end of summer means that I will have a 4th grader... A 4TH GRADER!!!!!!!! How did this happen he was just 3 years old not so long ago. But he has grown so much over the summer. He has turned into quite the young man. Yes he still fights CONSTANTLY with his sister but he has also come to terms that he is not an only child anymore. Thank goodness! It only took him 3 years to come to this point. He is a good kid. And getting better everyday! I am now starting to realize that he is not a kid anymore he is turning into a young man and that is sad :(
I am looking forward to meeting his teachers (yes two of them YAY!!!Two is always better than one) next week. Kam is excited too. He keeps correcting me every time I tell someone we are going to meet the teacher next year he says no mom Teacher'SSSS. 
We are not going to give him any ADHD medication because I still just don't believe he needs that scary medication. I think it is really a matter of overcrowded classrooms because I can get him to do school work here ....he has been practicing multiplication and he has been reading throughout the summer. He is reading Harry Potter right now which I think is a little over his head but I wont discourage him from it. At least he is reading right? I am a proud happy mama!!!!!!!
As for Jordyn WOW!!! She is a brat! A lovable brat but still a brat. I think we went wrong when she got out of the hospital and we were just thankful that she was healthy so we let her get away with a lot. And just counted our blessings. Then every time she gets sick we flash back to the month in the hospital and how scary that was and it starts all over again with the counting our blessings and she gets away with more. OK so more Ryan than me because she is really daddy's girl. But also me too. So we are now working on fixing the problem. Ugh!!! But she is still so dang cute!!!! She is loving the movie Finding Nemo right now and she tells me at least once a day that Dori says bad squishy (you know the jellyfish scene when Dori gets stung). And when she says it  just cracks you up because her pronunciation is just so cute. We just love her so much. She is not all brat just the majority. But she is 3 so she is entitled I suppose. You know the song..... You're gonna miss this by Trace Adkins. That song better be right because I just don't see myself missing this....yet!
And Lincoln and he is just so mellow and laid back. Love that BIG little guy! My only wish for him right now is that he would talk more.....he just points and says uh! or Ah! and somebody usually knows what he wants and gets it for him so no need for him to talk. So 18 months old and the only words he really says are...mom, dada, kitty, dog, and cuckoo (yes you read that right the kid says cuckoo not sure where he learned that). But he will go to the fridge if he is thirsty, and he will go to the pantry when he is hungry. He also follows directions like lets go brush your teeth, or do you want to take a bath?  He also knows what do you want a bite? means (of course lil chubby dude!) So in time he will speak..... they all do right?
OK and last but not least Ryan...yes the love of my life. He has become quite the workaholic. He has started so many projects this year that his work day doesn't end when he leaves the job. He gets home and works until he falls asleep ....or as I call it passes out on the couch (about 9 pm)  until I wake him up to go to bed. We are remodeling our basement so it is gutted completely (it was done wrong in the first place so it will end up better), we are replacing the fence in our backyard because everytime the wind blows really hard the wooden fence falls down and  both us and the neighbor have a big dog but at least our dog's get along. Also as I have mentioned we started painting our upstairs in January and it is almost done but not quite so I of course tease him about that. Telling him he is the man of unfinished projects. Which REALLY he is but at lease he doese projsects and isn't just sitting on the couch being lazy. And along with all that he also mows the lawn once a week and washes vehicles about once a week and takes Kam to Tae Kwon do every Monday Wednesday and sometimes Friday. See what a man. I really love that guy!!!! I am so lucky to have met him. I hope he knows this.
And then there is me.... and I am surviving my summer with three kids and the little boy I took in babysitting. And I am loving every minute of it. I am one happy mom and wife. I could not ask for anything else. Life is good. I am going to attempt teaching preschool this fall. So wish me luck. I have faith...I used to do it for a living so I got it! I think it will be so much fun!!! Jordyn is excited. I wont disappoint!!
Well enough rambling...I just gotta say that we have had a good summer...lots of camping,fishing (Lincoln and Jordyn's first fishing trip), a few trips to the zoo, and other places, watched and lit off fireworks, swimming and much more. Just sad to see it end because there was so many more thing I wanted to do. But no regrets!!!!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Well It has been a while since my last post. I think I gave up on blogging (again). I just am not that exciting......and I don't want to bore you. Just raising kids which in itself is not boring at all. In fact never a dull moment. But not as interesting to anybody outside our house LOL. 
Summer......wow is it busy and getting busier by the moment. We just poured concrete today (well I watched my husband and his friends pour concrete) and WOW that was a long day around here. . Trying to keep my kids inside or away from the fresh concrete outside. Oh boy! Then we have a super busy weekend. Ryan is working at the west fest (carnival) and we will have to go watch the fireworks at the end of it. I will be babysitting during the day on Saturday 3 extra kids. That will keep me a little busy with my 3 kids as well. But fun times. By the way still not done painting! But now have hardwood flooring in our entry the remodeling is never going to end at this rate!!!!!!
Well that is it for now. Maybe something will come up to write about soon. Until then ....

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Just more ramblings

So I might finally be getting the hang of this blogging thing. Life has been moving at a very fast pace around here lately. I wish it would slow down just a little bit so that I can keep up. I took up babysitting for my cousin. Her little boy is the same age as my daughter (2 months older).
Jordyn hasn't really been around other kids.SO it gets a little tough sometimes she just doesn't want to share ANYTHING!  Kam goes to school and Lincoln is too little for her to have to share with. So it's a new adventure for her too. She is quickly learning to share. So far no complaints here.
We have also been painting at our house. And let me just tell you what a blast that has been. I told Ryan that there are two things that I never want to do again. First move, and second paint.Neither one of those things are very fun. (We have been painting for 2 months...wow we are slow!) But unfortunately we will probably be doing both of those things again. Not soon but sometime. And now we are starting to put in some hardwood floors. But this time when I say we I really mean Ryan. I will be glad when he decides to be done remodeling. We were just going to paint. And it has progressed. But it will look great when it's done. So I better stop complaining about it.
Kam's birthday is coming up next week. I can't believe he is going to be 9. Time is just flying by. I wanted him to stay tiny but he just keeps growing. So I took him and some friends to Discovery Gateway last weekend. We all had fun that day. I was a little stressed out before we went. Worrying about taking so many kids and trying to keep track of all of them with just myself and my neighbor. But the kids were all pretty good. They stayed together for the most part. Boy was I relieved.
There is a look into what's going on around here. Other than that just the daily routine. Hopefully I will post more soon. But for now I better call it a night.

Monday, March 21, 2011

ADHD??? Who really knows

Since kindergarten Kameron has had some problems at school In kindergarten he got into trouble for things like hitting other kids, and chasing girls trying to kiss them (the school threatened to call the police for sexual harassment for that). But at the time I just thought he had a bad teacher because ...well she was a space cadet. She also got let go after that year of school. First grade not much improvement......in teachers I mean. Kam's behavior got a little better but concentration and focus got a little worse. His teacher was better than kindergarten but not by much. But I have to add that Kameron has liked all his teachers a lot. Me...not so much. In kindergarten they wanted me to have Kam tested for ADHD I didn't agree. In first grade they wanted me to have him tested. I didn't agree. But in second grade he had a really good teacher she was very well organized and strict. She also paid attention to what was going on in her classroom. So in second grade when they wanted me to have him tested I agreed. He was tested. And I am not sure how they figure because my answers were different from his teacher's answers but they decided to put him on medication for ADHD.
No I have to say that I really don't like the idea of those medications, any of them. To me it is like meth because kids lose their appetite, have problems sleeping, lose weight, sometimes hallucinate too. Not to mention that the first medication he was put on was called methylin and on the pills it said c. meth ???? So he tried that medication his reading level went from a 1st grade level to a 3rd grade level. His grades went up, and I seemed to get a few less complaints and calls from the school. So all was well, for the rest of the school year. Then in 3rd grade we started back on that medication after summer. Because he just doesn't need it if he is not in school. But this time while on the medication, he looked and acted a lot like a zombie. Just emotion less and pretty numb to the world. No personality at all, no smile...nothing. It was like we lost Kam in there somewhere. It really made me sad to see. So I spoke with the doctor, she prescribed something else and this one was called adderall.  Same side effects. It worked for a minute. But in the evenings when it wore off he got really irritable and just mean to everyone in our house. Snapping at everyone, and really REALLY emotional. So again I spoke with the doctor and we switched again.  This time to focalin. Same side effects; loss of appetite, hard to sleep, etc..... He took it for about 2 weeks and maybe it wasn't really in his system as well as could be but we were seeing some really scary behavior like Kam being really rough with Jordyn and pushing her down for being in his way, pushing Lincoln's head knocking him down because he wouldn't leave Kam alone, he even shoved me in our hallway because we were both walking on the same side of the hall opposite directions so I was in his way. He was starting to act really violent even sometimes at school. It really scared me. So I called the doctor, yes again, and I sas really upset talking to her telling her what was going on and she told me to double the dose; give him 2 not 1 pill. I never did I was too worried about how he may act or if I would be overdosing him. So we have given up on the pills for now. I will post again soon. But for now I better get to bed.