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Merry Christmas

Been so busy lately like I am sure everyone else is too. I have also worked for the last three nights and one more to go"sigh". Did some baking yesterday and going to try to fit some in today before I go to work. The kids are very excited and I cant wait to see their faces on Christmas morning...So wishing everybody a great Holiday!

uuggghhhh

So on Monday around 5 pm while I was at work I see my DH walk in with the 4 little ones with a very mean face on...he throws me our debit card and says you need to pay the cable bill because they juts shut it off..I pause of course thinking did I forget..I would not put it pass me. Then I say no its not due to the 15th of the month so I gave the cable company a call. Of course after on hold and press 2 for this and 1 for that I get a human...
I explain to him that our cable has gone off along with our telephone and Internet(they are all through them). He looks the info up and replies we see no disconnection in service for your house. I told him my Dh saw a guy go up the pole(and just in a dodge ram) and do something and it went off. The guy then tells me to call my neighbors to see if they still have service so I did and they did have service.

So I call back again and did the hold and press# thing and I got a lady who I will say was very nice...I had to explain everything to her again so she said the same thing as the man before her and then said let me do some research and I will call you back and she also gave me her direct number to just in case.

So my DH goes home to a house with no TV, Telephone who Internet. I also do not have cell phones either. So about 1 1/2 later I call the lady back and she explains that she is still trying to get someone to come out but I keep denied until 2 days later...(steaming) I am explaining again that I can not go without a phone with young children in the house and this is when you realize that no tv for 2 days just would not work with the little ones either.

Another hour goes by and a Supervisor calls me and says that no one can come out tonight but you are first on the list for Tues morning....and they will credit me for 24 hours. So easy going me did not put up a fight but I did ask what happened. She had no clue, she just said that its not my fault or their fault. Well of course I say then "who's fault is it?" She says well we have sub-contractors and they might have turned mine off by accident..well wouldn't you know that? Anyway our stuff got turned back on at 10(I guess they get a late start at this company) and I wonder now was this just some guy trying to steal cable and messed ours up....

KIDS THESE DAYS...

So my oldest went to his school dance last night(not his first). This is the first time I was off and was able to pick him up. I decided to get out of the car(unlike most parents) and walk up to the doors where they come out. SO the Dances lets out at 9 and there is about 300 kids (6th to 8th graders) coming out of the building and not all at one time. They dismiss them by sections and of course my son was in the last one"sigh" I stand there with no coat and its about 35 degrees(stupid me) but it was interesting to watch all these kids go by me. Some boys just had shorts and shirt and all this jewelry on and the smell of cologne. All had there cell phones out and it was not to call mom. Now this brings me to the girls...wow....the make-up and the way they dressed. I was in shock....and this is middle school.

So I am still standing there and some were with there parents and I just starred at amazement at the way they talked to there parents and parents just chuckle. One thing that stood out to me was a girl was standing next to me and placing a call on her phone. Her first words were "dad I am not coming home right now, I'll be home later" she walked away so I didn't get to hear everything but I wonder what the dad o nthe other end said.

So I get my son he says some goodbye to his friends and we head to our car. As we are leaving the parking lot the big SUV in front of us has three boys hanging out the windows yelling at the cars and doing all kind of hand gestures. So in the car next to me I notice other boys responding to the SUV and they drive off while this is still happening..maybe I am different but no way would that be happening in my car.

The funny thing is I am one of the youngest mothers with having a soon to be 13 year old at 30 and it seems like I have more sense then others.

Blessings

My Christmas Wish LIst

Ok so hear a a few (alot) of things I am wishing for this Christmas. I know most of them are far fetched but its nice to dream and make them your goals for the upcoming new year...

1. I have to say a DIGITAL CAMERA...yes I have no camera...thank goodness for disposable but they never get developed.....

2. A neat clean organized house..now don't get me wrong we are not pigs but somehow when I get the clean house it never stays more than a few days.

3. For my youngest son to talk..he is 2 1/2 and just says Mamma..Yes I am blessed that there is nothing else wrong but its getting frustrated not to know what he wants.

4. To be financially stable.."sigh" Hopefully with Income Tax season this can be possible.

5. To become confident, organized and strict enough to start homechooling my kids.

6. To have a closer relationship with the Lord..I strayed away a little.

7. To become more of a better mother...falling behind in that Dept too...As my DH would say...my tutelage is crumbling. Need to be more structured at home with them

8. To be able to handle my oldest son hitting the teenage years with ease...he will be 13 in March

9. OK so this goes with the money wish...to able to cut down at work..I would be happy with 2 days a week

10. To make it to the spring with no Hospital visits..Jan-March are always rough.

11. Well I will keep this to myself since I would get slandered for even thinking this(ya Mothers of large families understand he he)

12. Well of course for the safety/health of all my family for 2008.

I could go on but Boys are getting into something..I just know it.

Blessings
Debbie

SHOP TO YOU DROP

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So this is the way our society has turned out. I just watched in shock at all these people standing in line for hours to get that perfect gift(and its cold where I am at) Times are tough there is no doubt..gas prices are so high and its the cause and effect..everything else goes up too which means little $$$ to spend.

So it leaves me to wonder...do these people actually have the $$ to spend or are they dipping out of there budget..such as rent/mortgage, food, heat and so on. I know I could not just go out and spend $1000 in one day like I heard so many people did and I am sure Credit cards played a great deal but I also wonder where will these people be next Black Friday? Will they loose there homes or not have no money to buy gifts next year because they are still paying for this year.

I am blessed to have some extra money and a mother who does help me out but I don't go hog wild and dont get me wrong I would love too but at the same time your kids are not going to love you more or less if they get one thing, 5 things or 20 things.
If you have the money then by all means make it a magical Christmas but don't forget the meaning and there is also a meaning for you non-religious people too and you might not know it...this is the time of year to be happier, more grateful and put some of your problems behind you and the most important thing is this is the time for family to be together..just like they used to all the time in the old days. We dont have that now because things are different but if everybody could just make this one time a year to get together and celebrate the different holidays now til Jan 1st just think how your children and extended family will feel...its not about the money/presents it the closeness of the family that will keep your family strong and that what we need more of.

Have a blessed weekend!

I AM BACK

Yes its been awhile....I have just been busy like I am sure alot of people are at this time. I even had another vacation thrown in there but I just had alot to do and then I have my Brandon(3) and Ryan(2) who are..well lets just say they keep me on my toes.

School has been going good for the kids..Kevin is Kevin...the "Middle School Years" He got his report card and I went to the conferences..is biggest complain is not doing homework! So we are working on that but I did have two teachers who had him last year say he is so much more mature this year. So there is always a neg against a pos... Brittney is doing well. She is in the higher reading class but is struggling a little with that but the teacher says that is fine. Then you have Alyssa..still a little behinde the other kids(she is a young 5) Her teacher says she is doing alot better than what she was like at the beginning of the year...I do worry though that she will have to repeat KDG..but that is OK..she never went to Pre-school and just turned 5 in Aug..about a month before the cut-off date to enroll. So we will see.

We are having Thanksgiving at our house for the first time..should be interesting. We started play practice for the Church Christmas play and we have Dance, Boy Scouts, Brownies and Daisy's and yes I am still working 4 days a week.


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Well its official...they have arrived here at our home...just one of the gang has them so far....and me, my DH and Kevin has had them soo..just 3 more to go..LOL.

I noticed yesterday that my daughter had some type of rash on her leg then she showed me it on her arms too. Her arms looked like it could me Chicken Pox but not the legs...so with all this hype about MRSA going aroun I paniced and called the DR and they reassured me it sounds like Chicken Pox..so 24 hours later the rash is still there and they are making her itchy. I would not mind of all the kids got it done and over with now but Halloween is 10 days away and I owuld hate to see one of them have to miss trick or treating...

To do or not to do......

Well over the last few weeks..months and even years I have prayed, researched and deeply thought about homeschooling and having more children. Have I come with a final decision..NO!

I will say I am more ready to make these decisions then I was a year ago. There is still some things holding me back though but I have decided that I have to get through them to make my final decision.

With homeschooling I just dont feel enough confidence in myself yet....I get them jitters that I hear is common but they go away after the first year...my kids are for it and I am for it and I am still working on DH...he was totally against it a year ago but now he listens a little more to the reasons...

Now with having more kids.......well one thing is our last 4 were born in 5 years and I did need that break...mentally and physically...my health needed to improve. Then $$$$ plays a factor for us..no I am not a SAHM..long story but I need to work and will always need to work at least 10 hours a week for extra income. We are just starting to get out of a financial disaster we were in and I think it scares us to get into that again but I am sure our faith will get us through that.

So now the tie-in...I really need to be more organized and consistent with my house and family before I make the final decisions...if I could do that then I know that my answer will be yes and yes and I believe my DH will be the same...so now my goal is set...new year coming so new me coming....I will start now to put some of the pieces together but by the 1st of the year I want to be in full swing of running my household more efficient so please pray for my strength to do this....I need to be committed and confident so wish me well!

I do see myself having more babies and going the homeschool route but I have to set my priorities straight first.

Have a blessed day!

Last details of our trip

We went back to epcot on Thursday....we had a better day than we had our first day there except for at night..I'll get there in a moment. Today I got to ride the Test Track...and the others rode it again..we did Soarin again and Mark came on with us but he was a little nervous because he is a scared of heights but he enjoyed it. We did all the countries today but for some reason we just kind of hurried through them..i guess with little ones in tow its hard to see all the stuff the countries have to offer...we did the two rides there and they saw the American movie which I have not seen yet after 4 times of being there...maybe next time. So now to the end................After eating in Canada at the Steakhouse we went and got ready for Illuminations....like an hour and a half before it started..so there was lighting in the distance and it did look bad so we were debating what to do. Of course it did not seem to faze anybody else there...so here we are all comfy..the kids have suckers and sitting on the ground withRyan in the stroller. We realize my DS 3 lost his Pluto hat so DH and Bil went back to the place where we ate to see if it was there...then my DS 12 had to go the bathroom and of course could not wait so off he went across the way. well about 5 minutes later a bolt of lighting strikes pretty close with a big boom and rain pelted down with hail and the winds were really bad..and out of nowhere...so I alone with all 4 little ones who at this point are starting to cry..we run into the shop which was next to us and it was wall to wall people in there...my kids are scared and my 12 year old is out there somewhere and my DH and Bil never came back...I am a nervous wreck more thinking of my 12 year old and it seemed like an hour but probally about 5 minutes later I see him looking in the window..relief....but he could not make it to me but I had sight of him and of course he is smiling because he is soaked! Then a few minutes later I see the glare from my DH looking through the window(he hates being wet at all) so the rain stopped but lighting everywhere and off we went..as we laid in bed we watched the local news only to see that a bad tornado hit not to far North from us...

Friday we went to MGM...I do like this park but its hard to see alot because of the times of the shows you have to work around. My kids did mange to get me on the Tower of Terror so there I was with Kevin Brittney and Alyssa and Brandon who are 3 and 5 and I am scared..turned out to be not that bad. I would even do it again. We ended the night with there night show which I would say was the best....would suggest not to miss that one...so off back to our hotel for our last night there....

We left on sat and headed towards Daytona Beach first..Just wanted to let our kids play at the beach for a little bit..they have never been to a beach and they loved it..messy after but they had a good time..so then off we left for our long journey home which we arrived home Sunday morning at about 11 am.

Planning our next trip to DW!!!

our trip part three

So I noticed on my last post I made a boo boo..we went to Epcot on Monday...now on Tues we went to A. Kingdom. the first thing we did was saw its a Bugs Life in a the Big Tree..I always like that one...we did get to go to the Rainforest's Cafe for Lunch..we love that Restaurant. We left the park as 5 when it closed and headed towards the rest where are reservations were. We ate at Chef Mickeys at the Cont Hotel and I think besides the Breakfast with the Princess that was our kids favorite....Goofy, Donald, Mickey and Minnie all came around to our tables and it was a buffet so of course we liked it.LOL

On Weds we went back to the Magic Kingdom...finished up what we missed and then rode our favorites. We stayed for their night show...not as impressed as I thought I would be with that but thats Ok...and yes it rained that morning which was a pain in the butt...we all had our ponchos on...and Ryan did not want it on and it was raining pretty hard for about 3 hours in the morning and then never rained again after noon which it was supposed to rain all day..praise!

OUR TRIP PART TWO

Our first day we went to the magic Kingdom and got there very early..around 8 am and there were hardly anyone there! We went on like 6-7 things in 45 minutes..its was so hot that day too so we cut out early to shower for our dinner at the Fort Wilderness Lodge. The restaurant we went to was awesome and I cant remember then name right now.

On Tuesday we went to Epcot and that was one of our worst days. Ryan would not behave...with him being 2 he was bored there and just did not want to sit through anything or wait in any lines and the heat did not help so my DH took him back to our room while me and the gang rode Soarin the new ride which is awesome! That morning we did have Breakfast at Norway wit the Princesses and it was really nice..my girls loved it.

trip details part one

So after saving for about 3 years we have finally made our trip to Disney World come true! We satyed there for a week and my Bil came along with us and we DROVE...yes brave!

We left at about 10 pm(after Kevins school dance) the kids were all sleeping by about 2 hours in to the trip if even that long. My DH and Bil took turns driving and I sat i nthe back drifting in and out of sleep. By 5 am we were already in South Carolina so we just kept driving(that was like our mid-point to stop for the day) Around 8 am the kids started getting up so we drove a little further and stopped in Georgia for Breakfast. Then on we went..by 1 we were in Jacksonville Fl. SO I called the Disney Resort we were staying in and saw if we could ass another night since we were way ahead of schedule and we did. SO we arrived at the resort at about 5 pm and we relaxed the rest of the night.

OK I Know....

its been a long time since I posted lasts...not that anybody probably reads this but I do SO I really need to update...

Well school back in session..we have Kevin in 7th Brittney in 2nd and Alyssa in KDG(which is a whole problem in itself..post more later) I miss my kids when they are gone...I ate this part of being a mom..letting my kids go.and some might say well homeschool...trust me the thought has crossed my mind many of times and I do alot of research but I just dont feel comfortable yet to do that..I need more confidence in myself...

I have been working working working....and we just got back from our vacation to Disney World..Awesome time...more details and pix to follow at a later date! SP Fall is in the air and its my favorite time of year.....I scrubbed my kitchen down and hopefully can get to the rest of the house....well off to do some more house work but til the nest post many blessings!

Ok so I am a little late..but Happy 2nd Birthday to My little Ry RY...My baby is growing up...miss those baby years.....hint hint!


And also Happy 5th birthday to my Dram Queen ALyssa! She will still be my baby girl!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS!

NO CHILDREN

No Children! by Edgar Guest
No children in the house to play--
It must be hard to live that way!
I wonder what the people do
When night comes on and the work is through,
With no glad little folks to shout,
No eager feet to race about,
No youthful tongues to chatter on
About the joy that's been and gone?
The house might be a castle fine,
But what a lonely place to dine!

No children in the house at all,
No fingermarks upon the wall,
No corner where the toys are piled--
Sure indication of a child.
No little lips to breathe the prayer
That God shall keep you in His care,
No glad caress and welcome sweet
When night returns you to your street;
No little lips a kiss to give--
Oh, what a lonely way to live!

No children in the house! I fear
We could not stand it half a year.
What would we talk about at night,
Plan for and work with all our might,
Hold common dreams about and find
True union of heart and mind,
If we two had no greater care
Than what we both should eat and wear?
We never knew love's brightest flame
Until the day the baby came.

And now we could not get along
Without their laughter and their song.
Joy is not bottled on a shelf,
It cannot feed upon itself,
And even love, if it shall wear,
Must find its happiness in care;
Dull we'd become of mind and speech
Had we no little ones to teach.
No children in the house to play!
Oh, we could never live that way!

Idlewild with some old firends...........

So everybody cuts up MySpce..they say it casues nothing but trouble...blah blah blah...well over the year that I have had the account I had came in contact with people I have not seen in years. Recently I got back i ntouch with an old friend I had in High school who I knew becasue I was engaged to her cousin...so after all these years and not even being with her cousin anymore we clicked and are friends again....

On Monday We took our kids along with her mom and her two kids to Idlewild...we had a blast! They were pretty much the same age and they got along great! The sad thing was my 12 year who is their cousins was not able to attend and the two older boys who are there are age really wanted to see him...

Even thought it was a very hot day and very crowded the kids were pretty good...we even swam at the water park too...we stayed all day at the park..got there at 11 am and stayed til 10:00 pm.

It was so nice to see Dorine and her Mom after all these years and the best thing is they still like me!LOL A lot of history with there family....I hope we can stay liek this...she is just an awesome girl!

Going to catch up......

I have been pretty busy lately....Summer is winding down and getting ready for school and our vacation....Well sadly last Tuesday my Dh Aunt passed away after a 5 month battle with Cancer. So on Friday me and Dh and the two girls went to Ohio to attend the services for her..even though it for her services we still had a great time seeing his family again..they are always a hoot!

On Sunday We went to Steller training Camp..Just little B came with us and he was such a good little boy....he had an awesome time.

On Monday I went to Idlewild with my old friend who I am so blessed to have back in my life Dorine..there is some history between us and I am glad we are back in touch...and we had an awesome day...Hopefully I can get some pix up. So now its back to climbing Mt Laundry and getting hte house together...til then many blessings!

RECONNECTING

I have been so blessed the last couple of months especially weeks to get in touch with some old friends. There was a period in my life that I lost pretty much all touch with everybody. Having 4 kids in 5 years and working in a different area led me to not seeing to many or keeping in touch.

Now my kids are getting older and I work in my area again I see more poeple and have time to talk or go out with them. The computer had helped too(Kudos to myspace). It makes you realize how some friends can be out of your life for so long and you can just hop back into the friendship..thats a true friend.

The memories come floating back and they make you smile when you are down...The good times and the bad. What a blessing it his to have "friends" that care enough to be there for you..Now hopefully this can a lifelong thing...friendships that are real lasts forever!

Just one of thoses days............

Ok so this might be a vent/depression post. I had my cleaning spree yesterday and then I go to work and I cleaned more so today the complete opposite...I just want to lay around and imagine the house is quiet and watch some TV..OK REALITY SETS IN

Ya know I clean clean clean and for what it gets messy again..of course I have kids and they are little..understandable. I work 30 hours a week too and believe me its work...on feet 70% of hte time...so can we say stressed.

I just wish I had time to myself...yeah I am on the computer when I can..but the kids are climbing on me or around me and there is always noise in the background...When there is no noise I know that I am in for it...A big mess or just something that should not be!

Does anybody offer to help me out...no...I have to ask and then they do it. People make the comments that I should be happy that my kids and DH clean up for me that there families do nothing and I get happy but now looking at it its not that great. I have to ask, beg, plead and they yell and argue.

Am I appreciated.........I really dont think so.......and that all around!

SO what really burns me is when I work my DH has a free ride...his parents come up here every night I work(never when I am home) so he has extra hands and yeah he thinks they dont count but they do....I am all alone when he is at work and I am the one cleaning and worrying about this and taking them here while yelling, picking up the mess or stopping it from happening.

The whole thing is today I do not feel good at all,,I am just worn down and my body hurts. My chest feels like my boys are sitting on it and I have a stress headache that I got last night and it never went away. I cant even enjoy being sick(if you know what I mean?) Enough ranting..time to make dinner! sigh

Cleaning Mode ON!

9:30 AM Phone rings......The speech thereapist is rescheduling Ryans Appt for today at 1:00PM....UGH Clean Mode turned on!

I rushed and had the whole house cleaned and presentable by 12:00 pm and I even took a shower! It probally helped that I just had Ryan here this morning...Brittney, ALyssa and Brandon stayed the night at Grandmas...So they were not here to help but when I was done cleaning a room it stayed clean :).

This is going to be a long journey with the speech therapist for Ryan..She will be comming once a week for a year..so I know the house will be spotless a lot more..LOL

As of now he says no words...just UGH and points and screams...So we wil lsee if this helps!

Look The house is cleaned and I have an hour before I leave for work and just one kid...hmmm maybe some TV watching!!!

For DH Aunt April and anybosy else who has cancer

Prayer:

We pray for all those undertaking chemotherapy "chemo.” the use of medicines or
drugs to treat disease, that the Lord will work out His perfect will in your situation and
bring about healing. We ask that The Great Physician will heal all those that have
undergone surgery and radiation therapy and that the fire of God will destroy all the
cancer cells. We speak peace to all the patients and ask the healing virtue of Our Lord
God will flow through every vein, tissue, cell, ligament and that healing will manifest.
We believe that Gods desire is manifest in your life. His desire is written in 3 John 2
“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you,
even as your soul is getting along”. We speak peace to all the families having cancer
patients. We speak uncommon provisions to cater for all the expenses needed to take
care of the patients. We destroy every generational curses and declare that they will not
continue but the blessings of God will overshadow each and every one of you. We are
in agreement with Gods word in Jeremiah 30:17 “ But I will restore you to health and
heal your wounds declares the LORD.” So be it, in Jesus Name. Amen.

My three year old

So my little "B"....what a piece of work he is. Out of all the kids he has the all around personality. I say he will run for mayor one day!

He can have his moments and they can be pretty bad...the temper is starting to come out of him but he is so funny when he does it. When we actually have to correct him and he throws his fits and me and DH have to hide our faces and laugh at him because even though he gets our blood boiling its so darn cute..his faces and comments.

He is also the one who loves to give kisses and hugs for no reason....And he also does it when he is in trouble and says hte littel sorry mommy to go along with it. He is also the instigator in the family too..its never him always someone else too.

But the minute you ask him to help I get "sure" "No problem mommy" and "Yes Ma'am"!
HIs knew thing is to let us know how he wasnt us to answer his questions...its become quite funny in the last few weeks...some examples

"B" Mommy can I climb up and get some cookies?
"MOM" (pauses be fore I could get to answer)
"B" You say yeah!


"B" Can we got to the Zoo today?
Mom (starting to answer)
"B" You say Go Ahead

"B"Daddy said its time for bed!
"Mommy" (looking at the clock)
"B" You say NO!

So its our running joke between me and DH right now...How cute these little 3 year olds can be

Just little thought/vent

Did you ever just get in one of those moods and wonder "what if" and "now what" Everyone says they have no regrets I even say that but deep down yeah I do...I think we all do. We think if went down road A we would be at Road C not Road b and Vice Versa. You know regert does not mean change completely and go a whole new direction...just a detour..ya know. Instead of doing this at this time do it at another and maybe you will end up at the same place but with more options.

So I sit here and I think would I change anything in my life...well of course I would but for me to know and no one else but the big guy upstairs. And I beleive he himself does everything for a reason even if there is heartache, stress and unhappiness. I keep alot of stuff to myself which I know is bad...I think I am scared of going on that "detour" I like to stay on schedule but is it worth it..really worth it. No matter what someone will always get hurt and I gues I cant keep everyone happy but its time to do it for mayself. But would that be worth it?

So that why I am taking it one day at a time and pray that I will get led down the path I need to go!

Blessings!

Some other pix from Kennywood

So I know I would keep up with posting and here it is a month in between the last....we have bee SO busy lately not just with us working but going here and there. Softball is over but we still had a field trip with the Brownies to the zoo. My son sill has boy scout meetings once in awhile and he leaves for camp next week :(. I have been taking him to band every morning for the last 2 weeks and this is the last week!:)

We went to Kennywood once and Idlewild once. We have passes to Idlewild so plan on going again! We did the zoo twice too. We had a grad party for my niece last weekend which we were there all day!!! And of course work work work!

Yesterday we went to Amish country in Ohio! I am in love with the Amish! We stopped for some baked goods and bread and went on a tour of there houses and school house and did a buggy ride! So interesting to see how they live and they are so polite to us "tourists" I hope to take my mom out with out any kids!LOL we'll see. So hopefully I can continue to posts more! Still have alot of learning to do with this blogging too!

God Bless!

Another reason for me to want to homeschool....

My daughter schools had a parade of poetry today. All parents were invited. The notice went out last week to let the parents know and also the kids were very excited and chatting it up to parents also.

How it worked was we were out in the school yard and 1st KDG came out and did there poems as a group as did the 1st graders(that's my daughters class) After that each grade came out and the kids scattered and went to each parent and read there poems. It was like a free-for-all. The kids were so excited to read there poetry to the parents. So for 30 minutes or so grades 2-5 came out to us to read. I took my 4 year old and she loved it each time a student or two(some team work here) came to us to read.

Well my beef with this is the turnout from the parents.....there was 10-15 parents and that's it! Now each grade has about 50 kids..you do the math...and yes siblings I am sure. I know parents work and had prior engagements but I can name a few on the top of my head that don't work and I am sure out of those families someone could of came..it was open to grandparents too.

The kids were so excited to read out loud and outside for that. The smiles on there faces were priceless and the kids that did have parents there was even more precious.

I have noticed this over the years that parents just do not get involved in there kids educations as much as they should...but if it was sports of some kind I bet you they would have been there. I don't want to be judgemental but it makes me angry and sad. I became involved with the PTA and this year I am on the board and you know how many parents show up there....8 and 4 of them are on the board. The meeting is once a month and we switch times every other month from 4 pm to 7 pm so everyone can try to come to at least a few.

Now I want no gold medal or no Kudos but not only do I have one of the biggest families in the school I also work 4 days a week along with my DH 60 hour work week and he even shows up at stuff when he can.
All parents need to take an interest in the childs life and that includes there education....they are going to be our future leaders,voices and our providers when we are older. IO can ramble on and on but I bet most of you know where I am comming from......

2 more days

and school is done for the summer. I am so happy to have my kids home with me. Not a big fan of them leaving of for school everyday. Yes I would love to homeschool and I have thought and prayed for some time now but something is still holding me back. When you have doubt then it might not be the route to go. So I am hoping this will be a great summer. We have lots planned.

Have a blessed day!

So here I go again....

I had a blog about a year ago and never kept up and dont even remember how to pull it up. So I figured I will start again. I love to read other blogs and been wanting to start one myself. I just have to learn how to do all the "fancy stuff" that goes along with it.

So first let me introduce myself and my family. I am 30"Sigh" and a mother to 5 and been mrried to the best man ever for 6 year and together for 11. My kids are Kevin 12 Brittney 7 Alyssa 4 (soon to be 5) Brandon 3 and Ryan will be 2 in Aug. I work about 3-4 days a week and still have to manage everything else. My DH works 6 days a week and 9-10 hour days. He gets off at4 and I start at 4. We literally switch kids in the parking lot.LOL

I hope to keep this updated now so I can keep friends and family updated along with others who I meet.