For Daddy

There are few things in life that bring me as much happiness as watching Daniel raise our kids. He is such a wonderful father to Audrey and Aiden. I love you Dan. Thanks for sharing this experience with me. Here are a few words from the kids. Aiden: "Thank you dad that we are going on family adventures." Aiden: "I like daddy when we are going to the beach!" A message from Aiden: "I love when daddy was watching me when I was playing soccer. I like it when daddy plays games and video games and the DS's. I think it's funny when you sing the nighty night song with the puppets! Audrey & Aiden: "We love it when you make us treats daddy!" (Dan is a real Ace of Cakes!) Audrey & Aiden: "We have fun with you dad!" Audrey: "It's fun to play video games with you." Aiden: "Thank you daddy that you gave us bloom blocks" A message from Audrey: "i love your treats! i loved when you were my soccer coach! i love when you go to the park me.

Unhealthy much?

Okay so I pull into Audrey's school and park next to this really nice infinity SUV. As I'm grabbing my purse I see that it has a batman figurine on the dash. A little weird but whatever. Then I open my door to get out and see this! I round the back side of the car and my jaw drops.I can't help but exclaim out loud, "Oh jeez! You have got to be kidding me!" Just so you know, the car has both the license plate AND the chrome work say BAT 1, then in the dark tinting of the back window is an inlaid decal of Christian Bale as BATMAN. (It's the white glared image in the right corner.) Then of course there is the Batman symbol to replace the make of the car. And to finish it off, a pretend bullet hole in the bumper. FOr REalS! I am thinking, I have got to see who in their right mind would actually drive this thing? A few minutes later a 30 something year old white male with a lap top walks up to it and gets in. For being such a freak he looked pretty normal but thats what they say about cereal killers too.

Cousins

Aiden and Issac and another friend in the middle. The last play date before Chanelle and Kelly and the kids were going back to Georgia. Saying goodbye to Lucy and Emma. Audrey was so sad. They all had red eyes from crying but I was able to coax a smile out of them momentarily. They had me in tears too.

Shameful I know.

All the things that I let go to pot with being in school now have to be remedied. I have gotten most my house under control but saved the worst for last, my bedroom. Inspired by Raina's blog about "Hells Kitchen" I decided before I dug into this horrific mess, I should capture it on film to show the before and after. So here is what Dan and I have lived in for the last month (actually longer) and what we will enjoy hereafter. Let's hope it lasts!

lately

I am half way done with school and excited to take the summer off. Audrey and Aiden are finished with soccer and both did really well! They each scored 2 goals this season. We are revving up for swimming, camping, beaching and hopefully a successful garage sale. Dan started a new job with AdvancedMed (I think that is the name of it) and is liking it so far. We invited Max to join the family. He is an amazing dog. He is 6 months old and HUGE for his age. He is awesome so he fits right in with the rest of us;) Our brother Jake got home for a visit after serving in Iraq. We missed him. So that is pretty much the update. Over all we are happy and healthy! LIfe is good, what more can you ask for?

Watch out people

cuz this post is solely to vent. I am now 6 days clean. The detoxing is only getting worse. I'm not to the point of hallucinations yet but I'm pretty sure I'm close. Today I was the most irritable i've been in...well ever, if you can believe it! The sugar must be completely purged out of my system by now because I am so close to shoving a cookie in my mouth it's insane. The first 3 days were pretty good. But i know it's bad when my little boy comes to give me a kiss after eating a turkey sandwich and I can actually smell the scent of bread on his breath. It's a sad and pathetic feeling. Im too far in now to stop. AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Concerns of a 7 year old.

Last night there was a stake fireside for all the children turning 8 years old that are going to be baptized this year. Audrey was sitting in the chapel next to us all as they talked to the children about what it means to be baptized. They were asking all kinds of questions to the children and a good number of them were responding. Audrey seemed content to just sit and wait patiently for it to all be over so she could go to the refreshments. I was trying to get her a little more interested in the meeting by saying over enthusiastic things to her now and then like, "wow,isn't that cool?" and "what do you think about making a promise with God?" There was very little response until a father and daughter got up dressed in white to show exactly how to perform the act of baptism. As they finished up and were taking questions Audrey says under her breath, in a sarcastic tone, "The question is, how do you get it on?" "IT" being the white baptismal jumpsuit that they both were wearing. I had to bite my tongue to keep myself from laughing out loud! She is a crack up and I love her. Needless to say, I am dedicating a page in her baptismal scrapbook to this comment.