Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Maybe a breakthrough!
So, last night while at Scouts/AHG, Kiersten was laying on the floor sucking her thumb. This lady, that I have never seen before, commented on her doing that and somehow we ended up talking about all that Kiersten has gone through and the fact that she is waiting to be seen for speech and on the waiting list for Occupational Therapy! Jenn, the lady that taught Justice in the God and Me class this summer, came up to me and asked about her and then told me that if they can get another spot at the place that she works then Kiersten has the spot and can be seen there! Please be praying that this works out. I looked up the place online and it looks great and I think because she already knows Jenn it would really work! I am also thinking about moving her speech there if this other place doesn't work! I am just so excited to think that maybe she can get in sooner.
This coming weekend Jon and the boys are going camping with the scouts. Michael will be with the boy scouts at one of the camps and Justice will be with Jon at Camp Durant! They are all very excited about this! This will be the first time that we are not going as a family so that will be different. The girls and I are going to have a fun time at home and will spend it watching girl movies and doing girly things! Should be fun for us!
Other than that nothing else is really new! We are on our last week of our three week break! Gotta get the report cards done this week and then take the kids to Krispy Kreme to get their free donuts! They keep bugging about that!
Oh yeah-Jon and I had an amazing time at Myrtle Beach! It was so nice to just spend all that time together, just the two of us. We are going out tomorrow night for his birthday and have decided that we are going to take one night a week to just spend doing things together and at least once a month going out without the kids!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Wow-I can't get over how long it has been!
So, I got on this morning and thought about my blog! I can't believe it was last November when I posted anything! How crazy is that? Needless to say lots have happened since then! Jon deployed last January to Iraq and returned safely home! Of course he will be deploying again soon which I am not looking forward to! He went to the E6 board and passed so hopefully he will be promoted to SSG very soon!
Michael is now 11 years old! I am not sure where the time goes! He is in 6th grade and is such a wonderful, caring boy! He is loving Boy Scouts still and really likes the campouts! He just went to his 11 year check up and is 4ft 5 1/2 inches tall and 63.8lbs which is only 10% for both and he is not very happy with that! I am sure that he will grow very soon!
Adrianna is doing ok! She is now 9 years old and in 4th grade! She just started a new medication last night to try to help her with her anger that goes along with her aspergers! She is really wanting to get that under control and I am so proud of her for how far she has come! She has a new friend that moved in next door and spends lots of time with her! She is also doing great at school except for Spelling which she has always struggled with! She is now an Explorer in American Heritage Girls and loves being involved in that!
Justice-wow-that boy tires me out on a daily basis! We have FINALLY got him enrolled in Gymnastics! He is really enjoying that and goes on Wednesday afternoons! He does an amazing job with it and it helps get some of that never ending energy out! He is such a smart little boy and is doing 3rd grade work in the 2nd grade and is 7 years old! He has such a love for God and enjoys just sitting and reading the Bible at night and still telling everyone that he meets that God loves them! I love this boy!
Kayleigh-my little mini-me! That girl is sooo sweet! She just turned 4 years old and is doing pre-school! Just today she came crying because she wanted to do school and we are on a three week break! We went to her check up and she is 39 inches (48%) and 35lbs (55%). We are taking her to audiology to have her hearing checked! I thought maybe that she had wax blocking her hearing but the doctor said everything is clear in her ears so we need to check and make sure there is not a problem! I am just hoping for selective hearing but we will see on October 28th when she goes in!
Kiersten still amazes me every day! She has come a LONG way from that little baby that was so sick and had to have heart surgery 4 years ago! The girl is 42 inches (92% and three inches taller than her 1 minute older twin) and 35.2lbs (60%). She is also liking school but has more struggles than Kayleigh! We are on a 3-6 month waiting list for her to get in and see developmental peds for her fine motor skills! I have suspected that she has had a problem with this for awhile but when we had to test her for what she should be doing at this age she totally failed the fine motor skills part! I hate having to wait this long but I guess the waiting list off post is 8 months so we will just pray for an earlier time! She is also being referred to speech to check some different things she has trouble with there! Dispite all that she has made great strides and it has been almost 2 years since her last seizure so we are hoping that she has outgrown them!
I have been doing pretty good! Always tired with all the things that we have had going on all the time! We just keep moving and going and at night I am ready for bed! Jon and I are going to Myrtle Beach this weekend for a marriage retreat! Shari and Eric are keeping the kids for us so it will be a nice relaxing, FREE trip paid for by the military! It is like the honeymoon that we never had! I feel so blessed to have the family that I do and enjoy every minute we get to spend together!
Ok-so that is the update that was very long in coming! I am really hoping to be keep up with this more and sorry it has been so long!
Michael is now 11 years old! I am not sure where the time goes! He is in 6th grade and is such a wonderful, caring boy! He is loving Boy Scouts still and really likes the campouts! He just went to his 11 year check up and is 4ft 5 1/2 inches tall and 63.8lbs which is only 10% for both and he is not very happy with that! I am sure that he will grow very soon!
Adrianna is doing ok! She is now 9 years old and in 4th grade! She just started a new medication last night to try to help her with her anger that goes along with her aspergers! She is really wanting to get that under control and I am so proud of her for how far she has come! She has a new friend that moved in next door and spends lots of time with her! She is also doing great at school except for Spelling which she has always struggled with! She is now an Explorer in American Heritage Girls and loves being involved in that!
Justice-wow-that boy tires me out on a daily basis! We have FINALLY got him enrolled in Gymnastics! He is really enjoying that and goes on Wednesday afternoons! He does an amazing job with it and it helps get some of that never ending energy out! He is such a smart little boy and is doing 3rd grade work in the 2nd grade and is 7 years old! He has such a love for God and enjoys just sitting and reading the Bible at night and still telling everyone that he meets that God loves them! I love this boy!
Kayleigh-my little mini-me! That girl is sooo sweet! She just turned 4 years old and is doing pre-school! Just today she came crying because she wanted to do school and we are on a three week break! We went to her check up and she is 39 inches (48%) and 35lbs (55%). We are taking her to audiology to have her hearing checked! I thought maybe that she had wax blocking her hearing but the doctor said everything is clear in her ears so we need to check and make sure there is not a problem! I am just hoping for selective hearing but we will see on October 28th when she goes in!
Kiersten still amazes me every day! She has come a LONG way from that little baby that was so sick and had to have heart surgery 4 years ago! The girl is 42 inches (92% and three inches taller than her 1 minute older twin) and 35.2lbs (60%). She is also liking school but has more struggles than Kayleigh! We are on a 3-6 month waiting list for her to get in and see developmental peds for her fine motor skills! I have suspected that she has had a problem with this for awhile but when we had to test her for what she should be doing at this age she totally failed the fine motor skills part! I hate having to wait this long but I guess the waiting list off post is 8 months so we will just pray for an earlier time! She is also being referred to speech to check some different things she has trouble with there! Dispite all that she has made great strides and it has been almost 2 years since her last seizure so we are hoping that she has outgrown them!
I have been doing pretty good! Always tired with all the things that we have had going on all the time! We just keep moving and going and at night I am ready for bed! Jon and I are going to Myrtle Beach this weekend for a marriage retreat! Shari and Eric are keeping the kids for us so it will be a nice relaxing, FREE trip paid for by the military! It is like the honeymoon that we never had! I feel so blessed to have the family that I do and enjoy every minute we get to spend together!
Ok-so that is the update that was very long in coming! I am really hoping to be keep up with this more and sorry it has been so long!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
An update
So the appointments this week all went great! Kayleigh will have to be rechecked when she is 5 years old. If she still has the hernia at that time then she will have to have surgery at that point but I am praying that it will be gone by then. Adrianna's appointment went well and she is now in a long armed cast. In two weeks she will then be put in a short armed cast and then hopefully no more casts! She is doing well with it but does hurt quit a bit. They also think she damaged the sensitivity nerve in her thumb. She is having trouble feeling things with it. She can move it alright but it feels numb and tingly. From where the numbness starts the doctor said that it will probably be about 20 months for it to be back to normal! Kierstens appointment also went well! I was so happy when the doctor said that everything was exactly the same as last year-except for the murmur. He did say that the murmur is an innocent murmur and it is probably coming from the place where her three main artieries come together! Needless to say it is not a problem and that is all that I wanted to hear. It is amazing to see the pictures of her heart now. You can barely tell where her patch is-the tissues are growing over it the way it is supposed to and it is so amazing to me! Thanks everyone for all the prayers. Now I am off today-going to Shari and Erics and then us girls are headed to the beach while the guys watch all the kids! Have a great weekend everyone!
Stacy
Stacy
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Enjoying the weekend
So I am sitting here relaxing on the couch enjoying the weekend. Well, relaxing might not be the right word since my mind is going a mile a minute. Yesterday Shari and the boys came out and we went to a jewelry party. She also had one today to do so that was good. I just pray that the parties keep coming so her and Eric can go through the adoption process quickly! I can't wait till they bring my new neice home! Anyone that doesn't know my sister in law and her husband have two boys and would really love to adopt a little girl. They are so excited about this adventure and I just want the process to go so quickly for them so they can have a beautiful little girl to spoil soon! She is doing Premier Designs Jewelry Parties to raise money for the adoption and anyone that might be interested that live around NC let me know and she would love to do a show for you-or maybe a catalog party???
I have been doing nothing but constantly thinking about all the appointments that we have this week. Kayleigh goes to the surgion on Monday for her hernia. For some reason she is excited about going to the doctor! She keeps telling everyone that she is going to the doctor on Monday! Adrianna has her Ortho appointment on Tuesday to get her hard cast on. I am anxious to see what design she picks for her cast-it should be interesting. She thought she was all sold on the hot pink until she seen all the options they had when we were leaving last week. Then, to update, I was able to get Keirsten's cardiologist appointment moved up to Wednesday. Makes for a busy week but it is almost a week and a half less of a wait to know what is going on with her! The last two days she has been running her famous fevers for no reason. Makes me nervous everytime she does this. So far we have been keeping them down though with the Motrin and Tylenol so that is good and I went out and bought one of those ear thermometers so I feel more confident on it actually working. Thanks for all the prayers everyone has been saying for our family! This is the week we have been waiting for. I will update on here as I get the answers so I guess the next update will probably be Monday!
Have a great night everyone!
Stacy
I have been doing nothing but constantly thinking about all the appointments that we have this week. Kayleigh goes to the surgion on Monday for her hernia. For some reason she is excited about going to the doctor! She keeps telling everyone that she is going to the doctor on Monday! Adrianna has her Ortho appointment on Tuesday to get her hard cast on. I am anxious to see what design she picks for her cast-it should be interesting. She thought she was all sold on the hot pink until she seen all the options they had when we were leaving last week. Then, to update, I was able to get Keirsten's cardiologist appointment moved up to Wednesday. Makes for a busy week but it is almost a week and a half less of a wait to know what is going on with her! The last two days she has been running her famous fevers for no reason. Makes me nervous everytime she does this. So far we have been keeping them down though with the Motrin and Tylenol so that is good and I went out and bought one of those ear thermometers so I feel more confident on it actually working. Thanks for all the prayers everyone has been saying for our family! This is the week we have been waiting for. I will update on here as I get the answers so I guess the next update will probably be Monday!
Have a great night everyone!
Stacy
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Wow-I am tired!
Getting up at 5am yesterday morning and 4:30am this morning is taking a toll on me! I have been so warn out today! The good news is I have a nice new bed to go upstairs and lay on when it comes to bed time! My room looks so beautiful! The only thing it needs now is new bedding! At the moment though I am relaxing on my beautiful, comfy couch! I love that the seat I am sitting in reclines! I am so comfortable! Just not sure what I am going to do when it comes time to put up the Chrismas tree because my living room now seems so small with all this furniture in it!
I finally got a call back from the Peds office today. The referral for Kiersten is in and we are just waiting for Tricare to approve it. As soon as it gets approved then I can call the cardiologist and see if we can get her in sooner then the 20th. By the time Tricare approves it though I am wondering if it will even be worth it to switch the date!
The kids, I think, are just as excited about the new furniture. They, however, do not like the new rules for the furniture and what they can and can't do with it-like touch the couch right after eating a pizza pocket without washing their hands! I just don't want any stains on my new furniture!
OK-so I don't think anything else is new. I did pull my muscle in the bottom of my back again last night while moving all the furniture but I think all this new comfy stuff might just help-lol!
Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
I finally got a call back from the Peds office today. The referral for Kiersten is in and we are just waiting for Tricare to approve it. As soon as it gets approved then I can call the cardiologist and see if we can get her in sooner then the 20th. By the time Tricare approves it though I am wondering if it will even be worth it to switch the date!
The kids, I think, are just as excited about the new furniture. They, however, do not like the new rules for the furniture and what they can and can't do with it-like touch the couch right after eating a pizza pocket without washing their hands! I just don't want any stains on my new furniture!
OK-so I don't think anything else is new. I did pull my muscle in the bottom of my back again last night while moving all the furniture but I think all this new comfy stuff might just help-lol!
Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Woo-Hoo
YAY! So Jon finally got his bonus that we have been expecting for weeks! I have never seen that amount of money in our bank account before. After we found out Jon took us to the furniture store across the street to look at some stuff that he had picked out and wanted to get. So we bought a beautiful new couch that has a hide-a-bed in it which will be great when we have company over. I have always wanted one of them and the couch has room for 7 people on it-it is just perfect. I just hope that we can fit it in this living room! We also got a new bedroom set. I LOVE it! It includes a queen size sleigh bed, two night stands with drawers, a beautiful chest of drawers with a mirror and then a chest that the tv can go in and that also has drawers. I feel like I can now have a place to put my clothes since at the moment they are in plastic containers in my closet!
Now here is the big job I have to do. We have to get all the stuff moved to the garage that we are getting rid of by tonight since tomorrow morning Adrianna has her therapy and they will be delivering the furniture after noon tomorrow! I am so excited about it because Shari and the boys will be here this weekend and she will have a new comfy place to sleep!
So also with this bonus, we are paying off all our bills! It will be so nice to be debt free again! I love the idea of taking three bills off the month! That is some more money that we can save in the end! Then after that Jon wants us to get new clothes and he is planning on buying some things! I think the money will be gone very quickly but it will be nice to have things that we need and also be able to take our trip to Michigan for Christmas! This trip is important to us so Jon can see his family before he deploys!
Please keep praying for the girls! Adrianna's arm is doing great-well for a broken arm. She goes in next Tuesday and gets the hard cast put on. We are just praying that it continues to heal well. Kayleigh goes to the surgion on Monday and we are trying to get Kiersten in to the cardiologist earlier than the 20th. I have to get her a new referral-I guess here you have to do it every year. Once the new referral is in then they will try to get her in sooner! I will let everyone know when/if it will be before the 20th!
Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
Now here is the big job I have to do. We have to get all the stuff moved to the garage that we are getting rid of by tonight since tomorrow morning Adrianna has her therapy and they will be delivering the furniture after noon tomorrow! I am so excited about it because Shari and the boys will be here this weekend and she will have a new comfy place to sleep!
So also with this bonus, we are paying off all our bills! It will be so nice to be debt free again! I love the idea of taking three bills off the month! That is some more money that we can save in the end! Then after that Jon wants us to get new clothes and he is planning on buying some things! I think the money will be gone very quickly but it will be nice to have things that we need and also be able to take our trip to Michigan for Christmas! This trip is important to us so Jon can see his family before he deploys!
Please keep praying for the girls! Adrianna's arm is doing great-well for a broken arm. She goes in next Tuesday and gets the hard cast put on. We are just praying that it continues to heal well. Kayleigh goes to the surgion on Monday and we are trying to get Kiersten in to the cardiologist earlier than the 20th. I have to get her a new referral-I guess here you have to do it every year. Once the new referral is in then they will try to get her in sooner! I will let everyone know when/if it will be before the 20th!
Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Hey guys! Those of you on facebook may have read this already but I wanted to add it on here for those without facebook! I kind of feel like we are really being tested right now. I just keep telling myself that God doesn't give us more than we can handle so here it all goes.
Thursday, two hours before I was supposed to pick up Jon, Adrianna fell off the monkey bars on our swingset and broke her arm. Instead of heading to base to get Jon he had to be taken to the hospital by his 1st Sgt. to see us there---Welcome Home Jon! She had a scheduled appointment to see the Ortho guy on Thursday next week but for some reason they called yesterday and said after another guy looked at the xrays they want her to come in Monday. Not sure at all what this means but she did break her arm in two places. Please pray that all is ok and she will heal quickly.
Took Michael, Kayleigh and Kiersten in to the doctors yesterday for their 10yr and 3yr check ups. Good news first---Michael is 10% in height and weight (not sure he thinks that is good news though), Kayleigh is 50% in height (no longer worried about her height) and 75% in weight, and Kiersten is 75% in weight and off the chart in height---now I know why I thought Kayleigh was too short for her age!
Now on to the other news. Kayleigh has to go to a surgeon on Nov. 9th for the hernia that she has in her belly button. They just want to make sure it is going to close up on it's own and is a little worried that she is 3 and it hasn't plus I guess she felt something-I don't know-needless to say she has to go to be checked.
Kiersten is the one I am really worried about. When I took her in to the cardiologist last year they said she had a small leak in her heart but not to worry because even some people that have normal hearts have leaks there. Well, today at her check up with her pediatrician she heard a murmur. She said it was a small one and I shouldn't worry too much until I see the cardiologist again, which isn't until the 20th of Nov. Needless to say it feels like I have forever to worry! Please just pray for all of this. I told Jon that as sudden as it seems that the doctor is hearing this it can go away that quickly if God wants it too but I am still very scared! I won't have any updates on any of this until the dates that I mentioned for each. Jody-I don't know how you do it with having more than one girl go through this stuff-I am going crazy with just one of them!
Thursday, two hours before I was supposed to pick up Jon, Adrianna fell off the monkey bars on our swingset and broke her arm. Instead of heading to base to get Jon he had to be taken to the hospital by his 1st Sgt. to see us there---Welcome Home Jon! She had a scheduled appointment to see the Ortho guy on Thursday next week but for some reason they called yesterday and said after another guy looked at the xrays they want her to come in Monday. Not sure at all what this means but she did break her arm in two places. Please pray that all is ok and she will heal quickly.
Took Michael, Kayleigh and Kiersten in to the doctors yesterday for their 10yr and 3yr check ups. Good news first---Michael is 10% in height and weight (not sure he thinks that is good news though), Kayleigh is 50% in height (no longer worried about her height) and 75% in weight, and Kiersten is 75% in weight and off the chart in height---now I know why I thought Kayleigh was too short for her age!
Now on to the other news. Kayleigh has to go to a surgeon on Nov. 9th for the hernia that she has in her belly button. They just want to make sure it is going to close up on it's own and is a little worried that she is 3 and it hasn't plus I guess she felt something-I don't know-needless to say she has to go to be checked.
Kiersten is the one I am really worried about. When I took her in to the cardiologist last year they said she had a small leak in her heart but not to worry because even some people that have normal hearts have leaks there. Well, today at her check up with her pediatrician she heard a murmur. She said it was a small one and I shouldn't worry too much until I see the cardiologist again, which isn't until the 20th of Nov. Needless to say it feels like I have forever to worry! Please just pray for all of this. I told Jon that as sudden as it seems that the doctor is hearing this it can go away that quickly if God wants it too but I am still very scared! I won't have any updates on any of this until the dates that I mentioned for each. Jody-I don't know how you do it with having more than one girl go through this stuff-I am going crazy with just one of them!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
WOW!
This has got to stop. This not posting very often! I feel like life is on full speed with no time to stop and smell the flowers before they all disappear for the winter! That is right-winter is just around the corner-where has this year gone!
Well, things have been crazy here. School is going great! I started them back up again this week which I almost think was a mistake. We were not supposed to start back up until next week but my Grandma has decided she is going to come and visit us again-YAY-and I wanted to be able to concentrate on her being here and not having to worry about school! The kids have done ok with it but I ended up in the ER on Monday from 12:30pm until 10:30pm and I have been pretty much out of it since. Turns out after hurting for five days I decided it was time to go in and I have Costochondsritis. It is the inflamation of my cartilage around my ribs, back and chest! It really sucks and hurts so much. Problem number two is that because of my kidneys I can't take the medication that would help me quickly so all they can give me is Tylenol 3 and I will be like this for 1-2 weeks-looking more like the two week range! I have a follow up appointment on Tuesday morning so hopefully I will get some good news then!
Jon has reenlisted for another 6 years! Hopefully we will be getting the bonus money from that soon. Jon wants to get lots of stuff with it but I am also hoping we can save some of it though. First we are paying off all our credit card bills-YAY! Very excited about that! He is going to get a dirt bike and fix up his jeep. We are also going to get clothes for everyone and a new couch-we definitely need that! It is something that we really are looking forward to! It will be nice to have something nice and new and the new clothes I could really use but haven't wanted to buy until I lose weight-that isn't going so well so I guess it is time to break down and buy some!
Well, gotta go and get some things done! Been crazy around here! Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
Well, things have been crazy here. School is going great! I started them back up again this week which I almost think was a mistake. We were not supposed to start back up until next week but my Grandma has decided she is going to come and visit us again-YAY-and I wanted to be able to concentrate on her being here and not having to worry about school! The kids have done ok with it but I ended up in the ER on Monday from 12:30pm until 10:30pm and I have been pretty much out of it since. Turns out after hurting for five days I decided it was time to go in and I have Costochondsritis. It is the inflamation of my cartilage around my ribs, back and chest! It really sucks and hurts so much. Problem number two is that because of my kidneys I can't take the medication that would help me quickly so all they can give me is Tylenol 3 and I will be like this for 1-2 weeks-looking more like the two week range! I have a follow up appointment on Tuesday morning so hopefully I will get some good news then!
Jon has reenlisted for another 6 years! Hopefully we will be getting the bonus money from that soon. Jon wants to get lots of stuff with it but I am also hoping we can save some of it though. First we are paying off all our credit card bills-YAY! Very excited about that! He is going to get a dirt bike and fix up his jeep. We are also going to get clothes for everyone and a new couch-we definitely need that! It is something that we really are looking forward to! It will be nice to have something nice and new and the new clothes I could really use but haven't wanted to buy until I lose weight-that isn't going so well so I guess it is time to break down and buy some!
Well, gotta go and get some things done! Been crazy around here! Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Back from Disney
Ok-so I have been back for a few days but have been really busy! The trip went great! We all had such a great time and the kids will remember this trip forever! It was so nice to have my mother and father in law with us! We were so happy to spend all this quality time together!
The kids got 25 character signatures! They LOVED meeting all of their favorites! We even got to meet Tinker Bell which I didn't know was possible! I got so many pictures but had trouble loading those so if you want to see them you will need to go to my facebook! I did however get to upload Michael and the twins pictures from Sears! They turned out so good! I just love the girl that takes their pictures and the kids love her too so that makes it even easier! And yes-before anyone asks-Kiersten is really that much taller than Kayleigh! You don't know how many times I get that question!
Well, I guess that is all for now! Hope all is going well with everyone else! Until next time,
Stacy
The kids got 25 character signatures! They LOVED meeting all of their favorites! We even got to meet Tinker Bell which I didn't know was possible! I got so many pictures but had trouble loading those so if you want to see them you will need to go to my facebook! I did however get to upload Michael and the twins pictures from Sears! They turned out so good! I just love the girl that takes their pictures and the kids love her too so that makes it even easier! And yes-before anyone asks-Kiersten is really that much taller than Kayleigh! You don't know how many times I get that question!
Well, I guess that is all for now! Hope all is going well with everyone else! Until next time,
Stacy
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
All my news!
First off-I finally figured out what the rash is that is all over my legs and now getting on my arms. I guess I am having an allergic reaction to something-not sure what-and it is causing me to get the same atopic dermititus, otherwise known as eczema-just like Kayleigh. They gave me two different medications to try to take care of it but it is definitely making me drowsy so I am praying that tomorrow I can get up on time and do school with the kids and take care of 8 kids all day!
Second news, and very exciting I might add, Jon gets to go to Disney with us. We are all so excited about this. He does have to do some work while he is there but it is a small price to pay for him to have this vacation with us! He will be on leave from the 6th to the 20th of September and we leave the 8th to head to Florida! During this time I will also not be babysitting when we come back and the kids will be on leave from school so it will be nice to spend family time together with no early mornings once we are back!
So nothing else really new besides that! Things are going great with homeschooling! We are loving it! We made pinata's today that I am hoping stay together. If they don't we will be buying one to take to Shari and Erics next weekend for our Mexican fiesta! Well, I am going to head to bed since this medicine is making me very tired! Have a great night everyone and thanks so much for the prayers!
Stacy
Second news, and very exciting I might add, Jon gets to go to Disney with us. We are all so excited about this. He does have to do some work while he is there but it is a small price to pay for him to have this vacation with us! He will be on leave from the 6th to the 20th of September and we leave the 8th to head to Florida! During this time I will also not be babysitting when we come back and the kids will be on leave from school so it will be nice to spend family time together with no early mornings once we are back!
So nothing else really new besides that! Things are going great with homeschooling! We are loving it! We made pinata's today that I am hoping stay together. If they don't we will be buying one to take to Shari and Erics next weekend for our Mexican fiesta! Well, I am going to head to bed since this medicine is making me very tired! Have a great night everyone and thanks so much for the prayers!
Stacy
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Wow-has it really been almost a month???
I guess I have been so addicted to farm town that I have not had time to update my blog. Things have been going ok here! The kids started school on the 20th of last month and are doing great! There are days that I just can't believe how much they have learned in these last 3 1/2 weeks and I can't believe we are on our 4th week of school.
Justice is so cute! Part of the kids school is to learn different verses from Proverbs! Everytime we get to a new one a little while later in the day he comes up to me and tells me the song that he made up to remember the verse! He is so creative-gets it from his dad for sure! They are just doing so well being homeschooled I just don't know what took me so long to decide to do it! I don't think anything will make me want to go back to public school!
Well our big Disney trip is getting closer. A matter of fact a month from now we will be enjoying out second day there! The kids are so excited about it. The babies keep counting down the days-every morning and they never forget to tell me it is almost their birthday. I know that we are spending a lot of money for this trip and that it is considered Michael and the twins birthday gifts but I am still having a hard time not getting them lots of stuff for their birthday. We don't have the money and I really feel that this is good enough as long as we get them something small but I have never done this before so it makes me feel bad! Please be praying that Jon gets to go with us. He put in his leave form yesterday but it is not looking promising because they will be doing lots of training in September so he might be stuck here instead of having fun with us. I really wish he could go with us so please keep praying!
So Kayleigh got liquid stitches on her left eye last week. Michael accidently turned around really fast with a nerf gun not knowing that she was behind him and got her right in the eye. Michael felt so bad and was crying saying he is the worst brother in the world! Kayleigh did really well though and even though the meds they gave her didn't make her fall asleep like they were supposed to she layed there with eyes closed and let them do the work that they needed to. Now if I could just figure out why she is running a fever we would be good.
Alright, I am done for now! Can't remember what I have posted and haven't but that is life now in a nutshell!
Stacy
Justice is so cute! Part of the kids school is to learn different verses from Proverbs! Everytime we get to a new one a little while later in the day he comes up to me and tells me the song that he made up to remember the verse! He is so creative-gets it from his dad for sure! They are just doing so well being homeschooled I just don't know what took me so long to decide to do it! I don't think anything will make me want to go back to public school!
Well our big Disney trip is getting closer. A matter of fact a month from now we will be enjoying out second day there! The kids are so excited about it. The babies keep counting down the days-every morning and they never forget to tell me it is almost their birthday. I know that we are spending a lot of money for this trip and that it is considered Michael and the twins birthday gifts but I am still having a hard time not getting them lots of stuff for their birthday. We don't have the money and I really feel that this is good enough as long as we get them something small but I have never done this before so it makes me feel bad! Please be praying that Jon gets to go with us. He put in his leave form yesterday but it is not looking promising because they will be doing lots of training in September so he might be stuck here instead of having fun with us. I really wish he could go with us so please keep praying!
So Kayleigh got liquid stitches on her left eye last week. Michael accidently turned around really fast with a nerf gun not knowing that she was behind him and got her right in the eye. Michael felt so bad and was crying saying he is the worst brother in the world! Kayleigh did really well though and even though the meds they gave her didn't make her fall asleep like they were supposed to she layed there with eyes closed and let them do the work that they needed to. Now if I could just figure out why she is running a fever we would be good.
Alright, I am done for now! Can't remember what I have posted and haven't but that is life now in a nutshell!
Stacy
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Not much time but wanted to update!
So Adrianna's test results all came back normal and the doctor thinks the swollen lymphnodes were from the mosquito bite on the back of her head! If they get any bigger I am to take her back in. Kiersten I think has an ear infection but of course there were no appointments at the clinic so I couldn't get her in. She keeps complaining but I am going to try stuff at home to make it better!
Adrianna had her 8 year pictures taken today. As always she did great! She loves the camera which is why I wished that Jody or Joy lived close by but the lady that does them here is great too and the kids love her! I am attaching a slide show of those pictures at the end. She also had her birthday party today and that went great. Almost everyone that we invited came minus a couple of friends that are really sick right now! She got so much nice stuff. Her room looks so different with all her tinker bell wall stickers and her new bookshelf we got her to put all her snowglobes and pretty things on. She also got a new rug but we haven't put that in her room yet! It is one that should take up most of her floor. I will add pictures from the party later after I get them on the computer!
Yesterday was interesting to say the least! We managed to go through a tornado without anyone in the neighborhood getting hurt but there is quite a bit of damage. We lost the part of our fence that is a privacy fence as did a lot of our neighbors. Jon had to go around the neighborhood to find pieces of it to put at least the bottom half back together so we could left Daisy outside without her running away. The neighbors across the street has a broken window and there are lots of building with missing siding. Most of the trampolines in the neighborhood are very damaged, including on that went from the backyard to the frontyard and into a window of a vehicle. That trampoline is now completely in pieces! We are just praising God that no one was hurt in all of this. Not sure I can say the same thing about the girls little play gym with slide. That thing is so hard to take apart but it ended up in pieces when it flew from the backyard into the road but I am still hoping we can get it back in one piece!
Tomorrow Justice gets baptized. I am so excited for him to take this next step of faith! He loves God so much and is not afraid to tell anyone! I just wish more people in this world had faith like him! They are supposed to take a picture for us and hopefully our friend shows up so she can take pictures too!
And then there is Monday! Our first day of school! I am getting more and more excited about teaching the kids and just wish that day would get here! Well, good night everyone and I hope you enjoy the pictures!
Stacy
Adrianna had her 8 year pictures taken today. As always she did great! She loves the camera which is why I wished that Jody or Joy lived close by but the lady that does them here is great too and the kids love her! I am attaching a slide show of those pictures at the end. She also had her birthday party today and that went great. Almost everyone that we invited came minus a couple of friends that are really sick right now! She got so much nice stuff. Her room looks so different with all her tinker bell wall stickers and her new bookshelf we got her to put all her snowglobes and pretty things on. She also got a new rug but we haven't put that in her room yet! It is one that should take up most of her floor. I will add pictures from the party later after I get them on the computer!
Yesterday was interesting to say the least! We managed to go through a tornado without anyone in the neighborhood getting hurt but there is quite a bit of damage. We lost the part of our fence that is a privacy fence as did a lot of our neighbors. Jon had to go around the neighborhood to find pieces of it to put at least the bottom half back together so we could left Daisy outside without her running away. The neighbors across the street has a broken window and there are lots of building with missing siding. Most of the trampolines in the neighborhood are very damaged, including on that went from the backyard to the frontyard and into a window of a vehicle. That trampoline is now completely in pieces! We are just praising God that no one was hurt in all of this. Not sure I can say the same thing about the girls little play gym with slide. That thing is so hard to take apart but it ended up in pieces when it flew from the backyard into the road but I am still hoping we can get it back in one piece!
Tomorrow Justice gets baptized. I am so excited for him to take this next step of faith! He loves God so much and is not afraid to tell anyone! I just wish more people in this world had faith like him! They are supposed to take a picture for us and hopefully our friend shows up so she can take pictures too!
And then there is Monday! Our first day of school! I am getting more and more excited about teaching the kids and just wish that day would get here! Well, good night everyone and I hope you enjoy the pictures!
Stacy
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Updates and fun
So I did get Adrianna into the AMIC clinic and they scared me to death. It turns out it is two very large and swollen lymphnodes. The doctor ordered bloodwork and wanted a CT Scan done. He was worried for many reasons but the CT Scan wouldn't get done until the next day. The next morning I went to the clinic and told them I didn't have an appointment but wanted to see her pediatrician. Dr. Olson agreed and told me there was no need for the CT Scan. It would only be to check for abcesses and she was sure Adrianna didn't have any. The bloodwork that came back did show that she didn't have cancer and that was the biggest concern so I am greatful to God for that. The doctor was very upset about how things were handled the night before. She also did more bloodwork, a chest xray and gave her antibiotics. We are not just waiting for the results from all the tests but I am not as worried as I was before we found out it wasn't cancer!
So Friday I took the kids to this place called Splash Pad. It is this place at a park where water comes up from the ground and out of tubes and the kids run around and play in it. They all had so much fun. It was nice to have a day out with the kids. Today we went to the library and I was disappointed because they didn't have any of the books that I need for the first two weeks of school. They are just books to further learn about the subjects we will be studying but it would be nice to have. I am going to try a few more things but we will have to wait and see!
So I am adding a slide show again with pictures from the 4th and from Splash Pad. Jon is still in the field and can't have his phone so I haven't heard from him. Kiersten keeps saying "daddy is in the field eating cookies". We made him cookies before he left to take with him and now Kiersten thinks that the only thing that Daddy does in the field is eat cookies! I can't wait to tell Jon. Anyway, I better get to other things. Hope that everyone has a great weekend!
Stacy
So Friday I took the kids to this place called Splash Pad. It is this place at a park where water comes up from the ground and out of tubes and the kids run around and play in it. They all had so much fun. It was nice to have a day out with the kids. Today we went to the library and I was disappointed because they didn't have any of the books that I need for the first two weeks of school. They are just books to further learn about the subjects we will be studying but it would be nice to have. I am going to try a few more things but we will have to wait and see!
So I am adding a slide show again with pictures from the 4th and from Splash Pad. Jon is still in the field and can't have his phone so I haven't heard from him. Kiersten keeps saying "daddy is in the field eating cookies". We made him cookies before he left to take with him and now Kiersten thinks that the only thing that Daddy does in the field is eat cookies! I can't wait to tell Jon. Anyway, I better get to other things. Hope that everyone has a great weekend!
Stacy
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Man to catch up once again
I am getting so bad at blogging! Sorry everyone-I promise to try to get better. Things have been crazy here as usual. I think I posted last time that Kiersten, Kayleigh and Justice all got pink eye and Kiersten was running fevers. Guess what-Kayleigh and Justice got rid of the pink eye but Kiersten still has that and the fevers so I have put a call in to her doctor yesterday and hoping to get a call back soon. I decided to try to let the fever go this time without an appointment but when it has been going on for 11 days I think it is probably time to do something besides Motrin and Tylenol. Oh yeah-maybe I should mention-I also woke up with pink eye this morning-fun times!
Jon left for the field today. He will be gone until the 17th. After this he will graduate. There is a chance he will have to leave right after that for 60 days somewhere but I am really praying he doesn't because then he will for sure miss our Disney trip. The only thing that might stop him from going is the fact they want him to have a passport and something else and he has neither. It has been a very long year for him so please keep him in your prayers as he finishes this up. All the stress has gotten to him a lot lately and I am hoping that he will feel less stressed when school is over with.
To add to everything, because you know things just can't be normal in our house, Adrianna came down last night and told us that her neck hurt. When we looked at it we noticed that where she was saying it hurt there were two lumps. Not sure what it is all about but of course the clinic has no appointments today so I am waiting to see if I can get her in to the AMEC clinic-can't call until 3pm though. I just hope it is from some kind of virus or something and nothing that is serious. I always worry too much and didn't get much sleep last night because I was thinking about it the whole time.
These kids are growing so fast it amazes me. Kayleigh and Kiersten talk so much now. Kiersten is so cute because she comes up to Jon and I and is always saying-You are my favorite mommy or daddy and her voice is so cute. This morning I told her she was such a big girl because she got herself dressed and she got a huge smile on her face, gave me a big hug and said-thank you mommy! Kayleigh is always right there to follow-copying every word. Of course I was taking a shower this morning and when I was rinsing my hair I had my eyes closed-when I was done I looked down and there was Kayleigh undressed and standing in the tub in front of me with a big smile on her face. She said she wanted to take a shower too but I find it so funny how she snuck in so quietly!
Adrianna is getting so excited about starting school. She keeps asking everyday if we can start now instead of the 20th. I keep telling her no-we have to wait-especially since I am still waiting for their school supplies to get here. That is so frustrating but supposedly they have shipped now. I just hope that she is able to do well with me teaching her. I know it isn't always going to be easy but I am very excited about it. I still have a few things that I have to buy but we are almost all set with everything.
The boys are the boys. They are actually enjoying the time they have been spending together this summer and have not yet killed one another. I don't think they have been arguing as much as they were the last few months and that is so nice. Now if I could get them to continue to keep their room clean it would be great. Justice thought he was going to be so good and clean their room all by himself without being asked the other day and I was like-awesome job. Then I figured out where all the stuff ended up-under the bed, in the closets but it was so funny because he thought he worked so hard on it----so hard at hiding it that is!!!
Ok-so I think that is enough for now! I have some stuff to get done before I take the kids up to the school for lunch! Hope everyone is doing great!
Stacy
Jon left for the field today. He will be gone until the 17th. After this he will graduate. There is a chance he will have to leave right after that for 60 days somewhere but I am really praying he doesn't because then he will for sure miss our Disney trip. The only thing that might stop him from going is the fact they want him to have a passport and something else and he has neither. It has been a very long year for him so please keep him in your prayers as he finishes this up. All the stress has gotten to him a lot lately and I am hoping that he will feel less stressed when school is over with.
To add to everything, because you know things just can't be normal in our house, Adrianna came down last night and told us that her neck hurt. When we looked at it we noticed that where she was saying it hurt there were two lumps. Not sure what it is all about but of course the clinic has no appointments today so I am waiting to see if I can get her in to the AMEC clinic-can't call until 3pm though. I just hope it is from some kind of virus or something and nothing that is serious. I always worry too much and didn't get much sleep last night because I was thinking about it the whole time.
These kids are growing so fast it amazes me. Kayleigh and Kiersten talk so much now. Kiersten is so cute because she comes up to Jon and I and is always saying-You are my favorite mommy or daddy and her voice is so cute. This morning I told her she was such a big girl because she got herself dressed and she got a huge smile on her face, gave me a big hug and said-thank you mommy! Kayleigh is always right there to follow-copying every word. Of course I was taking a shower this morning and when I was rinsing my hair I had my eyes closed-when I was done I looked down and there was Kayleigh undressed and standing in the tub in front of me with a big smile on her face. She said she wanted to take a shower too but I find it so funny how she snuck in so quietly!
Adrianna is getting so excited about starting school. She keeps asking everyday if we can start now instead of the 20th. I keep telling her no-we have to wait-especially since I am still waiting for their school supplies to get here. That is so frustrating but supposedly they have shipped now. I just hope that she is able to do well with me teaching her. I know it isn't always going to be easy but I am very excited about it. I still have a few things that I have to buy but we are almost all set with everything.
The boys are the boys. They are actually enjoying the time they have been spending together this summer and have not yet killed one another. I don't think they have been arguing as much as they were the last few months and that is so nice. Now if I could get them to continue to keep their room clean it would be great. Justice thought he was going to be so good and clean their room all by himself without being asked the other day and I was like-awesome job. Then I figured out where all the stuff ended up-under the bed, in the closets but it was so funny because he thought he worked so hard on it----so hard at hiding it that is!!!
Ok-so I think that is enough for now! I have some stuff to get done before I take the kids up to the school for lunch! Hope everyone is doing great!
Stacy
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The last week or so
So this last bit of time has been ok I guess! VBS was awesome. I love seeing all those kids having so much fun and learning about God. I have never volunteered for VBS with such a large church before but it was great. There were almost 500 kids there and 109 asked Jesus into their hearts-amazing-God is so good!
Of course Wednesday was a crazy one (the week of VBS that is). I really was not feeling good and then around 2:15am I started feeling pressure on my face and got really dizzy-feeling like I was going to pass out. I also started feeling like someone was sitting on my chest which was making it hard to breath. As soon as Jon got home I went to the ER where I sat untl 3am. Of course they did all kinds of tests and all they could come up with was that I had vertigo. Not sure if that is it or not but oh well. I am still feeling sick to my stomach all the time and dizzy sometimes but I figure if they couldn't figure it out in the nine hours that I was in the ER then I will just deal with it because I don't have much confidence in the doctors figuring me out! And did I mention that I got home at 3am and then had to get up at 6am for another day of VBS???
Friday we left for my sisters house in Florida! We had so much fun visiting them. We were able to stay until Wednesday since Jon had to stay home. It was a great trip minus the colds and pink eye that we came home with. Kiersten also has been running fevers since Sunday morning. I have just been keeping the Motrin and Tylenol in her. I figure it is from the cold that she has and there is no point in sitting in the ER for hours for them to tell us that it is a virus and they will do nothing for her. Please just be praying that is all it is!
Ok-I am off of here to watch a movie with Jon now! I hope that everyone has a great 4th of July weekend!
Stacy
Of course Wednesday was a crazy one (the week of VBS that is). I really was not feeling good and then around 2:15am I started feeling pressure on my face and got really dizzy-feeling like I was going to pass out. I also started feeling like someone was sitting on my chest which was making it hard to breath. As soon as Jon got home I went to the ER where I sat untl 3am. Of course they did all kinds of tests and all they could come up with was that I had vertigo. Not sure if that is it or not but oh well. I am still feeling sick to my stomach all the time and dizzy sometimes but I figure if they couldn't figure it out in the nine hours that I was in the ER then I will just deal with it because I don't have much confidence in the doctors figuring me out! And did I mention that I got home at 3am and then had to get up at 6am for another day of VBS???
Friday we left for my sisters house in Florida! We had so much fun visiting them. We were able to stay until Wednesday since Jon had to stay home. It was a great trip minus the colds and pink eye that we came home with. Kiersten also has been running fevers since Sunday morning. I have just been keeping the Motrin and Tylenol in her. I figure it is from the cold that she has and there is no point in sitting in the ER for hours for them to tell us that it is a virus and they will do nothing for her. Please just be praying that is all it is!
Ok-I am off of here to watch a movie with Jon now! I hope that everyone has a great 4th of July weekend!
Stacy
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Life is crazy
Again I am slacking on the posts! Things have been crazy here! I have not been feeling well for awhile and not sure why. If it keeps up I am going to probably make me an appointment with the doctor but you all know how much time I have on my hands for that.
This last week was an ok one. Adrianna had her appointment with her psychologist and he went over her testing she had done with me. He said he went over it more than once and he really thinks-especially after the testing-that she has Aspergers Syndrome. For those that don't know what that is-it is a high functioning type of autism. I have two more papers to fill out and give to him and that will make his final decision but he thinks everything that he found out in the testing and the things that we knew from before all point to Aspergers. The crazy thing is we were not surprised. Before we moved from Germany a guy that Jon knows told Jon that he thought Adrianna had Aspergers. He has a son with it and Adrianna showed the same signs that his son did at her age. It will be a long road ahead of us but it is sooo good to finally have a diagnosis and to know how to go about teaching her things and helping her work through all of her problems.
On Friday my Fun Friday group came out to Linden Oaks since I haven't been able to go in awhile! We went to the neighborhood pool andhad so much fun. We were there 4 hours and I am pretty toasted! I am still not used to this NC sun but I am slowly learning it takes a very short time here before you burn. The kids all had sunblock on but Kayleigh ended up looking pretty bad-not because of the sun but we later found out we think it is from the chemicals in the pool. She has always had problems with her skin and this is the second time we have gone to the pool and the second time she has had this reaction with her skin. I guess next time we go I will give her a bath immediately after and see if that helps!
This has been a pretty good weekend. As soon as I get off of here I am going to make sure this house is sparkling clean because I won't have time to do much this week with VBS and then Friday I leave for Ericka's house! I think I may start rearranging the front room as well getting ready for school! We start on July 20th and all of us are looking forward to it. I hope that everyone has had a great week and that all the fathers out there have had a great Fathers day!
Stacy
This last week was an ok one. Adrianna had her appointment with her psychologist and he went over her testing she had done with me. He said he went over it more than once and he really thinks-especially after the testing-that she has Aspergers Syndrome. For those that don't know what that is-it is a high functioning type of autism. I have two more papers to fill out and give to him and that will make his final decision but he thinks everything that he found out in the testing and the things that we knew from before all point to Aspergers. The crazy thing is we were not surprised. Before we moved from Germany a guy that Jon knows told Jon that he thought Adrianna had Aspergers. He has a son with it and Adrianna showed the same signs that his son did at her age. It will be a long road ahead of us but it is sooo good to finally have a diagnosis and to know how to go about teaching her things and helping her work through all of her problems.
On Friday my Fun Friday group came out to Linden Oaks since I haven't been able to go in awhile! We went to the neighborhood pool andhad so much fun. We were there 4 hours and I am pretty toasted! I am still not used to this NC sun but I am slowly learning it takes a very short time here before you burn. The kids all had sunblock on but Kayleigh ended up looking pretty bad-not because of the sun but we later found out we think it is from the chemicals in the pool. She has always had problems with her skin and this is the second time we have gone to the pool and the second time she has had this reaction with her skin. I guess next time we go I will give her a bath immediately after and see if that helps!
This has been a pretty good weekend. As soon as I get off of here I am going to make sure this house is sparkling clean because I won't have time to do much this week with VBS and then Friday I leave for Ericka's house! I think I may start rearranging the front room as well getting ready for school! We start on July 20th and all of us are looking forward to it. I hope that everyone has had a great week and that all the fathers out there have had a great Fathers day!
Stacy
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Summer life
Kids are out of school and are so excited about that! It has been interesting getting used to having 8 kids in the house all day long. Michael especially likes having Shae here though. At least they all get along most of the time really well. Today is a dreary day though. It looks like it could rain at any time. Doesn't look promising to be able to go to the park today.
I have been really busy buying the curriculum for the school year. I have most of it all bought and can't wait for it to get here so I can start going over it all. The kids are getting all excited about it as well! I just need to get some school desks and things like that and we will be all set!
Can't wait for VBS next week. I am helping with it and it looks like it is going to be so much fun. The kids will be excited because they have Chatter at this one just like when we were in Germany. I even already bought the CD with the music and the kids are learning the songs already. Now just trying to figure out how I am going to get all 8 kids there!
The weekend after VBS we will be heading to Florida for my neices 1st birthday! I can't wait to go there and see them again even though they were just here. Other than that there really isn't anything new. I have been slow with the posts because it has been so busy. We did go camping this last weekend and had a lot of fun minus all of us getting eaten up and Jon getting poison ivy! Oh yeah-please be praying for Justice. He has been having trouble going pee and also has started peeing his pants which he hasn't done since he was 2. I ended up in the ER with him all day Sunday (well all day after church because it was after church that he mentioned that it hurt when he peed) and they have no answers except they think it may have to do with me stopping the Concerta he was taking for ADHD. It is supposed to be the type of medicine that you don't have to take everyday if you don't want to. Well, if it is the medicine then I definitely will not be giving that to him again!
Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
I have been really busy buying the curriculum for the school year. I have most of it all bought and can't wait for it to get here so I can start going over it all. The kids are getting all excited about it as well! I just need to get some school desks and things like that and we will be all set!
Can't wait for VBS next week. I am helping with it and it looks like it is going to be so much fun. The kids will be excited because they have Chatter at this one just like when we were in Germany. I even already bought the CD with the music and the kids are learning the songs already. Now just trying to figure out how I am going to get all 8 kids there!
The weekend after VBS we will be heading to Florida for my neices 1st birthday! I can't wait to go there and see them again even though they were just here. Other than that there really isn't anything new. I have been slow with the posts because it has been so busy. We did go camping this last weekend and had a lot of fun minus all of us getting eaten up and Jon getting poison ivy! Oh yeah-please be praying for Justice. He has been having trouble going pee and also has started peeing his pants which he hasn't done since he was 2. I ended up in the ER with him all day Sunday (well all day after church because it was after church that he mentioned that it hurt when he peed) and they have no answers except they think it may have to do with me stopping the Concerta he was taking for ADHD. It is supposed to be the type of medicine that you don't have to take everyday if you don't want to. Well, if it is the medicine then I definitely will not be giving that to him again!
Have a great day everyone!
Stacy
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
So my last post
You sure can't tell that I copy and pasted that from somewhere else! Sorry for the repeat of some of the information! I was being lazy and didn't want to retype for other websites!
Our New Decision
I just thought I would get on here and let you all know a few things. Things are going pretty good here. My sister, Ericka, and her family were just here this past weekend and we had so much fun. Jon and Tom even got to work on Jon's Jeep and got all the electrical work done on it which is great so hopefully that can be up and running soon and we will have two vehicles instead of just one. Two vehicles would definitely make life a little easier.
Jon is in the field this week until Thursday. It isn't a very long field problem-it is just a matter of getting used to having him gone again since he hasn't left in almost a year. He will be done with school next month but then I guess there will be another three week thing he will have to do before actually being in a unit. He is not looking forward to that. It looks like he will not deploy until 6-9 months after he finishes school so that would be nice. We are definitely praying that if this is the case that he will be able to make our Disney Trip in September. We are so looking forward to that trip and it would be so nice if Jon could go with us. I even, after this next check, will have all the souviniers bought so that is a good feeling.
This week is the kids last week in school. Justice's class took a trip to our neighborhood pool all day yesterday and he had so much fun-not to mention that I didn't have to fight him to go to bed last night. Michael has been having a lot of issues with bullies this year and is really not enjoying school so he is ready to be done with it. This brings me to the next point. Please be praying for us because we are very seriously considering homeschooling this next year. I say seriously but I am pretty sure, after talking to Shari last night, that our decision is made and we will be doing it. Jon told me about a week ago that he really wants us to and after yesterday and talking to Michael's teacher I have come to the realization that I think we should as well. Shari is going to send me some stuff so I can "practice" and see if we can do it and we will go from there. I probably will start them in July like Shari is that way we can kind of be on the same page with some things if I have any questions. I just wish that the next few days would go by faster so I can let Jon know that I finally think we can do it. I also think that we will turn our front room into the school room. It is only used for the kids watching tv and has a futon in there for when we have guests so it would be the perfect room to change and make room for a school room. This way they will have no distractions and we will have a certain place to actually do school each day!
So that is the news from us! I will let you all know how it is going when we start it.
Jon is in the field this week until Thursday. It isn't a very long field problem-it is just a matter of getting used to having him gone again since he hasn't left in almost a year. He will be done with school next month but then I guess there will be another three week thing he will have to do before actually being in a unit. He is not looking forward to that. It looks like he will not deploy until 6-9 months after he finishes school so that would be nice. We are definitely praying that if this is the case that he will be able to make our Disney Trip in September. We are so looking forward to that trip and it would be so nice if Jon could go with us. I even, after this next check, will have all the souviniers bought so that is a good feeling.
This week is the kids last week in school. Justice's class took a trip to our neighborhood pool all day yesterday and he had so much fun-not to mention that I didn't have to fight him to go to bed last night. Michael has been having a lot of issues with bullies this year and is really not enjoying school so he is ready to be done with it. This brings me to the next point. Please be praying for us because we are very seriously considering homeschooling this next year. I say seriously but I am pretty sure, after talking to Shari last night, that our decision is made and we will be doing it. Jon told me about a week ago that he really wants us to and after yesterday and talking to Michael's teacher I have come to the realization that I think we should as well. Shari is going to send me some stuff so I can "practice" and see if we can do it and we will go from there. I probably will start them in July like Shari is that way we can kind of be on the same page with some things if I have any questions. I just wish that the next few days would go by faster so I can let Jon know that I finally think we can do it. I also think that we will turn our front room into the school room. It is only used for the kids watching tv and has a futon in there for when we have guests so it would be the perfect room to change and make room for a school room. This way they will have no distractions and we will have a certain place to actually do school each day!
So that is the news from us! I will let you all know how it is going when we start it.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sorry-been a little crazy!
So it has been crazy busy around here! We have been having lots of fun! My sister Ericka and her family came this weekend and just left this morning. It was so much fun spending time with them but we were doing so much that I forgot to take any pictures so I am going to have to take some when we go to Florida in a couple weeks for my neices 1st birthday party.
Jon also left this morning for the field. He will be back on Thursday. I know it isn't that long but this is the first time that he has gone since he started school so it will be the first time we are without him here and it makes me a little nervous but I am sure we can do it!
Friday will be our 10 year anniversary! I am so excited. We will be spending it camping with the kids. Adrianna has her American Heritage Girls Campout this weekend so we will be doing that!
Things are going well besides all this! Adrianna is going to be upset because I can't find her library book and they were due today. Hope everyone has had a great time lately!
Stacy
Jon also left this morning for the field. He will be back on Thursday. I know it isn't that long but this is the first time that he has gone since he started school so it will be the first time we are without him here and it makes me a little nervous but I am sure we can do it!
Friday will be our 10 year anniversary! I am so excited. We will be spending it camping with the kids. Adrianna has her American Heritage Girls Campout this weekend so we will be doing that!
Things are going well besides all this! Adrianna is going to be upset because I can't find her library book and they were due today. Hope everyone has had a great time lately!
Stacy
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