A Beautiful Memorial Day

Finally... a Memorial Day without rain. It was absolutely gorgeous today. The girls had so much fun playing outside. We took them fishing yesterday, and Kya did an awesome job. She sat there next to her pole so patient and just waited for her fish. Kevin got the yard cleaned up a bit more today. The weeds are really starting to take over. There's still a lot of work to do inside and outside of our new home. It's already May 30th, so I'm guessing we won't have the landscaping finished and the bathroom done by June 1st. :) Oh well... we are working on things as we can. We are quite busy these days. Between work, school, the dogs, the girls, and teeball... I am surprised we can even keep the house clean! Kya has her last day of school this week! Then she will be officially a first grader. That depresses me. The girls are all growing up way too fast. I am just glad that we got to spend this amazing weekend with all of them. The extra day off work was definitely needed! Autumn's skin is looking so much better. I let her wear shorts today, but it's not cleared up enough to wear flip flops yet. She has done a great job this weekend of not scratching, and she seems much happier. Aria was quite a little snuggle bug this weekend. I am cherishing these moments as much as I can. I know it won't last long. Cady and Kya developed some mad skills for jumping off of the swing set. Haha! They were having so much fun doing that for hours today. They get really high and then sing a little chant before they both jump and dance in mid-air. Everything else seems to being perfect. I love my husband so much, and I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

Yay! Teeball is Here!

Teeball is finally here! We have had two practices for each team. Our first games are next week. I am so excited. I have had a blast so far coaching these two teams. Last weekend, Kevin and I got to go fishing for the first time this year. We went to Pollmiller, and it was really relaxing and fun. The weather was gorgeous, and we caught four fish. Nothing keepable... but at least we had fun. I went to Quincy for work yesterday, and there were severe thunderstorms and tornadoes all over the MidWest when I started to head home. It was very scary, but I made it home alive. Everyone remained safe. Kya, Aria, and I just finished making mints. It was their first time, but it was a lot of fun. I love spending time with the girls. Nothing major has happened recently. We got some flowers planted in the front, but we haven't finished the bathroom yet or started on the vegetable garden. Kya and Autumn are both almost finished with school for the year. Then it will be officially summer vacation. It would be really nice to have one of those! I have been working on starting my own business. I still have a lot of money to save, and a lot of research to do. I am guessing that it will be at least 6 months to a year before anything gets going. Well that's all I really have for now... until next time! :)

First Day of HEAT!

Things have been quite busy around here for our family. Kevin has been working a lot of overtime, and it seems like there is something going on daily. I have a coach's meeting Thursday night for teeball. So I will be coaching two teeball teams and a soccer team. This is while also still working full-time and going to school. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
Of course the spawn of Satan has created more drama for us recently. Autumn's skin has been so terrible, and last night she was taken to the ER. Now the person who caused her skin to become that bad in the first place is keeping her and won't let Kevin have her. So you can only imagine how frustrated he is right now. I really wish all of this would just stop. It is way too much stress to deal with. We just want to live a normal life and have a normal household. Of course, with irresponsible and immature people surrounding us it's almost impossible.
Yesterday, the weather was amazing. 80 and gorgeous! I took Jasmine for a walk, and then Kevin and I took Braylon for a walk when he got home. Now today is in the 90's! It is the first really hot day of the year. I won't complain though. I really dislike the cold and the snow. So I will take this. Even though the thermostat says 84 degrees in the house. That's what popsicles are for! :) Kevin's birthday was Sunday, and that was also Mother's Day. He got me two new charms for my Pandora bracelet. The girls' birthstones! Very pretty!
Well it's closing time. Have a final project to finish. Funny story to close the night!

Aria: Mommy look! My teeth are covered in brown from eating puppy chow.
Me: Nope! They still look all white to me. Now you need to take your pearly whites upstairs and get ready for your bath.
Aria walks into the foyer and looks around for about 10 seconds and then returns to me.
Aria: Momma, what's a pearly white?

Haha!

Thank Heaven for Little Girls...

Well... second week in a row we have had to ground one of the girls. Tonight: Cady! She was really bad at school today. Not listening to the teacher, turning on the lights and messing with the kids during nap time, etc. I write all of this now, so that I can show the girls some day :) Haha! The scary part though... when I asked her why she was bad at school today, her response was, "Because I wanted to be bad. Sometimes I want to be bad and sometimes I don't. So what?" I had no response. I figured it's something her dad can talk to her about. I don't know how to handle that much attitude. My only response was, "Well then when you FEEL like being bad... then I am going to FEEL like taking all your nice things out of your room and throwing them in the dumpster." I had nothing else. I really wish they had a manual for quick responses. I'm not used to that. Usually when I ask Kya why she did something wrong, the response is, "I don't know. I will be good tomorrow Mommy." SUCK UP! Lol.. just kidding. I love her to death! Easter dinner was really nice with my family. It didn't matter that it was a week late. The girls and Draydan had a blast on their Easter egg hunt. I had so much fun having Brenna over to the stay the night before. :) Then she entertained us all on Saturday by crawling underneath the deck to get some batteries that Autumn dropped. She looked like an inch worm. It was hilarious and on video! Definitely a family moment we will never forget! The doctor told me today that I need more exercise to sweat all of my adrenaline out. He said it would help me relieve stress. I told him that my mom and step dad got us a Kinect for the 360, and I would just do that. Haha! He thought I was joking so I said, "I seriously have no time to work out. The Kinect is going to be the best way to get me up and moving and sweating. Unless you want to count all the housework I do and chasing kids." He said that either of those was fine. :) Kevin put together the swing set that Mom and Jason bought for our yard. It looks great! Now hopefully this weekend will be nice enough to get some of our yard work done! Let's cross our fingers...

A side note for history to look back on some day: Osama Bin Laden was killed yesterday in Pakistan. I hope that the families of his victims have found peace and closure with this news. Thank you to our brave soldiers who have fought and died in this war to find him and bring justice to our country. God Bless them all!

Funny Quote:

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.